Cushman

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by Cushman 13y ago
Okay, but... I feel like you're completely ignoring the feminist principle I just outlined to go on a little monologue. Is there any chance of us having a productive discussion that relates in some way what I actually wrote?
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by Cushman 13y ago
...sorry? I really don't understand, what did I say that has more than a tangential relationship to either prestige or mating?
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by Cushman 13y ago
This reads to me like you think only women are or can be feminists. So let me give you my perspective: To the extent there are institutional barriers that prevent women from being able to get those jobs if they want them, those barriers sho
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by Cushman 13y ago
The statute says that any agreement to grant a license which is made before the date of termination is invalid. That would certainly include an optional license. It was a common thing before '76, and the current statute is quite clear-
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by Cushman 13y ago
That's a legit criticism, but it sounds to me like it's more a criticism of the inheritability of copyright than of termination rights per se. (Is it any more fair that my heirs could sell my work to Disney?)
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by Cushman 13y ago
It's important to note that it wasn't always like this. The basic concept of termination rights -- recognizing the wild power imbalance between artist and publisher, and therefore giving the artist a second crack at selling their
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by Cushman 13y ago
I mean, I'm not offended, because this never happens to me, because I'm white. But I'm given to understand that national pride is as important to Central and South Americans as it is to anyone, and this is something that ma
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by Cushman 13y ago
But I know for a fact that "retarded" and "retardation" have not been replaced; they're being phased out for political reasons, but the terms still have a specific meaning and are definitely still in use clinicall
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by Cushman 13y ago
Calling someone Mexican is fine if you know they are Mexican. Calling someone Mexican because they're Chilean and that's your word for brown people is offensive precisely because it's a nationality-- you're saying that y
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by Cushman 13y ago
Actually, this raises an interesting thought. Couldn't a security-conscious user take advantage of this to turn "something you are" into "something you have"? Since you can train the sensor with anything, is there a
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by Cushman 13y ago
I find the idea that the typical 4-digit password provides any more security against an attacker dedicated enough to make a copy of your finger pretty hard to credit. You're placing a lot of weight on your "covering" ability.
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by Cushman 13y ago
I agree it'd be cool if it didn't amount to an enormous breach of computer etiquette :)
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by Cushman 13y ago
I think you're missing the biggest security hole with passcodes: whenever someone on the subway unlocks their phone, I need to consciously look away or I'll risk inadvertently committing their code to memory. It makes me seriously
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by Cushman 13y ago
Same here. The most disconcerting part for me is if I join a popular service that doesn't confirm email ownership, I'll sometimes find myself with access to somebody else's personal information/photos/social network
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by Cushman 13y ago
> Terrorism has claimed significantly more lives than bedbugs On the scale of deaths overall-- no, it hasn't. That's the point.
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by Cushman 13y ago
Okay, and even if I grant that enormous equivocation, it has what to do with #1?
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by Cushman 13y ago
I'm having trouble following. Can you complete this argument for me: 1. Edward Snowden has revealed unethical behavior by his home state. 2. Edward Snowden has fled to a foreign state that itself does unethical things. 3. ????
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by Cushman 13y ago
Can you clarify what you're saying here? That the existence of a massive unlawful surveillance state is not an issue because the sorts of tinpot dictatorships a person has to flee to to escape political reprisal by a massive unlawful s
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by Cushman 13y ago
Did I say we don't have extremely hot sex? Of course, I realize I'm in a really fantastic relationship and most people don't have the luxury of being frank with their partners about their desires. But I'd encourage you t
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by Cushman 13y ago
Excerpts from a random hit on the subject of enthusiastic consent, in re: Stubenville: In the aftermath of the guilty verdict, several people observed that many of the teens at the party didn’t realize that this was rape. To them, the fact
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by Cushman 13y ago
And I understand you don't feel any culpability for evil done by others in your name and for your benefit. I suppose we will have to agree to disagree.
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by Cushman 13y ago
Per my lengthy reply above, roughly as often. It's pretty great.
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by Cushman 13y ago
> This is unbelievable to me. I think the typical woman confronted with this behavior would look for a new boyfriend - one that isn't so amazingly timid. As a married person I can't imagine asking my wife "regularly"
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by Cushman 13y ago
Just as long as you understand that in this context, "live dangerously" means that you might rape people without meaning to, just because you couldn't think of a sexy way to say, "So do you wanna fuck?" That's
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by Cushman 13y ago
Ignoring the fact that the status of women as property was a literal and legal fact for thousands of years... I don't subscribe to such a convenient ethics, I'm afraid. The enormous power I derive from the society I live in I owe,
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by Cushman 13y ago
The phrase you're looking for is "enthusiastic consent". You're not looking for a signed contract. You're looking to have absolutely no doubt in your mind that your partner genuinely wants to do what you want to do.
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by Cushman 13y ago
There is such a thing as enthusiastic nonverbal consent-- it's pretty hard to mistake. I've never been saying, "always ask 100% of the time no matter what". I've been saying, "If you have any doubt in your mind
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by Cushman 13y ago
> When I think of the little scene you've played out there occurring, I see the biggest nerd in the world getting his first chance at making out with a girl when he awkwardly stops and says, "Do you consent to fornication at th
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by Cushman 13y ago
That's great. So all you've gotta do is replace, "Try to have sex with her, and stop if she says no" with, "Find out if she wants to have sex with you, and do so if she does." The difference that makes to wheth
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by Cushman 13y ago
> I don't know about you, but I would prefer if things happened "naturally", without talking about it explicitly. Us sitting closer, slowly drawing our heads closer, lips touch, mouths open, kiss. I used to think that, too

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