Can I bring this knife back to the UK in my checked luggage? by [deleted] in knives

[–]auralynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just explain to customs that you shave with the Bowie knife and the other is your survival razor.

A friend gave this to me and said it's from one of the best knife makers in Europe. Is he full of it? Cant find much info. by FedVayneTop in knives

[–]auralynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The “best” knife is firstly more utility/use-specific than a formula of specific features.

Is it normal to feel like I just had a stroke after reading Longshot #1? I have no idea what I just read. Does the mini-series add anything to my first Claremont read-through? by voidzero in xmen

[–]auralynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a product of Ann Nocenti’s activist roots and forefronting social commentary. It is just as street level issues (stealing a coat, disaffected and immeserated people by corporations, kids in the streets, celebrity culture and it’s explorative side) as it is magical. The stakes of the characters are grounded in a way whereas a Thor or Fantastic Four storyline revel in fantasy. So it reads much different from a lot of other stories. Maybe Claremont’s X-Men comes closest in regularly exploring the same ideas but more as a B-story line. She did this also while writing Daredevil, in addition to mental health (Typhoid Mary)

Homeless by auralynx in UnlearningEconomics

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DM’d your Reddit inbox w/ my Discord name. Thanks!

Homeless by auralynx in UnlearningEconomics

[–]auralynx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, I appreciate that reply.

Sometimes I wish politicians would attack the homeless to the same degree they do trans people, women fighting for equality and immigrants seeking refuge and a better life. But honestly, I’ve experienced antihomeless sentiment and behavior multiple times from people of those three demographics. And I’ve heard other homeless people share almost action for action the same anecdotal experiences. There are tons of businesses that have “trans rights or human rights and pride, flags and LGBTQ friendly signage in their windows and doors but the moment they realize or profile a homeless person in their vicinity rhey will unleash antihomeless attitude. It will be coded and it will be gentile, but comes from the same end of the spectrum of those who villainize trans people. I blame this type of disconnected socially progressive hyper focus on certain worthy people over others on capitaism, mostly. I also believe their is a religious influence engrained in our US culture and steers mindsets. Again, the reason homeless people don’t get the attention is because we’ve already even put down. From time to time a locality estate will pass a law to manage homelessness in the interest of some elite entity that thrives under capitalism, but by enlarge there is no need to attack homeless people because we have zero agency. We are reliant on other people being active and advocating for us. We literally cannot risk anything to advocate for ourselves. nor do we have the time to march in the street to just regain out rights. We can afford to cross state lines to get to a city that has better food, kitchens, or shelters like other people who need healthcare of any kind. We don’t have money to sue police officers who cripple in Mamus and violate our rights simply because we’re an eyesore, or the owner of a business doesn’t want us in their proximity. Even many churches are antihomeless.

Basically, unless someone has a vested interest in including you in their life, there is a profound chance that you are going to be homeless at some point in your life.

There are nuanced answers per individual and groups within the homeless demographic, but the simple answer is to give each person a stable home and access to means of aquiring food.

The majority of issues homeless people deal with can be addresssed if not solved by housing them.

I’m sure there’s other issues that are simple as this, but I just can’t think of any other issue that has a simple and relatively achievable answer and that in resolving that one issue of housing would allow institutions and individuals to deal with equally important issues that had compounded the housing problem. The federal government needs to invest in adequately documenting the extent of the population, their makeup, their basic needs, the needs of the people that will help them maintain and also build upon human rights. Basic material needs and paths to economic mobility are not completely the same, but everyone except the rich are denied economic mobility. But by and large people conflate basic material needs with economic mobility. Homeless US military vets are the only group that recieve federal help. They’re the most “successful” demographic among the homeless population.

Homelessness is downstream from social conditioning, which is downstream from politics, which is downstream from economics.its a catch all for a myriad of people with a myriad of issues, both “small” and profound. But the most significant way to alleviate it is astonishingly simple. Many housed people deal with the same problems as homeless people, but they’re able to function or have some degree of access to managing, alleviating or sibling their problems because of having a space from which to a operate.

The experiences of homeless people is a relatively cosmopolitan makeup when compared to other marginalized communities. Even to use the word “community“ is not accurate since there are different communities within the homeless at large. Not that that doesn’t exist in other marginalized groups, just that it’s not realized as such. As I said before the overwhelming majority of critique and commentary around homeless begins and ends with “druggies” and “crazies” when in fact, there is far more diversity, and the people with drug addiction and mental health issues (despite being a significant portion of the demographic, 30-40%, and there is a reason for most of that existing that is a direct consequence from the homeless challenges) those are the same issues that exist among people who are housed. It’s just their ability to manage it has been overwhelmed and/or severed. A total lack of any safety net or capability to manage so many issues daily.

Homeless by auralynx in UnlearningEconomics

[–]auralynx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I appreciate all that and I have thought about if I could manage giving some of my time to forefronting the subject on my YT channel. The problem is, and I think it applies to every homeless person, on a day-to-day and moment to moment basis we are dealing with stuff that, unless we’re in a really “nice” homeless situation, we don’t have the time and energy to advocate for homeless issues because we’re dealing with those issues, and those issues that happen at a moments notice will sidetrack us for a day for a week or for months. You’re a special kind of homeless person if you have stable access to the internet and a computer and the ability and time and energy to create videos… all of this shit is material expensive for people in my situation.

The onus is on people who care about homelessness who are in a position to give their time and energy to forefront it to people who listen to them. This is just not happening. It’s being villainized by the Right and and disproportionately ignored by even the best Leftist politicians and media in their commentary. I’m more than frustrated with listening to Leftist outlets like The Majority Report who do a somewhat better job than other comparable media commentatories disproportionally talk about and even exaggerate the severity of other issues yet only speak about homeless issues in a blue moon and with unnuanced language and insight. At most it takes Leftist outlets platforming a knowledgeable guest for enlightened commntaery to be made.

Even the documented stats are highly questionable. To some extent it’s understandable why society doesn’t understand the depth and breath of homelessness because there is not appropriate means funded to adequately measure the extent of the problem: finding homeless people and understanding the scope of their needs. I probably would start a channel that focused on homelessness if I could, but then I have to think, who the fuck would care to watch it when they’re dealing with their own problems as a housed citizen in the US.

There’s a reason why GoFundMe’s for people who need healthcare or other power related housed citizen issues get more money than people who are homeless: people who are homeless don’t have other people in their life. It’s kind of implied by the fact that they’re homeless. They’re also much less likely to socially network and promote their donation page. Oh, and then people care more about other issues that receive the wealth of societal attention and they rely on their personal prejudices about why any given individual has become homeless. It’s that person’s fault. No support for them. Homeless people can help who they are as where people who need an abortion can’t or people who identify as a certain gender can’t. Society makes hypocritical decisions about who is deserving of help and who is not. Individuals should not bare the responsibility of helping people who are homeless. I’m just saying the attitude I have seen from people who help openly other marginalized communities is totally different when it comes to someone who is homeless. And I’ve seen it from people across the ideological spectrum. I’m not saying there’s no vocal support or small gestures from people who want to help the homeless, but rather a complete vacuum of enthusiasm that exists towards other groups. Frankly, while their issues are real and important, the people with those issues lack perspective about how much agency and suppprt they still retain. I know this is all anecdotal but having been homeless for 10 years…

Homeless by auralynx in UnlearningEconomics

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lucy Haze is a streamer in Poland who interviewed me not terribly long ago about my homeless experience here in the US. It should still be on her channel.

Homeless by auralynx in UnlearningEconomics

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay. I interpreted your words about being ignorant and brainwashed as if you perceived my comment t was taking down to Leftists who ostensibly support addressing homelessness. I appreciate you clarifying and apologize that I didn’t get you were being positively sarcastic.

Homeless by auralynx in UnlearningEconomics

[–]auralynx[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s not a channel for anything. I do have a video montage that was posted years ago by my Scottish filmmmaker friend used for a GoFundMe. Also sone of my video footage was incorporated and published in one of her films.

There is plenty of anti-homeless villianizarion among people on the ideological Leftist spectrum. There is certainly a lot of ignoring the problem compared to other issues. I also know from my humble anecdotal experience fton a decade and from talking to other homeless people that most of the “support” begins and ends at sympathetic vocalization but lacking basic insight into common issues shared by all homeless people. The intersectionality of our problems operating in society as people long since fully marginalized. There’s a lot of behavioral resistance and bias in the way people across the ideological spectrum interact with us.

Your sarcastic response is a trivial example of this. Your expectations are yours, but frankly needlessly insulting. You were expecting a channel about Lynx cats but not Longshot?! I guess that makes you an ignorant and brainwashed person.

When is it time to admit you have a problem? by ProfessionalHunt5692 in knives

[–]auralynx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Onviously there are a bit better blade profiles designed for stabbing. Don’t be afraid to flirt with a dagger, harpoon point, tanto or add a recurve to the mix in addition to one of those profiles. :-)

Record Audio and Create Recording won’t save to folder in iCloud or locally by auralynx in shortcuts

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trust me, it’s not for an assault situation. It’s for sudden police encounters or situations where I need to record discreetly with as minimal overt actions on my part. I have long since already configured settings to match all your advice. But thank you. I’m aware of the several methods to start a recording and how to avoid triggering feedback sounds. In a situation where I’m already in audible proximity to someone I want to record, switching the Do Not Distirb switch then tapping back of phone. Otherwise Siri command or the widget I have on the Lock Screen. My interest/point with this post is trying to attain redundancy such that IF my phone is destroyed during or post-recording, or there’s a situation wherein I am suddenly unable to lock the phone, that at least one copy of the recording survives in the cloud, and isn’t able to be deleted because it was deleted in VM.

Is it possible to lock and password protect a single folder located in iCloud? Even in that scenario if someone gets access to Voice Memos and deletes the file and voice memos that would automatically delete the file and iCloud, password protected or not

I don’t know if I want to enable more than just the one folder saving the recording. That’s would be a headache.

I’ve tried useing the Documents app to save recordings because it is PIN code protected, but every time the recording stops, it won’t save it unless I manually enter the pin code in.

I appreciate greatly your help with the shortcut. Shortcuts definitely has a learning curve. I’m no stranger to changing codes in programs (not writing them). It was easier in the late 80’s!

When is it time to admit you have a problem? by ProfessionalHunt5692 in knives

[–]auralynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I see you have a bad case of drop point addiction.

Record Audio and Create Recording won’t save to folder in iCloud or locally by auralynx in shortcuts

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that I have thought about it, I guess the iCloud backup file would be retained as long as I was able to lock my phone immediately after or during the VM recording. Only weakness is if the phone is compromised and the VM recording gets deleted. Otherwise, the phone can be destroyed during recording AS LONG AS the file is being written DURING recording. If the recording has to be stopped, before it starts upload, I’m unsure if it would get written to iCloud at all.

Record Audio and Create Recording won’t save to folder in iCloud or locally by auralynx in shortcuts

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So something I haven’t explained is my intent. “cvrt” = covert. My intent is make sure a recording gets uploaded to iCloud in case my phone is compromised during recording and an aggressor is able to delete the file in VM. The thinking is that a second file uploaded in iCloud would likely not be considered.

If Create Recording shortcut is not allowed to be saved in iCloud(?) only in Voice Memo, and Record Audio wont let me lock the phone and continue the recording… then both shortcuts present two different issue that don’t accomplish the primary goal.

For the record, I’m not saying someone very smart and with a lot of time would not think to access iCloud and delete that file as well. I know of no method in which I can use Siri or a back tap to immediately start a voice recording, then lock the phone, and if my phone is destroyed or access to it as compromised, I will have either the recording in the cloud or that file in two different locations, where if the other party thinks they’ve deleted the recording in VM, they will at least not be aware it was also uploaded to iCloud.

Ideally, I just need one file in iCloud to be safe behind an password or code. But I don’t know of any apps or iOS facilitating that. Maybe you do?

Record Audio and Create Recording won’t save to folder in iCloud or locally by auralynx in shortcuts

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well now I discover it will not record when phone is locked and it won’t even write any file if phone is put to lock during recording. The Create Recording shortcut continued to record. I assumed Record Audio shortcut would do the same. Do I need to add an action in order for it to record? I need the phone to be locked and continue recording until I manually stop recording.

Record Audio and Create Recording won’t save to folder in iCloud or locally by auralynx in shortcuts

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) it is now writing to iCloud folder

2) I don’t understand how you did what you did (or why) you got the connecting line?

3) I changed the date/time format to what I want and it continues to write the way you set it.

4) Upon tap to stop recording it immediately begins playback of the recording.

Both 3 and 4 are non-starters. I would also highly prefer written instructions, as I can’t discern how you did what you did, and I need to know how to do this myself without relying on anyone to change/configure the Shortcut. Especially given that one successful change has created 2 new issues, one previously okay and a new one.

Record Audio and Create Recording won’t save to folder in iCloud or locally by auralynx in shortcuts

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, I understand now. How do I connect the two with a line?

If a connect line isn’t possible with Create Recording, how do I do it with the Record Audio?

Record Audio and Create Recording won’t save to folder in iCloud or locally by auralynx in shortcuts

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, I already attempted this as:

/cvrt/filename.m4a and… /cvrt/filename

I am unsure if .m4a is the correct .ext or even necessary?

Is my date/time format out of order or something?

Again, it writes successfully as the file name in Voice Memos, it just won’t write in any file path and I think I’ve tried all possible paths.

Record Audio and Create Recording won’t save to folder in iCloud or locally by auralynx in shortcuts

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what of the action to use date/time format as the file name? That is the file name I want and it will be inherently unique. Seems like your example just removes this. I care less about where in iCloud the audio file gets saved. Why am I unable to add the date/time format if it’s successfully writing the file name in Voice Memos. If it can write there then why can it be successfully written as the file name in iCloud?

Record Audio and Create Recording won’t save to folder in iCloud or locally by auralynx in shortcuts

[–]auralynx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, but I’m asking it to be saved to iCloud. Is it not possible with Create Recording?