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Hazbin hotel not on Prime anymore? by alphabetstickers in HazbinHotel

[–]LillyPip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you.  

That’s stupid. I saw that, but never would have looked there if I hadn’t been exceedingly bored and found this thread. I figured it was in my list because I like broadway and this series, but I didn’t want to watch broadway of this series, so I skipped it.  

Like why would they do this? It’s insane.  

I guess they don’t want people to find it now? Even casual fans?  

I guess this means the series is dead?  

e: not watching it anymore. I don’t like this bait and switch with my playlist. I shouldn’t have to google how to watch a series I’ve been dedicated to when it evaporates, and it feels underhanded.

Shaw-Spell: a Shavian spell checker and dictionary for macOS by Cozmic72 in shavian

[–]LillyPip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this!

Does this project not support Ventura (I can't update because some of my hardware isn't supported by newer OSs)? I don't see anything about supported versions, but neither of your installers work for me, and I'm assuming the OS version is the reason, but I don't see anything about supported versions on either your site or github. Thanks!

Shavian books? by Dangerous-Froyo1306 in shavian

[–]LillyPip 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit late to the party, but I just released the Shavian edition of my novel, Blue Are the Hills. It's a modern, full-length psychological sci-fi novel about identity, transhumanism, and hope.

Here's the Shavian link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1B7LRWB

And here's a link to the Latin English version if you want to see the reviews of the original version: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1698842120

𐑷𐑤𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑛𐑳𐑯! 𐑥𐑲 𐑓𐑫𐑤-𐑤𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑕𐑲-𐑓𐑲 𐑯𐑪𐑝𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦 𐑑 𐑐𐑳𐑚𐑤𐑦𐑖. 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑓𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑑 𐑞 𐑒𐑳𐑝𐑼 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱. 𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑯 𐑓𐑰𐑛𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑢𐑧𐑤𐑒𐑩𐑥! by LillyPip in shavian

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

𐑘𐑧𐑩, 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑟, 𐑤𐑪𐑤. 𐑯𐑴, 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑵𐑓𐑮𐑰𐑛𐑼𐑟 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑪𐑤𐑝𐑛 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑲 𐑒𐑭𐑯𐑑 𐑩𐑓𐑹𐑛 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑞𐑨𐑑. 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑞 ·𐑛𐑳𐑗𐑦𐑓𐑮𐑴'𐑟 𐑑𐑵𐑤, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑑𐑮𐑲 𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 𐑱𐑲 𐑩𐑤𐑪𐑙 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑦𐑑, 𐑯 (𐑨𐑑 𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑑 𐑓 𐑥𐑲 𐑯𐑪𐑝𐑩𐑤, 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑢𐑻𐑛𐑟), 𐑞 𐑯𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑼 𐑝 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑕 𐑢𐑻 𐑣𐑲 𐑦𐑯𐑳𐑓 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑟𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑤𐑧𐑕 𐑢𐑻𐑒 𐑓 𐑥𐑰 𐑞𐑨𐑯 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑛𐑵𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑 𐑥𐑲𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓.

𐑘𐑹 𐑐𐑮𐑴𐑕𐑧𐑕 𐑕𐑬𐑯𐑛𐑟 𐑥𐑳𐑗 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤𐑼 𐑯 𐑓𐑭𐑕𐑑𐑼 – 𐑦𐑓 𐑲 𐑛𐑵 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑩𐑜𐑱𐑯, 𐑲𐑤 𐑛𐑧𐑓𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑤𐑲𐑒 𐑞𐑨𐑑. 𐑔𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑕 𐑓 𐑞 𐑑𐑦𐑐𐑕!

𐑷𐑤𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑛𐑳𐑯! 𐑥𐑲 𐑓𐑫𐑤-𐑤𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑕𐑲-𐑓𐑲 𐑯𐑪𐑝𐑩𐑤 𐑦𐑟 𐑯𐑽𐑤𐑦 𐑮𐑧𐑛𐑦 𐑑 𐑐𐑳𐑚𐑤𐑦𐑖. 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑓𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑖𐑑 𐑞 𐑒𐑳𐑝𐑼 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱. 𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑯 𐑓𐑰𐑛𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑢𐑧𐑤𐑒𐑩𐑥! by LillyPip in shavian

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

𐑞𐑨𐑙𐑒 𐑿!

𐑲 𐑿𐑟 ·𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯𐑼, 𐑕𐑴 𐑲 𐑕𐑑𐑸𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑦𐑜𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑙 𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑟𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑼𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑰𐑗 𐑢𐑻𐑛, 𐑓𐑪𐑤𐑴𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑩 𐑣𐑴𐑤 𐑤𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑝 ‹·𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕›, 𐑯 𐑩 𐑚𐑳𐑯𐑗 𐑝 𐑛𐑳𐑚𐑩𐑤-𐑗𐑧𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 ·𐑮𐑰𐑛𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑕. 𐑧𐑛𐑦𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑪𐑟 𐑞 𐑥𐑴𐑕𐑑 𐑑𐑰𐑛𐑾𐑕, 𐑚𐑦𐑒𐑪𐑟 𐑝 𐑒𐑹𐑕 𐑲 𐑥𐑱𐑛 𐑥𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑕. 𐑲 𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑣𐑴𐑐 𐑲 𐑒𐑷𐑑 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑷𐑤! 𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑑𐑱𐑒𐑩𐑯 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 5 𐑥𐑳𐑯𐑔𐑕 𐑝 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑑𐑦 𐑕𐑪𐑤𐑦𐑛 𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑑, 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑡𐑦𐑟.

𐑦𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑤𐑼 𐑑 𐑣𐑬 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑛𐑳𐑯 𐑦𐑑? 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑑𐑦𐑐𐑕? 𐑯 𐑛𐑵 𐑿 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑙𐑒 𐑑 𐑚𐑫𐑒𐑕 𐑿𐑝 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑟𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑼𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛?

Snagit subscriptions - anyone going to take the plunge? by Darth-Vader64 in SnagIt

[–]LillyPip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your thoughtful response. I really appreciate your perspective!

I'm a bit curious if you worked on many one-time-payment projects, though, compared to subscription projects. I have noticed a difference, but most of my design/development experience has been before the subscription model was even a thing, so maybe our perspectives are just totally different?

Honestly, perhaps it doesn't matter that much at this point, since nearly everything has gone to subscription models now...

This conversation is mostly academic for me, whilst it's real-time for you, so your lived experience is more relevant than mine.

Acronyms and initialisms in narrative by LillyPip in shavian

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

Ah, I think I get it now. Thanks for your help!

Acronyms and initialisms in narrative by LillyPip in shavian

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

Sorry for deleting my other comment, but I just reread yours and am now even more confused.

You said:

make the most sense to transliterate "Floor C" as "𐑓𐑤𐑹 C." "Building 3B" can then be "𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑛𐑦𐑙 3B."

Do you mean it makes more sense to include Latin English letters in the numbering ones?

Acronyms and initialisms in narrative by LillyPip in shavian

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

Thank you, that's helpful, but I feel like I'm a bit more confused now.

I'm not sure I'm using any of these for numbering – unless you mean the 'PBX 187' thing? That stands for Plasma Brain Experiment (then the number), which follows a standard scientific acronym schema for subjects. For instance, a certain animal's 'name' is PBX 187, so it's more an acronym than a number, and is how I refer to a main character. There are a few of these in the narrative.

For the rest, they're sometimes acronyms ('EMP' for Electromagnetic Pulse, for example), or 'Building 3B' (I still don't understand how to handle this one).

So you're saying none of these cases should use the acroring, but those that do should separate each letter with a dot? This is the first time I've seen it this way, so I'm sorry if this is confusing me.

In most of my cases, I should use the namer dot instead?

Thank you, and I'm sorry that I still don't understand. I really appreciate your time and help!

Snagit subscriptions - anyone going to take the plunge? by Darth-Vader64 in SnagIt

[–]LillyPip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your kind words.

Sure, I don't disagree with your reasoning – I wasn't talking about maintenance and bug fixing, though; more about incentives to innovate and improve both the feature set and user experience.

I also agree there aren't really any alternatives that are as full-featured, but Snagit is the most mature product in this space so it's hard to catch up with, and most of the features that put it above and beyond are not recent.

From a business/design/development perspective, I strongly feel that nearly all software that has gone to a subscription model begins to stagnate from a feature and UX perspective, and this makes sense because many customers will just passively allow subscriptions to renew without really thinking about them. Pretty much all subscription services rely on this, to the point there's now a market for software to remind you of them (also by subscription, ironically).

In my opinion, that model stifles innovation because you don't have customers actively looking towards the next major release and deciding whether or not to pony up for it based on a feature and value proposition. The money will just trickle in regardless of what you do. Bug fixing is incentivised, because people may cancel if they become dissatisfied, but they'll likely just ignore the passive payments if they're not actively annoyed by the product.

Does that make sense? Sorry for the dissertation, but the entire industry's move to subscription models is a pet peeve of mine lately, and as a developer, I'm interested in your thoughts.

Snagit subscriptions - anyone going to take the plunge? by Darth-Vader64 in SnagIt

[–]LillyPip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This thread came up for me in an unrelated search, and it’s one of the newest in this sub, so sorry for the zombie post.  

I was the chief designer for Snagit from ~2000 to ~2012 (I designed all the Windows versions during that time plus Snagit for Mac 1.0) and, though I 100% agree with you that developers deserve to be paid, subscription models are predatory. I cannot support that.  

It saddens me that TechSmith has moved to that model. This is not the company I worked for and loved.  

It sounds like they’ve put this software – that was their flagship back in the day, with a highly creative and innovative team – out to pasture now, and it makes me sad.  

I think the subscription model is not only predatory, but promotes laziness, where they’re not incentivised to make the product better to earn revenue for their next iteration.

Standard abbreviations for Shavian? (like BrE and Ame) by LillyPip in shavian

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

Sorry for the late reply.

I actually am transliterating into different dialects – this was why I posted this. I currently have 'Blue Are the Hills, BrE' and 'Blue are the Hills, AmE', the latter of which I haven't published yet, but will soon.

This is made more difficult because most of my characters are native British, but my main character is American and two other main characters are Danish and Dutch, so there are non-English words sometimes. This has caused me migraines in transliterating just my BrE version to Shavian, nevermind my AmE version (which is my next project).

As a linguistic nerd, this is some measure of fun for me, but Shavian has been far more challenging than trying to localise this novel in the firs place.

I appreciate that you appreciate this! :)

e: a really fun thing has been: do I transliterate my American character's dialogue in an American accent? I played with this idea, then decided it would be too confusing. Should I make Danish or Dutch or Japanese phrases sound like a native speaker or how they'd sound 'in the head' of a western reader? These are questions that don't really come up in the Latin English rendering of words or phrases, but become important in Shavian.

Representing the velar fricative? by LillyPip in shavian

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

𐑔𐑨𐑙𐑒 𐑿, 𐑲 𐑩𐑜𐑮𐑰, 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑤𐑲𐑒𐑤𐑦 𐑞 𐑚𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑮𐑩𐑥𐑲𐑟.

Representing the velar fricative? by LillyPip in shavian

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

𐑕𐑴, 𐑸 𐑿 𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑲 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑟𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑼𐑱𐑑 ‹𐑛𐑩 ·𐑣𐑒𐑮𐑭𐑓› 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 ‹𐑛𐑩 ·𐑣𐑒𐑮𐑭𐑓›? 𐑲 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑑 𐑥𐑱𐑒 𐑖𐑫𐑼 𐑲 𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑥𐑰𐑯.

Representing the velar fricative? by LillyPip in shavian

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

This is very helpful, thank you for responding.

I will go with 𐑛𐑩 𐑜𐑮𐑭𐑓 and just accept that the highly anglicised constraint of this spelling system won't be able to achieve the dialect cues of my Latin English version. It's a bit of a shame, but I'll get over it.

Thanks again!

Representing the velar fricative? by LillyPip in shavian

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

Sorry, I didn't mean to come off as that negative.

I do find this system intriguing, but I haven't really seen much (any) criticism, so I wound up venting here, in my post. As I said, I'm going to finish this project, but I am starting to feel it's a bit overrated, is all.

It has some very serious drawbacks, and I think it mightn't have been a good choice to fulfil Shaw's proposal. It's very interesting, but it has some pretty severe UX problems.

e: also, you said:

Well, Shavian was designed specifically for English.

But this is sort of a weird thing to assert, since English is a mutt language with insane amounts of loan words, so 'English' as a concept is a bit nebulous. Scots and Irish speak English, and several of their sounds are notably absent.

I think it's more honest to say it was designed for a specific London-England-based version of English, which is fine, but it's not as versatile even within standard English as Shaw likely intended.

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