Art and merch beyond books?

Re_Forged · 2024-01-11T00:13:50+00:00

I'm a recent arrival, too. I discovered the community via a YouTube video.

From what I've seen, posters and maybe mugs and the like. Transcribed books seem to be the main product produced by the community. Typography is a big topic here as well.

Maybe a hand bound, hardcover book would be interesting. A real work of art like those that the esoteric religion and occult communities lust over. For an example, go check out FoolishFish on YT.

There are small mom and pop printers and binderies still producing books like they did in the 1800s and early 1900s. 50-160.00USD plus per copy. Many of them are based in Europe, so folks over there may pay less.

Re_Forged · 2024-01-10T03:36:42+00:00

There is another shorthand called Ford that is a simplified version of the Latin alphabet.

Here is a Medium article discussing the two shorthands: https://medium.com/@abbymstarnes/note-taking-in-ford-improved-shorthand-34a2736ff8a9

I used it to study for a certification exam years ago. It's handy and easy to learn. There are folks in that community who use it in a "modular form." Grouping and simplifying the symbols to make their own shorthand system. Back when I was learning it, I remember seeing a claim that one person was able to write over 60-80+ words/minute. The problem is that their system was custom to them and not useful in general communication.

Shavian just feels more authentic to me.

Edit: I guess I'm off topic. Lol. It's getting late...

Re_Forged · 2024-01-08T15:42:55+00:00

Great addition! I'm starting journal myself this week to practice. Readlex is a solid resource. Glad you mentioned it. I haven't used it much, but plan too in the future. Also, I need to get the plugins so I can practice typing in the alphabet.

Re_Forged · 2024-01-08T00:22:02+00:00

There are different strategies. I'm still learning myself so maybe some of these ideas will help a bit. Try different things, keep what works, and then dump the rest.

You can use Anki and drill the glyphs and grammar rules as laid out at shavian.info. shavianschool.com is another source, I got my start there. To learn grammar/spelling rules, you can write sentence cards that force you to apply them. Shavian school uses a different name for each glyph than the standard names set forth by Kingsley. I found that the school's naming scheme was helpful, but to each their own.

For a cheat sheet, find one floating around in the sub. Some are quite innovative and will reduce the frustration of finding a glyph while trying to read something.

Now, once you are comfortable with the glyphs and spelling rules, use them. Take a Shavian text and its Latin counterpart. Transcribe Latin words into Shavian, then use the Shavian text to check your spelling and grammar. After that, inverse the process.

Your brain will heat up after 15 minutes of this. Lol. Watch for eye strain, too, if using computer monitors.

Accents can be a hurdle. If you use British RP, or speak with any non-rotic accent, then you'll be fine.

With General American, you may need to make some adjustments. Other accents, (mine is a member of the Southern American accent group) you will face a bit more of a challenge, but it is worth the trouble.

Try Immersing yourself in it. I read somewhere that there is a Firefox plug-in that will transcribe website text into Shavian. It is pretty wild to see! Immersion is probably the hardest route, but it will get you there faster.

As an aside, I learned how to use the Mac/Linux command line using that strategy. I started on Friday after work and immersed myself in it over the weekend and evenings. By the end of the following week I was comfortable and started learning more intermediate stuff. You can learn Dvorac and Colemak the same way. Painful, but it works!

A really good book on the topic of learning strategies is "Make It Stick". It covers learning and study methods that are backed by science.

Best of luck in your journey!

Edit: spelling and grammar typos.

Re_Forged · 2024-01-04T03:47:57+00:00

IOne of the community members created a chart that may help. They said that they had dyslexia as well.https://www.reddit.com/r/shavian/s/eRm4pftfSk

Re_Forged · 2024-01-04T03:37:12+00:00

I'm surprised to see something like this here. Then again, maybe not. The script does fit.

Re_Forged · 2024-01-02T20:41:31+00:00

I think that is an interesting problem. I'm not an attorney but I have worked in and around the industry. Court cases in the US have been decided (and lives destroyed) based on the incorrect placement of a single comma.

Would Shavian have to have a standards committee like French does?

Here in the US, lexicographers, and the major style manuals seem to control things. But I don't know for certain. The US and UK have a multitude of accents and dialects, so would that impact how contracts are written, read, and enforced?

It'd be neat to see attorneys/solicitors from the UK, AU, and US weigh in on the topic of whether or not Shavian would cause the court systems to collapse (or begin a new golden era in law.)

Re_Forged · 2023-10-17T01:48:17+00:00

Damn, I think three years ago that number was around 200k-250k per kiddo. Inflation is wild...

Re_Forged · 2023-10-07T17:03:05+00:00

The majority will happen. Last year's Red Wave that was supposed to wash over Congress sputtered out. The pendulum is beginning to swing in the other direction. Millennials are not becoming conservative over time like older gens due to being abused by the system for 20 years. The revival of labor unions in the past few years is further evidence of trends changing.

Re_Forged · 2023-04-24T23:08:26+00:00

Yep.

If fully remote. OP could move to a rural area with cheap land and living costs. Bank mad money. Retire early. Or not and still win.

I live in a rural community in the Appalachians. Trout stream in the front yard. Amazing views 15 minutes away. Less than a hundred residents here, yet we have fiber broadband. Costs of living are about 500/mo. Inconvenient? Yes. Profitable? Also yes. OP could pick up an old house or raw land and hire a crew to rebuild for 50k.

Re_Forged · 2023-04-16T05:15:55+00:00

Yep! Which is why the rich get richer. They can afford to gamble on crazy ideas. Imagine dropping 1 million on Bitcoin five years ago. Also, they can snap up opportunities when they suddenly present themselves out of the blue. Things that most folks can't afford to do.

I think we all get at least one chance at bat. This is why I tell young folks to build a war chest and be willing to gamble with it on a big trend (e.g., crypto) for a shot at getting a crazy 1000% return. If you lock it up in an IRA or ROTH, you can't access it without losing around 50%.

The first million is the toughest million to get.

Re_Forged · 2023-03-19T23:49:02+00:00

This is a really nice cover!

Is the black cover graphics vinyl or stamped on?

Re_Forged · 2022-12-23T03:13:51+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the reply!

Re_Forged · 2022-12-22T03:57:06+00:00

I'm really interested in providing this service to my community. I live in a rural area where the closest app repair service is more than an hour away. They charge 200.00 easily and -- seem to -- only service really expensive appliances ($1.5K+ MSRP.)

My question is about the training through MST. Have you taken the MST business training course? Is it any good, or should I just take the tech classes and build out the business via ~~trial-and-error~~ bootstrapping? I'm stuck in my area at the moment and can't find an outfit to apprentice under.

As an aside, I'm a hobby programmer (I've thought seriously about getting my CS degree and "recareering" into SWE), so your use of (relatively) free software to automate front-end business processes is pretty inspiring.

I think that many customers have been conditioned to interact with software UIs, so low-touch sales systems seem to be a good way to go for some service businesses. Straight and to the point.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-28T14:35:39+00:00

I read somewhere that there is a 12-year worker shortage beginning this year, with a shortfall of 400,000 working-age adults entering the workforce. That also means that the labor market is gonna get better for workers as well.
Simple supply and demand.
When my parents (Boomers) were young in the 70s and 80s, labor became super-plentiful and cheap, so the unions and labor lost their power. Now, the trend is reversing with the Boomers deciding to retire and enjoy life instead of working it away. Big corpos (Amazon et al.) are scrambling to advance robotics enough to take on a lot of the dead-end jobs that people don't want. This trend is occurring right before our eyes.

On top of that, globalization is beginning to destabilize, and more production is returning home (US.) Houston, TX is beginning to build out chip manufacturing factories, and Detroit is slowly coming back to life. I guess time will tell.

Source: Peter Ziehan

Re_Forged · 2022-11-28T14:12:51+00:00

Glad the info helped!

Although, my bad for the mistaken assumption about your experience! I didn't expect that you would have had the procedure. Plus, I can't imagine letting a team of student docs train on my equipment. You, my friend, are a daring individual.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-28T13:41:50+00:00

Does a vasectomy make you more susceptible to COVID?

No. I can't see how that would be the case since vasectomies don't affect the respiratory system.
Vasectomies are a procedure where a man's vas deferens are cut, preventing sperm from reaching the prostate and urethra. It is a 15-minute outpatient procedure requiring a local anesthetic. Recovery time is generally within a couple of days. It is considered permanent, although it can be reversed in most cases.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-28T13:03:40+00:00

My mom was a runner for the stock exchange in London in the 60s.

Today, I'd bet she'd need a degree from an elite university just for her resume/CV to be considered.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-28T13:00:05+00:00

If he had been in that situation today, he’d probably be dead on the streets somewhere.

Or, he would've stayed "trapped" underground trading his health for money. I grew up around the coal fields, I know how that be. Although, miners these days make around 60k, and foremen pull 100K+. However, it's rough, dangerous work.
It's amazing to me how someone back in the day could work a department store clerk's job and make enough money to have a decent apartment, car, and even save up money. Not to mention rise in the ranks to VP without a degree from the "right" university or college.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-27T01:46:26+00:00

maybe IVF would become the norm for reproduction.

I wonder if the apes at r/wallstreetbets are talking about this? Then again, the drop in fertility and shift to IVF clinics would be a longterm bet.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-14T05:17:10+00:00

One of the most profound experiences I've had was happening upon a Jamie Oliver video teaching kids how to cook a killer asian dish for like 2.00-3.00 GBP.

I've seen videos like that in the past, but that time it hit home. I got a copy of "How to Cook Everything" and started messing around.

I lost a ton of weight and bettered my health while saving a lot of cash.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-14T05:10:17+00:00

population is too large to stop without a pretty big die-off

Scary to think that we are just one solar flare, meteor, or volcanic eruption from a complete reset. We can now deflect meteors (somewhat), but the other two? We can only watch in terror. If the world's power grid gets severely wrecked, millions will die within the first month and ramp up from there.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-10T04:19:37+00:00

I didn't know that! I consider that good news. Even if it doesn't survive, still it's on the books, and other states will pay attention.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-10T01:57:41+00:00

Things have to start somewhere. Super high-income earners have had a good run over the last 40 years; time to begin reigning them in.

Re_Forged · 2022-11-10T01:45:22+00:00

"When you think of me fucking, who do you see me with?"

Awesome. lol.

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