Some day, this will be a "Last.fm/NetFlix/Amazon for web fiction" (both original and fanfiction) where you can search across many different hosting sites or rate what you've read and get recommendations. However, life keeps throwing more urgent projects my way, so I don't know when it'll be ready.
My point is this: Let's teach them how to use our computers."
There was a pause.
"We'll use Logic Gate Matrices and lambda calculus to get enough agreement in order to show them how our computers think and give them some detailed blueprints about microchips and data storage. Then, we hand them a drive with a full dictionary, the current Wikipedia, maybe audio and video samples so they can start making connections with what they hear and see us doing, and some other necessary stuff we can think of.
"And voila, their massive technological edge does all the work for us. Their unimaginable flop counts crunch our language and information, and they can get on teaching us what we need to know," Dr. Argyle finished, crossing his arms with a satisfied grin.
"I'm impressed," said Dr. Kuhn. "That's the laziest solution to first contact I've ever heard."
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/157612/4/twilight-makes-first-contact/chapter-4
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