Frederick the Great, discussion post 16

[cahn]

We have slowed down a lot, but are still (sporadically) going! And somehow filled up the last post while I wasn't looking!

...I was asked to start a new thread so that STDs could be discussed. Really! :D

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Re: August 17

[cahn]

You guys are SO AMAZING. I'm kind of in awe that you guys let me hang out with you and benefit from all your awesomeness! :D

A year ago I knew about Katte (and that only because selenak told me), and... that was it. I didn't even know whether Fritz had any siblings!

a Fritz in search of serious boyfriends!

heeeee! Well, that's a compliment!

Re: August 17

[mildred_of_midgard]

But we wouldn't be nearly as awesome without you! Do you think *I* was going to ask who Lehndorff was? I was not!

a Fritz in search of serious boyfriends!

heeeee! Well, that's a compliment!

My reaction exactly! <3

Re: August 17

[mildred_of_midgard]

Oh, another moment of greatness from cahn: I had halfheartedly mentioned trying to write an interface with Google translate, but when I realized it would cost money and be slightly complicated to write, I shrugged and put it to the side.

Only when cahn offered to commission a Wilhelmine correspondence translation, did I actually dig into what it would take, discover the free trial¹, and actually produce the necessary algorithms! Suhm would not be ranked among the boyfriends without those algorithms, I would not be learning German (and cahn's German learning would be more impaired), and I don't believe Selena would have the all-important Heinrich-Fritz correspondence (unless you've since found it in German? I mean, beyond Ziebura's all-important citations.).

See, cahn? You make the awesomeness possible!

¹ Which ends in January, after which the translation itself will cost money, above the book costs and the Mildred-labor costs if the translation isn't intended for me. Otoh, I accept Fritzian books as a currency, so everyone benefits. :)

Re: August 17

[cahn]

I knoooow and this is so great, I just suggest something and then magically it happens! :DDDDD

well we just have to find a bunch of text before January then, I guess

Re: August 17

[mildred_of_midgard]

that shouldn't be a problem at this rate :P

Btw, just to be clear, it's not unlimited text between now and January, it's $118 worth, which is a little less than half of the $300 total for the free trial. I suspect we'll get through our $300 by the time January rolls around, though if it's November and we've still got a ways to go, I'll do what I can to take advantage of the free translation services remaining.

I knoooow and this is so great, I just suggest something and then magically it happens! :DDDDD

Alchemy! Detective + algorithms + reader + German speaker + Germany traveler + asker of the right questions = GOLD.

Why am I not in bed? Go to bed, self. Do you want to be miserably tired again tomorrow and not do German? BED.