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> I'd love a 411 from any HNers with know-how What's a 411?
by oblio 4y ago
> I'd love a 411 from any HNers with know-how
What's a 411?
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- vineyardmike 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-1-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-1-1 Commonly used as "information"
- deaddodo 4y agoEh, better translated as “a summary” or “abstract” here.
- defrost 4y agoParochial north american slang originating from local directory assistance phone number in Canada and the United States. Equiv. to give me the details, the lowdown, fill me in, etc.
- saalweachter 4y ago411 was a phone service that you could call and ask basic questions to and a human operator would look up answers for you. Kind of a primitive version of Google.
- patwolf 4y agoAnyone remember GOOG-411? During the days before smart phones, you'd call a phone number and do a Google search via voice. My favorite part was that the sound it made while waiting for the results was a human making robotic beep-boop sounds.