[oblio]

> I'd love a 411 from any HNers with know-how

What's a 411?

[defrost]

Parochial 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.

[vineyardmike]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-1-1

Commonly used as "information"

[deaddodo]

Eh, better translated as “a summary” or “abstract” here.

[saalweachter]

411 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]

Anyone 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.