Burnistoun - Voice Recognition Elevator in Scotland
Why Hacker News recommends it
Posted as the obligatory joke in any thread about speech recognition, and recommended in a thread on what makes people laugh.
What it is
A Burnistoun sketch from BBC Scotland in which two men try to use a voice-recognition elevator that cannot understand their Scottish accents.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2015 to 2018.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec sdruskat · 2018-05 · on “Ask HN: What you watch to laugh?”
- Burnistoun (sample here: [this video] , [LINK] ): I have regularly thrown laughing fits over this. - Hardy Bucks ( [LINK] , [LINK] ) Tech-wise, Silicon Valley I think is funny esp. the earlier series.