Just My Alexa - SOUTH PARK: POST COVID: THE RETURN OF COVID
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN mostly uses it as a joke or a demonstration of Alexa waking up on cue.
What it is
A short South Park clip from the 'Post COVID: The Return of COVID' special in which Stan relies on his Alexa. It plays on voice assistants responding to their wake word.
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What Hacker News said
Cites shagie · 2024-06 · on “Ask HN: How does Alexa avoid interrupting itself when saying its own name?”
If you watch [this video] you will get Alexa waking up. Meanwhile [LINK] and [LINK] and don't. Play them on a TV or tiny computer speaker. You can hear 3 kHz quite well. [LINK] And we can hear up to 20 kHz when young (that's 3 octaves higher than 3 kHz). [LINK] And while this is audio people talking about sound... [LINK] > 3k is commonly the most sensitive frequency for human ears - we use it for testing wow and flutter on tape machines; you can hear pitch variation there easiest. 3k is a ballpark, but a good one - I think it works anywhere in that region 2-4k, but usually 3k is THE ONE. > When I have a harsh fuzz guitar or trashy cymbal, I often try to just tuck down the 3k region, and suddenly