Medieval helpdesk with English subtitles
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN drops it as a joke whenever threads touch on new interfaces, books or technology confusing users.
What it is
A classic Norwegian TV comedy sketch from NRK's show Oystein og jeg, subtitled in English, in which a monk calls a helpdesk to learn how to use a book instead of a scroll.
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What Hacker News said
Critical pclark · 2009-04 · on “Twi.bz: the transparent URL shortener”
thats a remarkable service. They take this ugly url: [this video] [38 characters] and turn it into this pretty url: [LINK] [47 characters] their "pretty" url is much longer than the original one. What the hell!?