Silicon Valley

popsicledeath · Jun 1, 2015

spronk_sl said:
i marathoned through the show the past week and enjoy it but you guys who say its the best comedy are crazy, for me Brooklyn 99 and Veep easily top this in big laughs and rapid fire jokes, maybe even this past season of P&R, its always sunny and archer. still top 5 though.

You have a different opinion so obviously you're the one clinically insane!

I'd say Silicon Valley and Brooklyn 99 are very different, but both funny enough I wouldn't begrudge anyone for having one as a favorite over the other. One thing I like about Silicon Valley is its not the model we see more often these days with 'rapid fire jokes' but feels a bit more classic and subtle at times with situational and satirical humor, not just banging out joke after joke.

As an aside, I generally find I'm enjoying most all shows more these days that I'm watching them with some separation, not how I used to marathoning binge sessions.

Needless · Jun 1, 2015

Thomas Middleditch is actually pretty damn funny when he streams on twitch, completely unlike his character on this show lol

CnCGOD_sl · Jun 1, 2015

Uhh what tech startup isn't 99% Apple? The one I work for sure is.

Alex · Jun 1, 2015

Yeah, they almost all use Apple. At least the offices I've been in.

spronk · Jun 1, 2015

CnCGOD_sl said:
Uhh what tech startup isn't 99% Apple? The one I work for sure is.

is that really true nowadays? thats kinda sad. i worked in the valley in the dot com era and any coder using an apple was considered a total noob, even a laptop was only a second computer but yeah that coulda definitely changed in the last decade especially with mobile apps being so important now. i'm old

also re: the remote delete thing, again its a trivial thing and not really important but the file compression wouldn't matter to remote deleting speeds. they are ftping the files down from the porn host full and uncompressed, then compressing them locally for streaming later (or just storing uncompressed and compress in stream on demand). They can't be compressing as they download since ftp doesn't support plugin compression codecs and their deletions were also effecting the other company so it had to be raw source. again, way too nerdy i agree and its just a show I should really relax but I hold HBO shows to a higher standard than CSI and Law & Order

popsicledeath · Jun 1, 2015

spronk_sl said:
is that really true nowadays? thats kinda sad. i worked in the valley in the dot com era and any coder using an apple was considered a total noob, even a laptop was only a second computer but yeah that coulda definitely changed in the last decade especially with mobile apps being so important now. i'm old

also re: the remote delete thing, again its a trivial thing and not really important but the file compression wouldn't matter to remote deleting speeds. they are ftping the files down from the porn host full and uncompressed, then compressing them locally for streaming later (or just storing uncompressed and compress in stream on demand). They can't be compressing as they download since ftp doesn't support plugin compression codecs and their deletions were also effecting the other company so it had to be raw source. again, way too nerdy i agree and its just a show I should really relax but I hold HBO shows to a higher standard than CSI and Law & Order

The last decade? Yeah, things dun changed. Just a little? ;/

I'm pretty sure we all agree the tequila-delete scene was founded more in the realm of needing a plot point, than reality, which is disappointing but didn't completely ruin the scene or show for me. I was actually hoping the 'hacker' had snuck in the back door, literally, and had just started unplugging shit when Russ made them all go outside. Would have worked, fit themes, been funny, in character, responded with a post-it note hack with a sneak in the literal back door hack, etc, but hey, I'm no writer for HBO

Mist · Jun 1, 2015

They showed all those cat5 cables and the blinking router in the background the whole time, all someone had to was go yank the power plug on the router.

Gravel · Jun 1, 2015

Apparently I'm nerdier than I thought, because I was thinking the same things. I haven't worked in IT in about 5 years, but the things running through my mind were, they're copying files so the original server should still have them, the porn company should have backups so this is just an annoyance factor, and yeah, they could've just yanked the cord on their network. Even if the first two things weren't there, disconnecting their network ends the pain immediately.

It's kind of disappointing because I feel like so far the show has been written as a comedy for everyone that is factually accurate on the IT side. Then again, most of the time it's programming shit that they're talking about, and I don't understand half the shit they're saying, so I just assume it's right.

Oh, and yeah, when someone said "It's like he's in the room deleting stuff" I figured he snuck in while they were looking at the McLaren. Isn't that what they say, that the bulk of hacking is in social engineering?

Ganthorn · Jun 2, 2015

They mentioned him making them put their phones on lockdown so I assumed he piggybacked in on douchemoneybags phone.

Breakdown · Jun 2, 2015

popsicledeath_sl said:
The last decade? Yeah, things dun changed. Just a little? ;/

I'm pretty sure we all agree the tequila-delete scene was founded more in the realm of needing a plot point, than reality, which is disappointing but didn't completely ruin the scene or show for me. I was actually hoping the 'hacker' had snuck in the back door, literally, and had just started unplugging shit when Russ made them all go outside. Would have worked, fit themes, been funny, in character, responded with a post-it note hack with a sneak in the literal back door hack, etc, but hey, I'm no writer for HBO

I thought this too. I was hoping Jin Yang was going to be like "hey who dis man here" and seth was just hiding in a closet hard wired in. would have been a nice FUCK YOU to Gilfoyle by "hacking" him without breaching the system like was done to him.

the Delete thing was off, which doesnt bother me, Im used to IT shit being fudged for entertainment and the casual user (Cop show Quote: Using a GUI Interface with Visual Basic to track an IP address) but this show has been pretty good in being faithful to real world while also being accessible to average users. Even my wife who is a tech retard turned to me and was like "That doesnt seem like it would be a real thing"

Noodleface · Jun 2, 2015

It was shitty I guess because as nerds we know what was happening was wrong, but someone like my wife who has moderate computer knowledge just sat there taking it all in. The show is usually pretty spot on, so it was a big surprising.

BrutulTM · Jun 2, 2015

You have to suspend disbelief in almost every show/movie. It was a funny bit and it's best to not think to hard about it. I'm sure most of the people complaining are doing it to broadcast that they are smart and not because it really took them out of the show.

Tenks · Jun 2, 2015

CnCGOD_sl said:
Uhh what tech startup isn't 99% Apple? The one I work for sure is.

Developing on OSX is about 1000x nicer than developing on Windows. It seems to be the people who think Apple makes garbage development machines are the ones who's only exposure to programming is playing video games and going durrrrr PC Master Race LOL!!

Khane · Jun 2, 2015

BrutulTM_sl said:
You have to suspend disbelief in almost every show/movie. It was a funny bit and it's best to not think to hard about it. I'm sure most of the people complaining are doing it to broadcast that they are smart and not because it really took them out of the show.

Pretty much this. It's the first time they've ever "broken my immersion" in the tech area of the show, which is actually pretty outstanding compared to any other show/movie revolving around technology. I can forgive this one and just enjoy the episode. Though like others have stated I wish they'd stop it with the end of episode giant screw ups that keep fucking over their chances. It's getting a little old.

Mist · Jun 2, 2015

Tarrant · Jun 2, 2015

BrutulTM_sl said:
You have to suspend disbelief in almost every show/movie. It was a funny bit and it's best to not think to hard about it. I'm sure most of the people complaining are doing it to broadcast that they are smart and not because it really took them out of the show.

This. Complaining about a show that's awesome because you want to sound smarter than a show who's primary purpose is to make you laugh...is sad. They are spot on most of the time, the stuff in this show isn't real, it's not reality. Are you the same people who watched House and complained about it not being medically accurate and solving rare illness's in a single episode?

The end of episode screw ups...I get it, they want to create a build up to get you reeled in for the next episode but at this point in their series, they have us, they can stop with it. Maybe they do it to make the story seem more fluid from episode to episode? I dunno, but they could certainly dial it back a bit.

Tarrant · Jun 2, 2015

Mist_sl said:

Haha thats great but it just doesn't capture the feeling when he whispers the "he fucks" part.

Alex · Jun 2, 2015

Tarrant_sl said:
This. Complaining about a show that's awesome because you want to sound smarter than a show who's primary purpose is to make you laugh...is sad.They are spot on most of the time, the stuff in this show isn't real, it's not reality. Are you the same people who watched House and complained about it not being medically accurate and solving rare illness's in a single episode?

The end of episode screw ups...I get it, they want to create a build up to get you reeled in for the next episode but at this point in their series, they have us, they can stop with it. Maybe they do it to make the story seem more fluid from episode to episode? I dunno, but they could certainly dial it back a bit.

I think that's a problem people have with it. The fact that they've been relatively accurate for the most part and then shoehorn that in there. And it's not about sounding "smarter" at all. People nitpick shit all the time. Especially on this forum. That's what we do here. Knees too sharp and all that.

opiate82 · Jun 2, 2015

I knew it would never ever work like that and I still thought it was funny as hell. I thought Diamantopoulos (Hanneman) was great in that entire scene but especially at that particular part.

Tenks · Jun 2, 2015

Khane_sl said:
Pretty much this. It's the first time they've ever "broken my immersion" in the tech area of the show, which is actually pretty outstanding compared to any other show/movie revolving around technology. I can forgive this one and just enjoy the episode. Though like others have stated I wish they'd stop it with the end of episode giant screw ups that keep fucking over their chances. It's getting a little old.

Really? In season 01 the entire premise of The Carver was reliant upon Pied Piper not having version control.

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