Chukzombi
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Ahh, i thought the dickhead who went from pp to hooli passed their infoz on and thats what they used for The Box
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I thought the compression algorithm was basically done what they needed the engineers for was fleshing out use on the platform. But it felt like FileA.txt -> Middle Out -> FileA.cmp was basically good to go.
I somewhat implied it took him like 4 hours to get his point across, though. And the fact that he had to basically teach the entire room all the technical nuances of the PP design to actually understand how to use it.
Haast
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I was also wondering if that is the catch. That his team ignored the nuance of the contract and screwed themselves with the box deal. We shall see...
I'm not sure if snake oil is right. More like he focuses more on making a quick buck than a long term more risky plan. It works out for Gavin because he had to make a splash immediately. If he had a contract in hand to sell 500k in boxes that secures him back as CEO immediately. Gavin had to be short sighted in this instance.
Khane
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Oh no, he's a snake oil salesman. They sell it that way to the audience too with his conjoined triangles of success. He doesn't give a shit whether it's usable or not, he's going to sell it and then he's going to get out before the truth comes out.
If you ask me it's social commentary on the current state of all our fluff services and wall street here in the US.
If you ask me it's social commentary on the current state of all our fluff services and wall street here in the US.
*shrug* A bird in the hand. PP decided against the box and they'd have a ton of cash flowing into their company had they not. Instead PP decided to go with the platform and they're forced to hire Indians to pretend to be users. You can think Jack is a blowhard but if he can get a half a billion contract locked up regardless of the language I'd probably take that deal every day of the week.
TJT
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One thing I don't get about this show. Is why is Lori and Raviga doing everything possible to avoid giving Richard and PP money just to function? Their agreement that they need to sell X before they get anymore funding is just... stupid. They bleed/rehire engineers on the regular because they don't even get enough money to just do standard operations. Despite having a platform that even Lori admits to being worth a ton of money once they get it to people correctly.
Why?
Why?
Haast
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Obviously the plot demands tension, and thats why, but why not just have the UI lie to the users and say you're using XX Mb/Gb/whatever, but due to PP awesome compression you are still 95% free, add more shit! Who cares where the stuff is actually stored as long as the users get it when they want it.
Make it dropbox + infinite compression = put your stuff here and *hand wave* free space whoo!
Make it dropbox + infinite compression = put your stuff here and *hand wave* free space whoo!
Soygen
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Haast
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Yeah, this thread is getting close to arguing the specifications of the warp drive on the Enterprise. The UI is 500x more complex than it needs to be. Why? Because plot. That shit would be ironed out in a week or less by a real company, and the sex & coke parties with kiddie pools full of cash to roll around in would be in full swing.