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If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by btym »

hk__2 wrote: post #67
awakeasleep wrote: post #45

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A compression algorithm that works well enough to make a P2P Internet practical seems like a ground-breaking technology that is close-to-believable. I challenge any of us to come up with something better or an alternative!

> A compression algorithm that works well enough to make a P2P Internet practical seems like a ground-breaking technology that is close-to-believable. That’s not the amount of transfered data that makes a P2P Internet practical or not, but rather its reliability, something a compression algorithm can’t do anything about.

Such a compression algorithm could make it much cheaper for the community to volunteer capacity to the network (short-range relays? data storage nodes? crowdfunded cell towers?), which could make it much more feasible to build a reliable P2P network.

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by johan_larson »

raverbashing wrote: post #98
johan_larson wrote: post #55

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"Silicon Valley" is like Silicon Valley, but it goes to 0x11.

Or to 0x0B?

I'd say the real place goes to 0x0B all day every day. The valley runs on hype and all-nighters.

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by untog »

anonytrary wrote: post #82
skunkworker wrote: post #7

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This Venn diagram always gets me. https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8291744000/h3159FC59/

Wow this is hilarious, but are the KK crew actually dumb? I don't think so. Where do you think Silicon Valley sits on this graph? Is Silicon Valley is a show for smart people about smart and dumb people?

I think Silicon Valley needs its own Venn diagram of "self aware" and "not self aware". That said, I can't think of any shows that adopt the Silicon Valley mindset hook, line and sinker. There was an awful Bravo reality show a few years ago though.

That said, Silicon Valley probably belongs on both sides of the Venn diagram. Lots of people enjoying the show without realising they are the joke.

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by faizshah »

VikingCoder wrote: post #71

Silicon Valley The Internship The Circle It's possible to get a somewhat accurate view from watching these, but you have to know which parts to completely ignore. I kind of wish there were "this is accurate" edits of those shows and movies.

Any opinions on Startup by Doree Shafrir? I am about to pick it up from the library for this weekend.

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by ramraj07 »

coleifer wrote: post #81
skunkworker wrote: post #7

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This Venn diagram always gets me. https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8291744000/h3159FC59/

I use this simple litmus test: if it has a laugh-track, then it's for dumb people.

The it crowd is one of my absolute favorite shows. Maybe it will work better without a laugh track but there are a lot of British shows id rather have with a track than without the show in my life.

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by 24gttghh »

g2e wrote: post #103
coleifer wrote: post #81

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I use this simple litmus test: if it has a laugh-track, then it's for dumb people.

Not Seinfeld.

Partly true: Seinfeld used a laugh track, and also a real audience for stuff like scenes in Jerry's apartment.

https://www.quora.com/Did-Seinfeld-use-a-laugh-track-a-live-...

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Post by m4lvin »

blocked_again wrote: post #13
slivym wrote: post #3

It's quite amazing how good a job Silicon Valley does considering how badly wrong it could go (I'm looking at you Big Bang Theory). I'm sure there are quite a few industries that could have similar comedies about them from people who really know what the industry is like. W1A is another great example.

Pardon my ignorance but what did big bang theory got wrong?

Jonathan McIntosh sums it up as complicit geek masculinity and adorkable misogyny:

http://popculturedetective.agency/2017/complicit-geek-mascul... http://popculturedetective.agency/2017/the-adorkable-misogyn...

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by clairity »

ham_sandwich wrote: post #51
skunkworker wrote: post #7

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This Venn diagram always gets me. https://i.chzbgr.com/full/8291744000/h3159FC59/

This chart holds only in the sense that the Kardashians play dumb caricatures of themselves. They may cater their brand to the lowest common denominator but they most certainly aren’t dumb themselves. They essentially parlayed Robert Kardashian’s friendship with OJ Simpson into a media empire; there is something to be said for how media savvy they are.

having money (as you note, the family wealth came from kris jenner's husband) makes it easier to make more money, with no implications about the intelligence of the wealth holder.

take trump for example. nytimes detailed about $600+ million in wealth transfer to him from his dad. while we don't have tax returns or financial statements to confirm this, he's probably worth about a billion dollars now. that rate of return is (roughly) less than 2% yearly. he would have been way better off putting that money in an index fund--he'd be worth about $3 billion if he had.

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by Upvoter33 »

ng12 wrote: post #28

I always describe Silicon Valley (the show) as being solidly in the Uncanny Valley ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley ). It's humorous and absurd, but at the same time so close to reality it's unsettling.

Great way to summarize this experience - way too close to real in my experience. I finally got over this and just enjoyed the humorous aspects of the show. RIGBY...

Re: If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

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Post by swampthinker »

VikingCoder wrote: post #71

Silicon Valley The Internship The Circle It's possible to get a somewhat accurate view from watching these, but you have to know which parts to completely ignore. I kind of wish there were "this is accurate" edits of those shows and movies.

Wired has a fun series where a professional watches scenes from a genre about their industry, then reviews their accuracy.

https://youtu.be/vGOL7ZvuGMc

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