Halt and Catch Fire

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Post by ScottWRobinson » Sat, May 16, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC

Halt and Catch Fire
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Post by thisisauserid » Sat, May 16, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC

This article is deadbeef on arrival.

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Post by burnte » Sat, May 16, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC

It was a fun show. I really enjoyed it, a fictional run through the 80s and 90s computing industries.

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Post by Forgeties79 » Sat, May 16, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC

burnte wrote: post #3

It was a fun show. I really enjoyed it, a fictional run through the 80s and 90s computing industries.

It really starts strong too. The first couple of episodes are fantastic.

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Post by tptacek » Sat, May 16, 2026, 10:06 PM UTC

burnte wrote: post #3

It was a fun show. I really enjoyed it, a fictional run through the 80s and 90s computing industries.

Same showrunner is doing the current season of The Terror (a/k/a "North Pole Bear Show" in my review notes; that first season was excellent).

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Post by TacticalCoder » Sat, May 16, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

burnte wrote: post #3

It was a fun show. I really enjoyed it, a fictional run through the 80s and 90s computing industries.

Same. It shows the link between big oil and companies in Texas and then computing moving to California. It both shows mainframe, personal computers (the C64) and then beige PC taking over.

Great intro too:

https://youtu.be/yD_kCKiSkoI

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Post by 0xCMP » Sat, May 16, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

burnte wrote: post #3

It was a fun show. I really enjoyed it, a fictional run through the 80s and 90s computing industries.

It's a shame that it is such a niche show in practice. The acting of Lee Pace and Mackenzie Davis in particular are so good across all 4 seasons.

I recommend it at every chance I get, but few people ever watch it. They're more likely to give Silicon Valley a try.

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Post by 0xCMP » Sat, May 16, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC

TacticalCoder wrote: post #6

burnte wrote: post #3

It was a fun show. I really enjoyed it, a fictional run through the 80s and 90s computing industries.

Same. It shows the link between big oil and companies in Texas and then computing moving to California. It both shows mainframe, personal computers (the C64) and then beige PC taking over. Great intro too: https://youtu.be/yD_kCKiSkoI

Oh I'd never connected this. It makes so much sense. I'd always wondered what Texas had to do with computing that made so many things start there.

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Post by timenotwasted » Sat, May 16, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC

burnte wrote: post #3

It was a fun show. I really enjoyed it, a fictional run through the 80s and 90s computing industries.

Yeah a truly fantastic show all the way through the end. One of my favorites by far.

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Post by scar » Sat, May 16, 2026, 10:13 PM UTC

There's such an annoying scene in the first episode of that show that kinda broke the immersion for me.

They introduced Cameron Howe as some sort of world class hacker that could do anything so one of her first scenes was her typing something.. and typing she did, one finger at a time.

I mean, wtf.

World class hacker that literally types one finger at a time, like she had never used a keyboard before.

That scene nearly made me quit the show right there and then.

Whenever I see that actress in something else I just can't help but think back about she couldn't even be bothered to learn how to type.