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[HBO] Mike Judge's Silicon Valley

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by tallanvor, Apr 7, 2014.

  1. Indaface

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    I disagree this guy is big time and knows that he needs everyone on board in order for this to succeed. I think he's playing them too, he has done his research to get them to lock in.
     
  2. Nick

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    I actually think he will show some sort of alzheimer's/mental instability issue that has him temporarily incapacitated at times... already showed signs of it in the preview for next week.

    No doubt he was once great... and perhaps he can still be great in stretches... but I expect some zany antics from that character that don't necessarily add up to future possible success.
     
  3. donkeypunch

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    "Here, Jared, clear this, get all the smoke out of it, or else itll damage the device."

    "Well, you madam, are a shrew of the first order."
     
  4. Uprising

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    That bong scene had me cracking up. How quickly he was huffing and puffing the smoke....
     
  5. LosPollosHermanos

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    Richard's an idiot...a smart idiot...but an idiot nonetheless. I've run into these types before as a programmer myself. They write code very well but they act like idiots.

    I prefer being around decent to good programmers who don't act like idiots.
     
  7. seclusion

    seclusion rip chadwick

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    He's socially inept. Which, in my experience is a prerequisite for most (not all) programmers.
     
  8. Surfguy

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    The worst is being around bad programmers. They can't do anything without assistance from other programmers and they can't socialize in technical enough terms for a discussion on the subject matter because they don't know what they are doing. So, you end up writing their code for them while "showing" them how to do it.
     
  9. val_modus

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    Great start, but it's tough to get over the fact that Russ Hanneman is no more :(
     
  10. rezdawg

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    The genuine act is exactly what those guys fell for... I highly doubt this big time CEO was a big fan of Aviato. He did his research and knows exactly what to say to win over who he needs to win over.
     
  11. fallenphoenix

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    ACTION Jack. How did he get his nickname?

    What in business has a lot of action? Mergers and acquisitions. My guess he is going to try to build up and sell the company.

    Why is he a fan of Erlich and Aviato? Because Erlich sold out.

    Could be totally wrong, but that's my guess.
     
  12. BigM

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    Any theories on what Aviato was?
     
  13. tallanvor

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    doesn't urlich explain that in the first season? or is he not specific.
     
  14. CCorn

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    An app that tracks sexy female pilots?
     
  15. LonghornFan

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    Aviato was software aggregation program that takes all the information from social media whenever Frontier Airlines is mentioned and organizes it by region and airport and which are hubs and which aren’t.

    -From Reddit.
     
  16. BigM

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    That's from the show? I thought it was going to be one of the mysteries the writers revealed later on.
     
  17. donkeypunch

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    First of all guys, its Aviató, not Aviato, you peasants.

    Have some goddam respect for one of the most used/respected/advanced apps there is on the market. I cant wait for him to release the app that locates water fountains around your surrounding area.
     
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  18. seclusion

    seclusion rip chadwick

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    Amen!
     
  19. Ziggy

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    If it's legitimately the app LHF stated, then that actually is used by airports for customer service, then the CIA or FBI or some government entity piggybacked off it and re-purposed it. I thought he was all about joke apps but if that was the purpose then it's actually useful.
     
  20. donkeypunch

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    I still dont understand the purpose of it; it takes all of the social media mentions and collects it to organize it by region to identify hubs? Can someone break that down for me?

    A scary app out there right now and has been for awhile is flight tracking apps, ie, radarbox24 and flightradar24. They track flights that are in the air in real time. Kind of cool. Kind of scary of all the uses and applications if used in the wrong light.
     

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