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So did anyone else think Uhrlich's plan in the Peter Gregory meeting was a serious misstep? It seems like he was suggesting they run compression servers for the public to use. It seems like technology like that would be better off marketed purely to corporations -- position it to replace mp3/mp4s, or sell it to the major ISPs to double or triple the effective bandwidth of their existing networks.
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Phenotype posted:So did anyone else think Uhrlich's plan in the Peter Gregory meeting was a serious misstep? It seems like he was suggesting they run compression servers for the public to use. It seems like technology like that would be better off marketed purely to corporations -- position it to replace mp3/mp4s, or sell it to the major ISPs to double or triple the effective bandwidth of their existing networks. That was actually what was also mentioned in the first episode, when the Hooli people caught wind of his algorithm. Maybe Erlich and Richard want to launch a Dropbox competitor, or they were pitching how it could benefit the users of their clients.
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Apr 30, 2014 12:42
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This show is good. That is all I have to say at this time.
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Apr 30, 2014 13:31
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Rexides posted:That was actually what was also mentioned in the first episode, when the Hooli people caught wind of his algorithm. Maybe Erlich and Richard want to launch a Dropbox competitor, or they were pitching how it could benefit the users of their clients. Well that was mostly just bullshit to make Peter think they know what the gently caress they're doing. Not that vision isn't important. The biggest problem I think was letting him spreak at all and then letting him back on the board of directors.
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Apr 30, 2014 18:24
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mobby_6kl posted:Well that was mostly just bullshit to make Peter think they know what the gently caress they're doing. Not that vision isn't important. The biggest problem I think was letting him spreak at all and then letting him back on the board of directors. Erlich is a more interesting character than the main guy (can't even remember his name) so I hope he pulls the whole Steve Jobs and edges him out Woz style.
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Apr 30, 2014 19:57
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mobby_6kl posted:Well that was mostly just bullshit to make Peter think they know what the gently caress they're doing. Not that vision isn't important. The biggest problem I think was letting him spreak at all and then letting him back on the board of directors. Everything Erlich said was pretty much what Richard had in mind for Pied Piper's real world application. Richard even said something to the effect of "that's exactly what I was thinking, but clearer" after their meeting was over. Erlich may seem like the dumb/aloof type that comes off as pretentious and douchey, but I think as the season pans out, we'll find out that he's like the perfect type of guy to market all the crazy tech jargon in a way that makes it sound super exciting.
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May 1, 2014 03:42
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Yeah the whole point of that episode was to establish why Erlich being on the board will pay off... Erlich is the man.
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May 2, 2014 19:23
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thathonkey posted:Yeah the whole point of that episode was to establish why Erlich being on the board will pay off... For real. I also legit chuckled at "mine as well call it drip box".
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May 2, 2014 20:50
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Another thing that did is establish that Richard is actually capable of making good decisions if he lets go and relaxes a bit. In this case, it took him getting drunk off his rear end. But it shows that if he isn't freaking out all the time, he can trust his gut for the right direction.
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May 3, 2014 00:14
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bull3964 posted:Another thing that did is establish that Richard is actually capable of making good decisions if he lets go and relaxes a bit. In this case, it took him getting drunk off his rear end. I really don't think getting black out drunk proves this at all.
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May 3, 2014 00:18
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The Dave posted:I really don't think getting black out drunk proves this at all. And that's why you aren't a tech start up millionaire.
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May 5, 2014 02:03
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Im fixated on Erlichs shave job.... weird.
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May 5, 2014 03:19
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ilikeike222 posted:Im fixated on Erlichs shave job.... weird. The reverse walrus-stach...a bold choice.
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May 5, 2014 03:20
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This is getting Too Real for me...
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May 5, 2014 03:22
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The way this episode ended is why I watch this show.
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May 5, 2014 03:28
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I thought this episode was definitely up there with ep 3 for best of the show so far. The mural and the whole hologram segment were both hysterical.
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May 5, 2014 03:38
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Please tell me there's an image of that mural up on the internet. It was a thing of beauty.
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May 5, 2014 04:02
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Every scene with Peter Gregory is making the death of Christopher Evan Welch harder to take. Wiki says he only filmed five eps?
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May 5, 2014 05:47
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Brock Samson posted:This is getting Too Real for me... SCRUMMMMMMM 
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May 5, 2014 05:56
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Sad story that he died, but I won't miss the Gregory character much. Monica can go work for Gavin or Richard and it'll be like nothing changed.
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May 5, 2014 06:15
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Gregory will be missed for sure but I think this episode was the one where he had the least screentime and it was the best one yet. This show really has gotten better every episode. I can't decide whether Erlich is the dumbest or smartest guy in the company. That's probably the point of his character, mind you.
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May 5, 2014 06:34
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIn3M72rfdA
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May 5, 2014 12:04
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Yeah I was expecting the show to make a joke about the paypal logo when Jared first drew it.
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May 5, 2014 12:33
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That episode was great. loving SCRUM
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May 5, 2014 15:02
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The hell is scrum anywayszoux posted:Every scene with Peter Gregory is making the death of Christopher Evan Welch harder to take. Wiki says he only filmed five eps? The episode you just saw was his last one
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May 5, 2014 15:12
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Occupation posted:The hell is scrum anyways It is a software development methodology (part of Agile process? Who cares) that is really trendy right now. You can read about it on wiki if you really want to know more but it isnt critical to your understanding of the show or to get any of the jokes. Fwiw i think they did a pretty good job portraying it on the show
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May 5, 2014 15:45
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Occupation posted:The episode you just saw was his last one That stinks, he is my favorite character.
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May 5, 2014 18:21
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I forgot that I missed last week's episode, so I watched it this morning after catching episode 5 live. Peter Gregory's entrance to the toga party is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. "Thank you, Florida. Welcome to the fourth annual Orgy of Caring. The previous three were...fine."
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May 5, 2014 18:54
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Space Pussy posted:Sad story that he died, but I won't miss the Gregory character much. Monica can go work for Gavin or Richard and it'll be like nothing changed. Actually, do you think Monica might take over as CEO and end up as replacement consultant? It sort of seems like they're setting that up with the recent reveal that Peter Gregory doesn't give a rats rear end about Pied Piper and that Monica actually put 10% of her salary into the VC funding. Also, YES CORPORATE JOKES.
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May 5, 2014 20:33
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It seemed weird that Danesh, Gilfoyle, and Richards were all working for a few years in a "young, hip" tech company but had supposedly never heard of SCRUM. But that "lowercase letters" logo poo poo was spot-on.
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May 5, 2014 20:52
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DrBouvenstein posted:It seemed weird that Danesh, Gilfoyle, and Richards were all working for a few years in a "young, hip" tech company but had supposedly never heard of SCRUM. Only because I work in a Scrum environment, but its actually not an acronym. Its just Scrum (like in Rugby).
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Shadowhand00 posted:Only because I work in a Scrum environment, but its actually not an acronym. Its just Scrum (like in Rugby). Do they seriously refer to tasks as "stories"? Also, I didn't know this, but Mike Judge worked as a programmer in Silicon Valley straight out of college in the eighties.
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zoux posted:Do they seriously refer to tasks as "stories"? quote:A user story is simply something a user wants. User stories are more than just text written on an index card but for our purposes here, just think of user story as a bit of text saying something like, “Paginate the monthly sales report” or, “Change tax calculations on invoices.” Many teams have learned the benefits of writing user stories in the form of: “As a <type of user> I <want/can/am able to/need to/etc.> so that <some reason>.” But it is not necessary that a user story be written that way. Check out the advantages of that user story format.
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zoux posted:Also, I didn't know this, but Mike Judge worked as a programmer in Silicon Valley straight out of college in the eighties. Office Space was written by someone who spent time in the trenches.
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May 6, 2014 02:32
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Yeah "user stories" is pretty common jargon in the product management / usability worlds.
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May 6, 2014 02:45
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zoux posted:Do they seriously refer to tasks as "stories"? Yeah he had short stint with a startup before getting fed up with the culture especially the sacrifice everything for the company attitude.
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May 6, 2014 02:45
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Thanks for making me irl mad.
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May 6, 2014 03:24
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Also, keep in mind that it's mostly just a nebulous buzzwords to make companies sound more progressive and cutting-edge and as such there's no real hard definition. I've worked at some companies where "scrum" literally meant the same thing as "let's have a meeting".
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May 6, 2014 03:31
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That doesn't mean scrum's a buzzword as much as it means that company implemented it poorly. We recently went agile and while it's buzzwordy to say that it's a real workflow and really helped organize what was a bit of a chaotic product.
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So was the fact that the 3d conference call part of the show (where there were buffering issues) a part of what pp will fix? Lossless streaming and all that fun stuff that's the point of the whole algorithm/this series...
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