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The Human Heater already exists. It's a crowd control and totally-not-torture-no-way device.
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Super Aggro Crag posted:Johnny Drama would like a word with you. I said "nearly"! But that really belonged to Ari. Drama was good up to Season 5-6. Honestly, with Entourage and Weeds I remember watching the entire series, but my mind has literally blocked all memory of it. I remember more from Nip/Tuck than either of them and I haven't seen that show in years.
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May 20, 2014 22:01
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TheBlackVegetable posted:I might be dumb, but I thought the joke was that the heater is perfectly safe and the judges ignorance and panic was about expert know-it-alls being just as superstitious as the average person about things they dont understand (while being trusted by the public to make informed decisions on those things) I kind of thought that too; that someone investing that much effort into developing such a product would have done their homework on the safety front in order to have made it at least as far as they did, only to be immediately dismissed by someone who probably has zero qualifications in the relevant subjects and who isn't even willing to listen to your awkward genius CEO present the reams of data from his years of PhD research and industry testing that have proven the technique safe. Maybe this is the kind of joke that is really a personality test for the listener. withak fucked around with this message at 22:10 on May 20, 2014 |
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May 20, 2014 22:08
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withak posted:I kind of thought that too; that someone investing that much effort into developing such a product would have done their homework on the safety front in order to have made it at least as far as they did, only to be immediately dismissed by someone who probably has zero qualifications in the relevant subjects and who isn't even willing to listen to your awkward genius CEO present the reams of data from his years of PhD research and industry testing that have proven the technique safe. The judges are too human and not scientific enough, the presenter was too scientific and not human enough. So yes, it's a joke that works differently for all sorts of people, you can laugh at the presenter for being dumb, or you can laugh at the judges for being a completely different kind of dumb.
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May 20, 2014 23:20
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Shooting people with microwaves to keep them warm as a consumer-level technology is an insane solution to a comparatively simple problem. You can't just shoot microwaves at poo poo, and leave that up to people to make sure it doesn't kill anyone. Fires will be started, weird reactions with metal or whatever will happen and people would burn and die. The point was that the presenter was absurdly naive to think that this is a technology that could work as a common heating solution. Them shutting him down without even bothering to hear what he had to say was for comic effect, it wasn't a comic meta-commentary that judges at tech competitions are small-minded (?), they were surrogates for the real world going "what the gently caress are you doing, are you kidding me. did you seriously just say you were shooting microwaves at people, and you want to use this to heat the world?" You weren't supposed to take his reassurances that he had been testing it on his workers/interns as actual reassurance. Periodiko fucked around with this message at 00:00 on May 21, 2014 |
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May 20, 2014 23:56
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Periodiko posted:Shooting people with microwaves to keep them warm as a consumer-level technology is an insane solution to a comparatively simple problem. You can't just shoot microwaves at poo poo, and leave that up to people to make sure it doesn't kill anyone. Fires will be started, weird reactions with metal or whatever will happen and people would burn and die. The point was that the presenter was absurdly naive to think that this is a technology that could work as a common heating solution. Them shutting him down without even bothering to hear what he had to say was for comic effect, it wasn't a comic meta-commentary that judges at tech competitions are small-minded (?), they were surrogates for the real world going "what the gently caress are you doing, are you kidding me. did you seriously just say you were shooting microwaves at people, and you want to use this to heat the world?" But they're making a world a better place by being SoLoMo!
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May 21, 2014 07:46
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TheBlackVegetable posted:I might be dumb, but I thought the joke was that the heater is perfectly safe and the judges ignorance and panic was about expert know-it-alls being just as superstitious as the average person about things they dont understand (while being trusted by the public to make informed decisions on those things) Agree completely, I'm sure if I was presenting that I'd have uttered "what the gently caress do you know?" If I was confident in my science.
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May 21, 2014 08:08
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I think anytime during this show you have to decide whether the butt of a joke is some startup people or some other people, choose the startup people.
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May 21, 2014 14:20
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CaptainHollywood posted:As nonsensical as it was, it worked for me too. I also liked how the show wrote in the line, "Only 2% of the programming world is women" in order to brush off why women are (and will continue to be) underrepresented in the show.
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I loved that they honed in on the ridiculous notion that startups are making the world a better place. It is the exception, not the rule, certainly, but a ton of real life software developers and entrepreneurs wanna carry the holier-than-thou notion that they are truly helping people in a meaningful, substantive way. Makes all the technical inaccuracies totally worth it because they totally and consistently nail the culture.
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withak posted:Maybe this is the kind of joke that is really a personality test for the listener. I don't think it was a joke, or if it was I don't think it was a funny one. I thought it was just setting up the tone for the PiedPiper presentation scene by showing us that the judges are not afraid to publicly ridicule a presenter if they think (rightly or wrongly) that their idea is stupid.
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Rexides posted:I don't think it was a joke, or if it was I don't think it was a funny one. I thought it was just setting up the tone for the PiedPiper presentation scene by showing us that the judges are not afraid to publicly ridicule a presenter if they think (rightly or wrongly) that their idea is stupid. And at the presenter being hilariously out of touch. Cingulate fucked around with this message at 16:45 on May 21, 2014 |
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May 21, 2014 16:35
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Rexides posted:I don't think it was a joke, or if it was I don't think it was a funny one. I thought it was just setting up the tone for the PiedPiper presentation scene by showing us that the judges are not afraid to publicly ridicule a presenter if they think (rightly or wrongly) that their idea is stupid. No, it was funny because the guy's invention would physically harm you and they really didn't want to have that used on any one. The presenter was also super weird and awkward. How do people misinterpret stuff like this?
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May 24, 2014 10:25
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Cingulate posted:I laughed at their proud display of anti-intellectualism. fariz posted:No, it was funny because the guy's invention would physically harm you and they really didn't want to have that used on any one. Just make up your mind, thread, which one is it?
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You were supposed to laugh at the presenter hth.
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Yeah it was supposed to demonstrate how out of touch some of these startups are with the consumers they hope to connect with, how awkward their founders are at public speaking and presenting their product, and finally that the judges arent afraid to crap on horrible ideas. It pulls those 3 things off well and was funny. There isnt some in-depth reverse joke about how the presenters actually had a great idea that would Save The World if only the judges weren't so incompetent and close minded... So now that we've thoroughly analyzed that scene from every angle hopefully we can move on.
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No wait. There's more details. We need to rewind. *fiddles around with 7 remotes for 4k smart TV, HD satellite DVR, and surround sound w/ bass boost* *accidentally turns off lights*
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I love this show, and I'm sad there's only one more episode. At least it got renewed for next year. Man, HBO is killing it Sunday nights right now, it's nuts. Game of Thrones, Veep, Silicon Valley, Last Week Tonight. It's gonna suck when these shows are over for the summer.
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Damo posted:Man, HBO is killing it Sunday nights right now, it's nuts. Game of Thrones, Veep, Silicon Valley, Last Week Tonight. It's gonna suck when these shows are over for the summer. There's...True Blood?
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Damo posted:I love this show, and I'm sad there's only one more episode. At least it got renewed for next year. Is Last Week Tonight off for the summer? That seems kind of dumb.
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ultramiraculous posted:There's...True Blood? He meant killing it in a good way. Don't ruin it.
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They showed Silicon Valley at Techcrunch Disrupt and the judge clearly was not amused. http://techcrunch.com/video/the-makers-of-hbos-silicon-valley-in-conversation-with-michael-arrington/518221623/ Sheng-Ji Yang fucked around with this message at 23:39 on May 27, 2014 |
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May 27, 2014 23:30
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Skunny Wundy posted:Is Last Week Tonight off for the summer? That seems kind of dumb. I heard it had something like 30 episodes per season, but they did just take Memorial Day off like the rest of the HBO shows.
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Sheng-ji Yang posted:They showed Silicon Valley at Techcrunch Disrupt and the judge clearly was not amused. Holy poo poo was this whole thing awkward to watch. The host asking the questions was all passive-agressive about the show making fun of people like him, trying to poo poo all over Miller and Middleditch in the process. What a tool.
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Sheng-ji Yang posted:They showed Silicon Valley at Techcrunch Disrupt and the judge clearly was not amused. This was everything I expected it would be other than Chris Christie moderating.
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Sheng-ji Yang posted:They showed Silicon Valley at Techcrunch Disrupt and the judge clearly was not amused. It's embarassing that Techcrunch is now apparently considered a reputable voice in the industry. Jesus christ that was awkward. Guy just wants Silicon Valley to be like Entourage, yknow, show how cool we are over here. edit: wait in the video the moderator said he hadn't seen the latest episode (and that the one before it was about the Pied Piper logo). This suggests he hasn't seen the Techcrunch episode where they make fun of "changing the world" being touted ad nausea by startups - does that mean the moderator wasn't trying to make a tie-in joke when he literally said that (something like "why are you making fun of us when all we really want to do is change the world?") or do you think somebody filled him in on that? thathonkey fucked around with this message at 14:01 on May 28, 2014 |
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May 28, 2014 13:22
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thathonkey posted:It's embarassing that Techcrunch is now apparently considered a reputable voice in the industry. Jesus christ that was awkward. Guy just wants Silicon Valley to be like Entourage, yknow, show how cool we are over here. He also seems to completely miss the point that Entourage is pretty critical of Hollywood politics at times. The other guys in the video try to point that out, but they don't get very far.
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thathonkey posted:It's embarassing that Techcrunch is now apparently considered a reputable voice in the industry. Jesus christ that was awkward. Guy just wants Silicon Valley to be like Entourage, yknow, show how cool we are over here. the "changing the world" joke was made in the first episode (remember the video of the hooli guy with african kids and stuff)
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Sheng-ji Yang posted:They showed Silicon Valley at Techcrunch Disrupt and the judge clearly was not amused. quote:TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014 on TechCrunch Disrupt NYC ’14 created by TechCrunch What the gently caress is this poo poo. It is this isn't it? 
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mrg220t posted:What the gently caress is this poo poo. See that's a false comparison, because at least one of those is a joke. Well I mean they're both a joke...but one is satire?
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Skunny Wundy posted:Is Last Week Tonight off for the summer? That seems kind of dumb. Ah, didn't mean to imply that. I doubt it since it just started it's "season". I hope it just runs year round ala Daily Show and other similar shows. My guess though it'll be like Real Time w/ Bill Maher where it runs like a couple dozen episodes then a break for 3-5 months or whatever. It really should be year round since the news doesn't stop! Plus it's only once a week. If the Daily Show/Colbert can run 4 nights a week almost all year (I believe they run all year, except maybe like part of the summer?) don't see why they can't handle a once a week 30 minute show for most of the year. I love Last Week Tonight damnit! ultramiraculous posted:There's...True Blood? Yeah, no. Not a fan. Damo fucked around with this message at 12:18 on May 30, 2014 |
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sportsgenius86 posted:This was everything I expected it would be other than Chris Christie moderating. I like the smug bit were he went after Mike Judge for not being a "real engineer" since Judge did tech related work back in the 80s.
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etalian posted:I like the smug bit were he went after Mike Judge for not being a "real engineer" since Judge did tech related work back in the 80s.
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etalian posted:I like the smug bit were he went after Mike Judge for not being a "real engineer" since Judge did tech related work back in the 80s. This was certainly the best part. Silicon Valley as a show may have more actual in-the-trenches experience than most of the people running Disrupt.
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ultramiraculous posted:This was certainly the best part. Silicon Valley as a show may have more actual in-the-trenches experience than most of the people running Disrupt. Another funny fact about Michael Arrington is similar to the hilarious TED bit in Silicon Valley he advocates dropping out of college since boy geniuses have nothing to learn from school. Even though he stayed in school and got his law degree from Stanford. quote:Arrington has been known to advocate dropping out of college, stating at the 2010 UC-Berkeley Distinguished Innovator Lecture Series that “the best thing in the world is to go to Harvard for a year and drop out. Everyone knows you were smart enough to get in.
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Stanford should offer a special dropout degree program for budding entrepreneurs that want street cred.
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Why is there a Mario cosplayer in the background? "I can track your kid anywhere and there is nothing you can do to stop me!"
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I am tracking your child RIGHT NOW. Those drugs belong to an underaged child I brought to my house. Zero One fucked around with this message at 03:12 on Jun 2, 2014 |
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