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It takes s lot of empty calories to come up with lovely ideas.
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According to this, it was Steven Spielberg not George Lucas: https://youtu.be/wW49cy61PM4?t=1012
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Apr 30, 2015 21:26
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I'm also getting this Facebook ad constantly: 
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May 1, 2015 01:30
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Oh was that dude supposed to be mark Cuban? For some reason whenever a hasn't done anything in 20 years gets brought up I think of Wozniak.
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May 1, 2015 01:35
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Probably more Sean Parker than Mark Cuban?
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May 1, 2015 03:24
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PaganGoatPants posted:Probably more Sean Parker than Mark Cuban? Mark Cuban literally made his fortune by selling his Radio On Internet (ROI) to Yahoo for billions. I mean, I'm sure the character fits the profile of other Silicon Valley douchebags, but there's no doubt who the main inspiration was.
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May 1, 2015 04:30
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ultramiraculous posted:I'm also getting this Facebook ad constantly: The billboard made me laugh since it wasn't out of place compared to all the other vague flashy startup company ads.
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May 1, 2015 05:25
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He's a lot of Sean Parker too, honestly. You really can't pigeonhole him into being one irl person
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May 1, 2015 07:56
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Whoever got Cuban (or suggested he join the cast) onto Shark Tank did wonders for his reputation. Fun fact about Shark Tank, though - everyone who walked into the studio before Cuban joined had already given up equity (5%) or a 2% royalty to the company producing the show. He nixed that as part of his agreement to stay on the cast because he thought it was lovely and would lower the caliber of entrepreneurs who would want to appear on the show. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 08:04 on May 1, 2015 |
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May 1, 2015 07:59
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ultramiraculous posted:I'm also getting this Facebook ad constantly: I like how they updated the parody website for season 2: 
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May 1, 2015 23:58
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etalian posted:I like how they updated the parody website for season 2: Haha, the bios are terrific too: quote:Born in Islamabad, Dinesh became a naturalized citizen in 2010, unlike Gilfoyle, who was an illegal Canadian alien until quite recently and is a piece of garbage. He has received degrees in information theory and computer science from Yale, Caltech and Oxford and published several books on advanced Java tools. His hobbies include both watching rugby and the wearing of its signature shirts (which combine form and function in a way not popularly appreciated) as well as libertarian politics.
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May 2, 2015 01:25
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This show is pretty good. (In fact, given the decline of Arrow, Community and Game of Thrones - maybe the best show on TV right now?) The Mike Judge vibe keeps making me think of King of the Hill. Fast talking Russ Hannaman turning up with his fancy car and having difficulty starting it I can entirely see animated in that style. I can totally see Hank Hill suppressing rage around him. The show is kind of a background thing for me, like I put it on while I play a game or something, and after this ep I'm a little concerned about how many jokes I've missed because of it. I almost missed Dinesh googling Russ and them trying to replicate his smile! Since I missed thread #1 and I don't know nothin' 'bout the real world Silicon Valley (it was cool to learn Russ' real world basis from you guys) - I'm wondering, were Peter Gregory and Gavin Belson obvious analogs of anyone? (Steve Jobs for the latter?)
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May 2, 2015 20:39
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Peter Gregory was based on Peter Thiel and Gavin Belson is kind of based on Jobs, yes.
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May 2, 2015 20:42
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Peter Thiel's hilarious all on his own. Being a tech billionaire hasn't made him Emperor of the United States and it just burns his rear end.
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May 2, 2015 20:43
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VagueRant posted:This show is pretty good. (In fact, given the decline of Arrow, Community and Game of Thrones - maybe the best show on TV right now?) The Mike Judge vibe keeps making me think of King of the Hill. Fast talking Russ Hannaman turning up with his fancy car and having difficulty starting it I can entirely see animated in that style. I can totally see Hank Hill suppressing rage around him.
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May 2, 2015 23:21
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Sinestro posted:Peter Gregory was based on Peter Thiel and Gavin Belson is kind of based on Jobs, yes. I'd say that Gavin Belson is more a mix of Sergey Brin/Larry Page and Bill Gates. Hooli is also a bit of a mix between Google and Microsoft. I don't think we've seen any one that really channels steve jobs yet. Erlich is trying and failing at it, but Jobs had a very specific set of tendencies, and we're yet to see them. That said, I felt that Peter Gregory's funeral was a replica of Jobs' funeral. I was waiting for Cold Play or U2 to come out at the end.
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May 3, 2015 02:39
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adrenaline_junket posted:That said, I felt that Peter Gregory's funeral was a replica of Jobs' funeral. I was waiting for Cold Play or U2 to come out at the end. Or "Florida."
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May 3, 2015 03:25
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Whoever got Cuban (or suggested he join the cast) onto Shark Tank did wonders for his reputation. I watch way too much of that show and Mark Cuban really is the least pretentious/terrible rich dickbag on it. For whatever little that means. Henchman of Santa posted:You say this like Arrow was actually a contender for best show on television at some point. You say that like it isn't.
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May 3, 2015 05:54
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If Richard Scarry had witnessed the world of Silicon Valley http://welcometobusinesstown.tumblr.com/
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May 3, 2015 06:01
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Sinestro posted:Peter Gregory was based on Peter Thiel and Gavin Belson is kind of based on Jobs, yes.  On a side note here's a funny writeup of the show being in touch with reality, basically a VC firm did recently rent Giants park for a networking event: https://recode.net/2015/04/30/inside-founder-field-day-like-a-scene-lifted-from-hbos-silicon-valley/ etalian fucked around with this message at 18:43 on May 3, 2015 |
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May 3, 2015 07:01
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quote:Upstairs, the group of companies in Rothenberg’s River Virtual Reality accelerator demoed their products. One station recreated the night of Trayvon Martin’s death in CGI, using the recordings of 911 calls made by neighbors. I watched a virtual George Zimmerman chase down Martin even as the 911 operator says, “We don’t need you to do that.” Holy poo poo.
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May 3, 2015 14:45
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Ur Getting Fatter posted:Holy poo poo. lol quote:When the emcee announced Taboo’s set, the techie nerds ignored him. In seconds, he’d leaped onto the bar that stretched through Pedro’s Cantina and strutted it like a catwalk. “C’mon!” he hollered. “Let’s do this!”
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May 3, 2015 18:14
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adrenaline_junket posted:I don't think we've seen any one that really channels steve jobs yet. Erlich is trying and failing at it, but Jobs had a very specific set of tendencies, and we're yet to see them. That said, I felt that Peter Gregory's funeral was a replica of Jobs' funeral. I was waiting for Cold Play or U2 to come out at the end. I could see Big Head turning into Jobs - guy who has no business succeeding but helped co-found Pied Piper and is pushed as the "creative genius" behind their compression algorithm I think that's the whole point of the show - Richard vs. Big Head will eventually become the next Peter vs. Gavin
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May 3, 2015 19:02
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Big head in black turtle neck with half of his lunch spilled on it.
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May 3, 2015 20:03
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"All of that, plus you're a strong woman." Jared just keeps on digging. Also, holy poo poo that entire Hanneman scene. Kleptobot fucked around with this message at 03:15 on May 4, 2015 |
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May 4, 2015 03:12
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LOL effeminate k.d. lang.
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May 4, 2015 03:25
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Cunty. This chick rocks I hope she stick around because holy poo poo she's hilarious.
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May 4, 2015 03:26
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Another story of the show taking off in the tech world: http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/03/ppiper-pied-imitates-hbos-silicon-valley-and-creates-lossless-compression-for-online-images/ Programmers created a new image compression technique and named it Piper Pied
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May 4, 2015 03:28
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"Eric was crying in Taco Bell"
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May 4, 2015 03:43
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i've disrupted fatherhood
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May 4, 2015 03:57
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Goddamnit the way they are handling the woman engineer is more cringeworthy to me than all the other cringeworthy plots put together. It's making a useful statement though.
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May 4, 2015 05:24
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fleshweasel posted:Goddamnit the way they are handling the woman engineer is more cringeworthy to me than all the other cringeworthy plots put together. It's not that cringeworthy for me, but that's probably because I barely consider OJ a real person.
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May 4, 2015 05:37
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fleshweasel posted:Goddamnit the way they are handling the woman engineer is more cringeworthy to me than all the other cringeworthy plots put together. I do like that it looks like she'll be able to gently caress with Gilfoyle and Dinesh on their level in a way that Richard, OJ, and Erlich can't.
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May 4, 2015 05:39
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Please rename thread "Silicon Valley: Crushing it, 2014 - present."
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May 4, 2015 05:49
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I really dig this show. Was a bit worried with how the female engineer would be handled but her character is great so far. Original Jared being so awkward about it is very cringey but they still got jokes out of it at least. The tech start-up Entourage comments are becoming more and more apt every week but it's still holding up.
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May 4, 2015 06:54
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I'm surprised how well they managed to handle the addition of a female engineer to the cast while still making it super funny. The whole exchange hit a liiiiiitle too close to home for some of my coworkers I think.
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May 4, 2015 08:51
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fleshweasel posted:Goddamnit the way they are handling the woman engineer is more cringeworthy to me than all the other cringeworthy plots put together. A room full of gay/female Facebook engineers literally face palmed through that whole hiring exchange. Jared was basically quoting a Zuck/Sheryl Q&A where the moral should have been "just seriously don't discriminate against women" in a magical ideal world, but nobody should seem to articulate it. Also hopefully "moonshot" and GoogleX[YZ} are ridiculous to the public now?
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May 4, 2015 10:32
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VagueRant posted:Fast talking Russ Hannaman turning up with his fancy car and having difficulty starting it I can entirely see animated in that style. I can totally see Hank Hill suppressing rage around him. I actually see Russ as more like a one-episode Beavis & Butthead character. Like someone who would show up and hire them for some corporate job, not knowing what idiots they really are because he thinks they're funny and being ironic when they talk about turds and boobs all day, then realizes at the end they really are that dumb. Talorat posted:I'm surprised how well they managed to handle the addition of a female engineer to the cast while still making it super funny. The whole exchange hit a liiiiiitle too close to home for some of my coworkers I think. Yeah, same. Every startup company I've ever seen is a boys' club and then the appearance of any woman offsets the mancave balance. It's a little weird how awkward everyone is around all women except Monica though. Maybe because they see her as someone in power? They seem to act no differently around her, yet any time another woman walks into the house they freeze up and get all weird and overcompensate. Maybe that's  though.
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May 4, 2015 20:29
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I think they treat Monica as a corporate shill or nanny. Hooli.xyz is just as douchy a site as one would imagine.
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May 4, 2015 20:31
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Hey, link it. http://hooli.xyz
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