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My favorite little episode detail was the server farm engineer's badge which showed a grainy black and white photo of a much younger, much happier man.
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Talorat posted:My favorite little episode detail was the server farm engineer's badge which showed a grainy black and white photo of a much younger, much happier man. The cell phone holder was perfect as well. I see hundreds of those guys out at lunch every week wearing the button down short sleeve shirt with some reebok shoes and socks that come up just a bit too high. And of course they have their cell phone attached to their belt and the badge. It's the engineer / tech guy uniform.
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May 10, 2016 08:43
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What's the most cave-troll job in IT, anyways? I'm asking for a friend. Edit: Emphasis on the lack of human contact. Accretionist fucked around with this message at 09:51 on May 10, 2016 |
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May 10, 2016 09:49
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Accretionist posted:What's the most cave-troll job in IT, anyways? NOC Engineer.
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May 10, 2016 09:51
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I just binged my way through all three seasons and bloody love it. I can't make u my mind if its a dramatic-comedy or a comedic-drama as so many things cut close to the bone. My favorite side character is the super chill corporate lawyer. The scene when they are arguing over the stolen phone is to real, the way he just sidelines his client and the counterparty. That he just says "hey david, lets just sidebar this" "cool" I have a lawyer in the family and that's pretty much how it works. You can bluster all you want but what the law says you can do and what you want to do is completely different. The other scene was when Richard gets screwed over and he just switches on him. Even saying he cannot talk to him about previous conversations. Or that piece of poo poo deal Richard signed instantly become his standard for poo poo deals. Once again it is so true. Once you are on the other side a lawyer goes from loving you to hating you. AS for the current plotline, I hope PP get to do their platform but looking at episode descriptions I think Richard might be up poo poo creek.
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May 10, 2016 11:41
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buddhanc posted:The cell phone holder was perfect as well. I see hundreds of those guys out at lunch every week wearing the button down short sleeve shirt with some reebok shoes and socks that come up just a bit too high. And of course they have their cell phone attached to their belt and the badge. It's the engineer / tech guy uniform. And the fact that the cellphone was a Blackberry (you can see the logo in one of the shots) is like the cherry on top of it all. The layering of the little details like that in this show is great.
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May 10, 2016 11:59
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The evidence for "it was a trick" is solid and sound, but I would really love it to be the case that an entire heist arc was set up for much of one episode and was immediately tossed aside in one gently caress up to screw with our expectations. I'm rooting for the PP crew, but this show is just more resonating and poignant when the stone of Sisyphus keeps hammering back down on them. Echo Chamber fucked around with this message at 12:09 on May 10, 2016 |
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May 10, 2016 12:06
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The kneepads could very well be for protecting the actors knees.
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May 10, 2016 13:21
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buddhanc posted:The cell phone holder was perfect as well. I see hundreds of those guys out at lunch every week wearing the button down short sleeve shirt with some reebok shoes and socks that come up just a bit too high. And of course they have their cell phone attached to their belt and the badge. It's the engineer / tech guy uniform. The cell phone protector has to be one of those massive clunky cases like the Otter Defender. etalian fucked around with this message at 14:35 on May 10, 2016 |
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May 10, 2016 13:32
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My dad isn't even a tech guy, he's some executive level something. They gave him an iPhone and required him to put it in an otter box and then he got a belt clip for it as well.
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May 10, 2016 14:34
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May 10, 2016 14:36
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Mr. Mojangles posted:The kneepads could very well be for protecting the actors knees. 1. They'd put down a mat if they didn't want it on camera, or shoot him above the waist No 2
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May 10, 2016 16:24
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I do like the idea that they had a great plan for the season but didn't like as much as another and went, "well let's do the setup episode and blow it up immediately."
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May 10, 2016 16:41
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It's the most disappointing kind of company in your company; the kind that when found just dies immediately.
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May 10, 2016 17:06
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Echo Chamber posted:The evidence for "it was a trick" is solid and sound, but I would really love it to be the case that an entire heist arc was set up for much of one episode and was immediately tossed aside in one gently caress up to screw with our expectations. Yeah, I don't want them to step on one of the funniest gags of the year
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May 10, 2016 17:25
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What would they gain from revealing any type of plan? Seems like it would only make Barker more suspicious from then on out. This may be more setup for Richard's development. He needs to deal with Barker directly himself. First he tried tattling on Barker to Lorie and get her to make Barker drop the box idea. That didn't work. Then he tried to be sneaky instead of directly dealing with Barker. The screw up now leaves Richard only with direct action left. Raccooon fucked around with this message at 19:16 on May 10, 2016 |
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May 10, 2016 18:53
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Deadulus posted:What would they gain from revealing any type of plan? Seems like it would only make Barker more suspicious from then on out. Or it may set up a sneaky way for Richard to reveal that the Hooli guy's are up their rear end on a platform and might eat their lunch before they can even get a box to market. It's sort of a misdirected strong arm tactic where Barker is backed into a corner and wouldn't technically be showing weakness to Richard.
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May 10, 2016 19:34
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The ex-Hooli guys might have figured out the algorithm but it seemed like they needed Gilfoyle because he knows how to turn it into a platform.
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May 11, 2016 02:42
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I think the obvious reason for revealing a fake skunkworks plan is probably the best. Make it something completely different and utterly impotent as an option, have Richard beg for their jobs on his knees, and then make it look like they learned their lesson by staying far far away from the leaked 'plan'. Men like Barker will believe they can crush the spirit out of their employees, afterall, especially if faced with devastating financial losses. That or it really is Richard being a total fuckup again.
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May 11, 2016 02:58
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SnatchRabbit posted:Or it may set up a sneaky way for Richard to reveal that the Hooli guy's are up their rear end on a platform and might eat their lunch before they can even get a box to market. It's sort of a misdirected strong arm tactic where Barker is backed into a corner and wouldn't technically be showing weakness to Richard. That's what I think it is. The original haversack plan involved leaking fake plans along with supporting fake coded radio transmissions, fake documents, etc. to get the enemy to think the coming assault would be on the west side of a city (for example), so that the east side would be minimally defended. I think they want Jack to know that the ex-Hooli 'mercenaries' know how to crack middle-out as a way to get him to approve platform development over enterprise, the whole skunkworks plan is a misdirection. I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT NEXT WEEK!
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May 11, 2016 03:21
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red19fire posted:
Preview/promo is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taQH1fc6BnU      What OTHER Incubator?
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May 11, 2016 03:55
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Dead Snoopy posted:Preview/promo is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taQH1fc6BnU Was that bighead at the end?
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May 11, 2016 03:59
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Mister Fister posted:Was that bighead at the end? lmao look at that house, you just know it is
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May 11, 2016 04:04
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You only see the back of someone for a split second but I instantly thought bighead. It makes sense. He has no original thoughts. So when he has lots of money and nothing to do, he probably went with the one thing he knows.
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May 11, 2016 05:41
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Talorat posted:Apparently the client side implementation can be run in javascript or something. I'm pretty sure the Hooli bros mumbled something about a Java plugin, but the first season isn't on the app anymore so hosed if I care to find it and check. Mister Fister posted:Was that bighead at the end? yes of course it is
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May 11, 2016 06:02
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Mr. Mojangles posted:The kneepads could very well be for protecting the actors knees. this whole 'theory' is the dumbest idea I've seen on these forums since the Hurleybird. people like to look way, way too far into poo poo.
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May 11, 2016 06:03
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panda clue posted:this whole 'theory' is the dumbest idea I've seen on these forums since the Hurleybird. people like to look way, way too far into poo poo. What is the Hurleybird?
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May 11, 2016 06:17
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Capntastic posted:What is the Hurleybird? There was a character in Lost named Hurley, and at one point in the show a bird flies over the group and screeches out a bird noise that could be very roughly interpreted as sounding like his name. There was then this exchange between two characters: Hurley: Did that bird just say my name? Sawyer: Yeah, it did. Right before it crapped gold. It was a bit of a tongue-in-cheek joke by the producers, with Hurley acting as the audience and Sawyer being the producers, making fun of people looking for hidden meaning in literally every tiny part of the show. Of course, despite this pretty obviously having no meaning (and being a literal joke about exactly this), people took the bird noise and came up with theories about what it 'actually' meant for YEARS. Its just a classic case of people looking for meaning in dumb poo poo. edit: clip of the hurleybird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcHaa6PbKsw panda clue fucked around with this message at 07:09 on May 11, 2016 |
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May 11, 2016 06:52
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Dead Snoopy posted:Preview/promo is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taQH1fc6BnU
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May 11, 2016 07:09
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panda clue posted:There was a character in Lost named Hurley, and at one point in the show a bird flies over the group and screeches out a bird noise that could be very roughly interpreted as sounding like his name. There was then this exchange between two characters: I guess the joke was on you when they revealed that Hurleybird stabbed Shannon
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May 11, 2016 07:12
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Your Gay Uncle posted:I guess the joke was on you when they revealed that Hurleybird stabbed Shannon 
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May 11, 2016 08:19
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EDIT: Wrong thread, there are way too many Silicon Valley related threads. 
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May 11, 2016 10:24
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Most of the appeal of Lost was crazy theorizing. That was more hanging a lampshade than mocking.
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May 11, 2016 10:29
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I like that "looking too far into this poo poo" is referencing the exact strategy they mention in the show.
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May 11, 2016 11:55
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Nothing will ever be as bad as "I acquit!"
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May 11, 2016 17:54
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The Dave posted:I like that "looking too far into this poo poo" is referencing the exact strategy they mention in the show. They explained what they were referencing with that 'exact strategy' at the same time he explained it. This whole theory that ~the fall was planned~ relies on them either A) simply lying to the viewer, or B) changing up their entire plan offscreen to 'gotcha!' the viewer, which is not what this show does. It has never done this. Thinking that it happened because "well since they mentioned oceans 11 and this other thing, using historical context we can see...." is just pants-on-head retarded. You might as well be thinking the gold chain has some sort of relevance since it was brought up a dozen times in the episode. If anything, the titular namedrop was a hint of the irony that was to come later in the episode. Thinking there is some game of thrones behind the scenes secretive poo poo going on in Silicon Valley is bonkers. People are literally suggesting they hired the janitor to help with their scam and are ignoring things like "well how did they know who would find the documents?" and "how did they know what that person would do with them??" and "why would they act shocked to one another after the fall when they were all in on the plan?". Yeah, people are looking too far into this poo poo and are missing the forest for the trees. panda clue fucked around with this message at 18:29 on May 11, 2016 |
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May 11, 2016 18:20
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It's almost as if each theory has merit and we won't know how it plays out until we see the next episode.
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May 11, 2016 18:23
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DrunkPanda posted:Consulting is literally the most useless industry ever. Honestly, this is more or less my core reservation about it. I really like the problem solving nature of the work and I can see the logic in startups or companies diving into new areas wanting to purchase expert insight to avoid blunders. It's much harder for me to wrap my head around how management at major corporations can justify routinely hiring consultants, which just feels a lot like outsourcing their own job. Solice Kirsk posted:Basically the entire point of the experiment itself. The original is a canister or vial of poison that would be released if whatever subatomic occurrence you want to make fun of occurs and triggers the mechanism. In the show they just dumb it down to poison food. One you are leaving it to subatomic change (the whole point of the thought process joke) the other you just poisoned a cat in box and left it closed. Yeah I see what you mean, that does kind of mangle it. I've heard that most of the engineering they present on the show (including the basic premise of a 'new' compression algorithm) is also bullshit and even Jared's night outbursts were called "worse than Google translate", so I'd say it's in good company. SnatchRabbit posted:Or it may set up a sneaky way for Richard to reveal that the Hooli guy's are up their rear end on a platform and might eat their lunch before they can even get a box to market. It's sort of a misdirected strong arm tactic where Barker is backed into a corner and wouldn't technically be showing weakness to Richard. But why not just tell him that? It's market information that Barker didn't previously have (exactly what he demanded from Bachman), so he doesn't look weak to change his mind over it. Communicating it this way would just make Richard look terrible to both Barker and Raviga for needlessly concealing a critical piece of information in addition to the whole faking the product that we're selling plan. panda clue posted:Thinking that it happened because "well since they mentioned oceans 11 and this other thing, using historical context we can see...." is just pants-on-head retarded. They didn't just 'mention' the Haversack, it's the name of the episode. And the kind of fakeout you're describing is literally a major plot point of Oceans 11- tricking both the villain and audience into thinking they'd been thwarted mid-heist. Community's Oceans 11 satire episode did the same thing. Avasculous fucked around with this message at 18:27 on May 11, 2016 |
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May 11, 2016 18:24
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Cojawfee posted:It's almost as if each theory has merit and we won't know how it plays out until we see the next episode. My assertion is that the 'theory' doesn't have any merit and people dumb.
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May 11, 2016 18:29
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Yeah, I didn't think about that. He just needs to go to Jack and mention that ex nucleus people figured it out and could beat them to market.
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