HBO's original: Silicon Valley... Liking it so far! 'Nerdy entourage'

[JM Aggie08]

I was kind of hoping that they would maintain the two separate products -- whatever the hell Richard is going to do, and the video chat platform. It would have been a nice change in pace from the typical framework the show has.

 

[Aikouka]

The whole TOS thing was silly as well. Emergency patch with a TOS and done. Sure, on Apple's AppStore and maybe Google's store it would take like a week. Every other platform is pretty much instant.

I don't think that would work. If their original terms weren't stating an age restriction and essentially permitted kids younger than 13 to sign up, then adding a new ToS doesn't retroactively apply to the existing user's past activities. In other words, all past activity would be subject to potential fines regardless of what the current ToS says. Now, any new activity would be covered under the ToS once the user agrees to it. That doesn't mean the kids would go away, but it means that Piper Chat would have no longer been held liable if the user broke the ToS.

Also, they were put in a quandary about updating the ToS. If they updated it, someone would probably notice, and they'd also check to see what's new. (A brash new start-up would likely be under the eyes of competitors, like Hooli.) In other words, by updating the ToS, they may end up inadvertedly alerting the authorities... .

Essentially, they were screwed no matter what they did... until they no longer had the company.

 

[Ichinisan]

Paraphrasing:

"Oh my God! Are you--"

"Pregnant? Yes."

"Congratulations!"

"Hmm? On what?"

"On being pregnant!"

"Oh, yes."

 

[ultimatebob]

Here's the problem. They've shown high profile people, even direct competitors, using their service. People who would, especially that shifty security guard, notice no TOS while trying to use PiperChat. And, they lose 20% of their users, if we assume people read that shit and don't just click through because they are 12 and who reads the TOS. They literally threw the baby out with the bathwater. It's manufactured drama to keep the show going, at best.

Of course, they needed quick way to bring the plot line back to "Pied Piper struggling to survive". Nothing that these guys do is allowed to stay successful for more than just a few episodes.

 

[OutHouse]

As much as I enjoy the humor the show gives (the dialog and joke are superb), I feel like a lot of the conflict is incredibly manufactured and easily solved with actual practices used in software development. Like that episode with the kid who destroys all their code. Um, yeah, that is like 20 minutes tops doing some git commands and you're back. And that is 20 minutes IF you have to look up the commands. The latest episode as well. The whole Dinesh being a dick makes zero sense. "Oh, sorry we had a verbal agreement and I'm taking it back Richard!" would just be responded to by "Oh, we had a similar agreement for that algorithm I created that powers your shit. Sorry, gotta license that from me now! $1 billion per user!". The whole TOS thing was silly as well. Emergency patch with a TOS and done. Sure, on Apple's AppStore and maybe Google's store it would take like a week. Every other platform is pretty much instant.

dude its just a show. no need to Sprint all over it.

 

[Bird222]

Paraphrasing:

"Oh my God! Are you--"

"Pregnant? Yes."

"Congratulations!"

"Hmm? On what?"

"On being pregnant!"

"Oh, yes."

That was funny. She looked at least 6 months how long had it been since Monica had seen her? And who is hitting that? lol

 

[Aikouka]

That was funny. She looked at least 6 months how long had it been since Monica had seen her? And who is hitting that? lol

Knowing her character, it'll either be some husband that we never hear about and probably never will, or it was in vitro fertilization. Based on her character type, I wouldn't be surprised about the latter.

 

[JM Aggie08]

A new Hendricks/Belson dynamic could be interdasting.

 

[OutHouse]

this show is genius

lol @ big head, a CS lecturer at Stanford. BWHAHAHAHAHAHH

 

[ultimatebob]

That was funny. She looked at least 6 months how long had it been since Monica had seen her? And who is hitting that? lol

Yeah, I can only imagine the baby feeding scenes from next season.

 

[purbeast0]

Just caught up this weekend and tonight. I'm not really liking the direction the show is going in general. I binge watched the first 3 episodes last night and then caught up tonight on the new one. I still like it but I just don't like how the story is going right now really.

Best part this season so far was Erlich speaking Mandarin.

 

[Ichinisan]

It really is an app:
Not Hotdog by SeeFood Technologies Inc.
https://appsto.re/us/Xikrib.i

 

[Staples]

I've been watching this show since the beginning. It seems like they keep repeating the same thing over and over again. They start with nothing, then get money and it looks hopeful and then everything falls apart. Someone leaves. Then everyone finds their way back to the same product development and then the whole cycle starts over again and repeats itself over and over again.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I've been watching this show since the beginning. It seems like they keep repeating the same thing over and over again. They start with nothing, then get money and it looks hopeful and then everything falls apart. Someone leaves. Then everyone finds their way back to the same product development and then the whole cycle starts over again and repeats itself over and over again.

Just like real life.

 

[JM Aggie08]

Fantastic episode last night. Dinesh tipping off the FBI in order to 'break up' with his girlfriend was fantastic

 

[Thebobo]

One of the main characters T.J. Miller is leaving the show.

Guess they'll have to move out of his incubator for season 5?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tj-miller-exiting-hbos-silicon-valley-1007767

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

One of the main characters T.J. Miller is leaving the show.

Guess they'll have to move out of his incubator for season 5?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tj-miller-exiting-hbos-silicon-valley-1007767

Interesting... Not sure if it will make a difference or not... Also not sure if I even care. Was he really that funny other than the occasional stoner joke?

 

[JM Aggie08]

Interesting... Not sure if it will make a difference or not... Also not sure if I even care. Was he really that funny other than the occasional stoner joke?

In my opinion, he added to the whole dynamic of the show. I think it's going to be very difficult to fill his void.

His interactions with Jin Yang are going to be missed

 

[Ichinisan]

Interesting... Not sure if it will make a difference or not... Also not sure if I even care. Was he really that funny other than the occasional stoner joke?

I think he was an indispensable character, but the writers may prove me wrong (I hope).

 

[Carson Dyle]

One of the main characters T.J. Miller is leaving the show.

Guess they'll have to move out of his incubator for season 5?

Dunno why. Jared owns a condo with a squatter that he can't get rid of, so he lives in the garage. There are a million ways you could write Bachman out of the script and leave them in the house. Not that it really matters. It's gotten kind of stale, anyway, so maybe a change of scenery would do the show some good.

Is Bachman an indispensable character? Other than maybe Richard (who I find to be by far the most annoying character any time he's on screen), nobody is indispensable. There isn't anyone who couldn't be replaced with another quirky character.

 

[JujuFish]

Is Bachman an indispensable character? Other than maybe Richard (who I find to be by far the most annoying character any time he's on screen), nobody is indispensable. There isn't anyone who couldn't be replaced with another quirky character.

I'd quit watching if Marin Starr/Gilfoyle left.

 

[Thebobo]

I'd quit watching if Marin Starr/Gilfoyle left.

Martin Starr looks exactly like a friend I use to play D&D eons ago. I see Kumail Nanjiani (Dinesh) is in a movie and some more tv shows. Don't think I have seen Martin in any other show/movie.

RIP my friend

 

[Carson Dyle]

Don't think I have seen Martin in any other show/movie.

I've probably mentioned this before, but check out Party Down if you can find it. Great comedy that was on for Starz two years from 2009 to 2010. Starr plays a similar character. He does what he does very well, but it might be that he doesn't have a lot of acting range.

 

[Skel]

I've probably mentioned this before, but check out Party Down if you can find it. Great comedy that was on for Starz two years from 2009 to 2010. Starr plays a similar character. He does what he does very well, but it might be that he doesn't have a lot of acting range.

The ongoing joke "I'm only interested in real Sci-Fi" Starr's character did was amusing, but I thought the rest of the show was meh at best.

 

[Carson Dyle]

The ongoing joke "I'm only interested in real Sci-Fi" Starr's character did was amusing, but I thought the rest of the show was meh at best.

If that's what you found amusing, I'm not surprised.