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re: Silicon Valley Season 3!!!
Posted on 6/6/16 at 3:36 pm to Salmon
Posted on 6/6/16 at 3:36 pm to Salmon
I agree with that, but give them success in the commercial business arena. It makes the other failures palpable.
In the Silicon Valley universe, it's established that Pied Piper is a solid program, with the best engineers in the business, that has plenty of applications, so it needs some actual success or the failures become to far detached from the reality the show has built.
It's not an average company or a root for the little guy thing. It's the absolute best, ground breaking, not duplicatable, solid compression algorithm in the world. It needs some success or it gets to the point of being ridiculous.
In the Silicon Valley universe, it's established that Pied Piper is a solid program, with the best engineers in the business, that has plenty of applications, so it needs some actual success or the failures become to far detached from the reality the show has built.
It's not an average company or a root for the little guy thing. It's the absolute best, ground breaking, not duplicatable, solid compression algorithm in the world. It needs some success or it gets to the point of being ridiculous.
This post was edited on 6/6/16 at 3:39 pm
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Posted on 6/6/16 at 3:40 pm to Salmon
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they foreshadowed pretty heavily that the average person isn't going to like the application/interface
Which is very unrealistic, because no one is going to present that complicated dialog box as the primary interface. They would have presets to cover most uses, unless they've never seen Handbrake, LAME, FLAC, etc, and are too mind-numbingly stupid to deduce for themselves that people don't want to fool with a gazillion obscure settings. Even geeks don't want to see all that shite most of the time.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 3:44 pm to Breesus
They are kind of setting up some of that conflict with Erlich dropping out as an investor. He's going to be on the outside looking in. Do we know to whom he sold his shares? That will have particular bite if the company starts to take off. The app not being user friendly will be a hurdle, but it isn't going to destroy the company. It is still supposed to be something very useful. It should still be profitable, just not as good as it could be.
I agree that things need to progress and go somewhere. The company can't stay at this stage forever. It went from idea struggling over funding, then struggling over getting established, then struggling over leadership. Now it is going to be struggling with starting to have success and dealing with the public.
I agree that things need to progress and go somewhere. The company can't stay at this stage forever. It went from idea struggling over funding, then struggling over getting established, then struggling over leadership. Now it is going to be struggling with starting to have success and dealing with the public.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 4:44 pm to Peazey
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They are kind of setting up some of that conflict with Erlich dropping out as an investor. He's going to be on the outside looking in. Do we know to whom he sold his shares?
We don't even know if he sold his shares. I'm very interested to see what his business proposition was.
Simply selling his shares to Laurie doesn't make his reaction at the launch make much sense. Neither does the after credits scene. It something else I think.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 5:11 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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Which is very unrealistic, because no one is going to present that complicated dialog box as the primary interface. They would have presets to cover most uses, unless they've never seen Handbrake, LAME, FLAC, etc, and are too mind-numbingly stupid to deduce for themselves that people don't want to fool with a gazillion obscure settings. Even geeks don't want to see all that shite most of the time.
But they are not just geeks. They are programmer geeks. They derive maximal satisfaction from exercising control over the most minute details. This isn't your friend that casually watches Star Trek and proclaims how nerdy they are. This is the person that writes programs to automate mundane tasks just because they can and for them it's fun.
To say that they have a grasp on what the average consumer is looking for is probably a stretch.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 5:56 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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The Monica not liking the beta storyline makes no sense to m
I took the Monica not liking it thing as a sign of impending doom. I figured she represented a more "normal" user whereas everyone who LOVED it are probly all of their techy friends. Makes me think that your average people won't like it and even for all its greatness it'll flop.
Edit: eh shite, sorry just catching up with the thread and that's clearly been discussed.
This post was edited on 6/6/16 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 6/6/16 at 6:46 pm to supatigah
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EB no doubt kept his shares but sold his seat on the PP Board to Raviga to pay off his Bachmanity debts.
I wish he wouldve sold them to Russ Hanneman
Posted on 6/6/16 at 6:56 pm to Uncle Stu
Why are we sure Erlich didn't sell his shares? He specifically said he had a business proposal about his shares
Posted on 6/6/16 at 7:19 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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He specifically said he had a business proposal about his shares
Gavin is out of the picture (his team quit)so clearly he sold his shares to Gavin. He was just telling Laurie.
The only way to keep Hooli in the mix is for Bachman's shares to have gone to Gavin.
That is why he is skulking about and looking guilty.
Maybe he was able to get Gavin to increase the premium on Pied Piper in exchange for enough shares to have a board seat. Maybe that is why Ehrlich needed to talk to Laurie about a deal.
Don't have specifics but I would be shocked if Gavin isn't a new owner of some Pied Piper stock.
This post was edited on 6/6/16 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 6/6/16 at 7:44 pm to TigerMyth36
Ehrlich wouldn't do that
Posted on 6/6/16 at 7:52 pm to Fun Bunch
One of the outsourced employee pages
Posted on 6/6/16 at 8:40 pm to Fun Bunch
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Ehrlich wouldn't do that
Sure he would.
Plus as stated, it is the only way to keep Hooli in the picture.
I don't see them letting Gavin disappear from the show and with his team quitting and their platform being a start from scratch, the easy way to get back in the game is to buy shares from someone desperate for cash.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 8:43 pm to TigerMyth36
My question is with Erlich selling his shares why was he doing a pied piper photo shoot?
Posted on 6/6/16 at 8:46 pm to Byron Bojangles III
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My question is with Erlich selling his shares why was he doing a pied piper photo shoot?
He has stock valued at $25 million. He didn't need to sell all of his shares.
He also needed someone who would be willing to overpay.
Not sure how much he sold but I'm sticking with this guy buying the shares.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 8:50 pm to Salmon
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still have no idea what Pied Piper actually is or offers
How
Posted on 6/6/16 at 9:00 pm to MontyFranklyn
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The business applications are endless though. I still say he needs to crank out those boxes because that is money in the making.
Yea, the Box would pull in ridiculous amounts of cash
Posted on 6/6/16 at 9:04 pm to TigerMyth36
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Sure he would
He absolutely would not.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 9:27 pm to Fun Bunch
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He absolutely would not.
He essentially stole 1 million from big head. What fantasy version of Bachman have you built up in your head.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 9:40 pm to TigerMyth36
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He essentially stole 1 million from big head.
You could argue he "stole" all of big heads money
Posted on 6/6/16 at 9:52 pm to TigerMyth36
I don't think I buy that Gavin is the one Erlich sold the shares to. There have to be more people than just Gavin who would be interested. It wouldn't just be self preservation with Erlich at that point. He would be purposely going out of his way to screw over Richard and the rest of the group.
Whatever he did isn't good. I don't think it's that.
Whatever he did isn't good. I don't think it's that.
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