Also "Betas" and "Silicon Valley" are other good shows about programmers.

I know this is a month old but I just watched the first episode.
It was pretty good. Some areas could use improvement but all and all not bad

Very rarely do you see shows that cater to nerds and use lots of jargon like thta

smeezekitty wrote:

I know this is a month old but I just watched the first episode.
It was pretty good. Some areas could use improvement but all and all not bad

Very rarely do you see shows that cater to nerds and use lots of jargon like thta

Thanks for the update; I've been seeing adverts for this, but haven't had time to sit down and watch. Might find time for it now. 😀

Enjoyed the first two episodes. They strike a good balance between factual accuracy and the (understandable) need to dumb down the "tech stuff" for a general audience.

It's still fun to spot the inaccuracies, e.g. there was a "LOADHIGH" command on screen at one point. In 1983... nope. :-P

I like it, watched all episodes so far, discovered it by luck when it premiered 😁

Huh, I thought it was a sex show with thin moments of vintage computer stuff happening. Are we watching the same show?

Well they have to keep the drama:

Playboy with emotional and physical scars that makes out with employee and makes out with others to get what he wants. (Not sure if he's bi or just really wants to succeed).
Punk rock programmer chick that makes out with boss
Proficient engineer performing day job day after day that gets dragged back into doing something exciting rather than humdrum existence....hasn't made out with punk rock programmer chick yet.

It was nice to see that the wife is technically proficient and that she was teaching the kids about the technical side while the husband is basically spaced out with zero energy for the mundane real world things.

It was also nice to see the "asshole" money guy at the workplace not looking down at the punk rock chick and was actually trying to learn about programming (He asked punk rock chick about it, was studying, and was sleeping at the office).

The preview for the next episode pissed me off. No backups??? or mabye the backups were corrupted? Still. Really punk rock genius girl?

I'll keep watching tho. 😀

Silicon Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXpf-Lt9zKc
http://iwatchstuff.com/2014/06/silicon-valley … math-has-be.php

Was watching this Peep Show episode the other day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_KL9eUmkDA
Almost sounds like "ogons"

leileilol wrote:

Huh, I thought it was a sex show with thin moments of vintage computer stuff happening. Are we watching the same show?

Ehh I know what you mean. Within the first 5 minutes of the first episode 😒 smh
But luckily there is enough nerdy content to keep my interest

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Well they have to keep the drama:

Playboy with emotional and physical scars that makes out with employee and makes out with others to get what he wants. (Not sure if he's bi or just really wants to succeed).
Punk rock programmer chick that makes out with boss
Proficient engineer performing day job day after day that gets dragged back into doing something exciting rather than humdrum existence....hasn't made out with punk rock programmer chick yet.

It was nice to see that the wife is technically proficient and that she was teaching the kids about the technical side while the husband is basically spaced out with zero energy for the mundane real world things.

It was also nice to see the "asshole" money guy at the workplace not looking down at the punk rock chick and was actually trying to learn about programming (He asked punk rock chick about it, was studying, and was sleeping at the office).

The preview for the next episode pissed me off. No backups??? or mabye the backups were corrupted? Still. Really punk rock genius girl?

I'll keep watching tho. 😀

I have to admit, I'm hooked on this now. I haven't quite figured out the Joe character, either. He seems to have a genuine interest in the tech side but more talent for sales/political climbing? I was blindsided by the liquor selection scene. Definitely did not see that coming.

The tech stuff is not always totally accurate but at least they are attempting to make it plausible, there have been no "Hackers" level groaners yet, anyway.
And I'm a bit smitten with Punk Rock Genius Girl. 😀

DosFreak wrote:

Playboy with emotional and physical scars that makes out with employee and makes out with others to get what he wants. (Not sure if he's bi or just really wants to succeed).

Hah, that was a surprise this past week. Um, I mean... SPPPPOILERSSSS.

A friend of mine said, "I'm not sure I like the show. I find all the characters annoying." and I replied "well, I think that's sorta the point? I don't project this having a happy ending, else we'd have heard of their success, no? 😁"

I think this is loosely based on Compaq reverse-engineering IBM's bios and then building their suitcase PC. But I may be mistaken. In any case, you could argue it doesn't have a happy ending, since didn't HP acquire Compaq at some point? HP is still around but not quite the innovator they were in the past.

Well I am really, really liking Halt and Catch Fire. We've got a Woz clone, Cammie is becoming a very interesting character, and I am looking forward to seeing where this goes.

Also, they reference Adventure in the episode title and also show them playing it. Based on their description, It sounds like a cross between Zork and Hack or Nethack, but wasn't the actual Adventure an Atari game?

snorg wrote:

Also, they reference Adventure in the episode title and also show them playing it. Based on their description, It sounds like a cross between Zork and Hack or Nethack, but wasn't the actual Adventure an Atari game?

NO.
(well it wasn't the first videogame whose name contained the word adventure at least)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure

Ok I read the wiki entry and based on the content it sounds like the exact same
game. I suppose Adventure is less wordy than Collosal Cave Adventure.

snorg wrote:

I suppose Adventure is less wordy than Colossal Cave Adventure.

Not only that, but when the intro/title screen says "Welcome to Adventure" and the command to run the game is ADVENT or ADV11, etc. ... yeah. 🤣

Again, Colossal Cave Adventure was a little before my time, my only experience with any game by the name Adventure was the Atari game and then Coleco's "Venture" (which I think was supposed to be an Adventure clone?). But yeah, probably should have hit the Wiki page first.

Well this show keeps getting more interesting.
I thought their idea of adding a text parser to the OS was neat.
I wonder how practical this would have been to do?

Did anyone see the last 2 episodes of Halt and Catch Fire?

I was pretty shocked by the turn things took, and I'm not sure how they are going to keep this going for multiple seasons, unless they make it about them continuing to sell the Cardiff Giant (don't want to give too much away if others haven't seen it).