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That's pretty much the only thing in the show that doesn't "make sense" though. They clearly made a real effort to use real world terminology and archetypes so that developers wouldn't be too distracted by inaccuracies and concentrate on the comedy. Even the way they discovered the algorithm was pretty on-point technical wise.

The premise that people are interested in the underlying technology of a product rather than the product itself is also a common theme in the valley. I personally am impressed with the show thus far.



I enjoy the show as well, but no one is ever going accidentally invent a quantum leap in compression technology like that. He might as well have accidentally cured cancer for as much sense it makes.




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