Ask HN: What do you think about “Halt and Catch Fire”?

7 points·pmcpinto··7 comments

Is a realistic picture of what was happening at that time?

Meh. It is better than "Silicon Valley" which is just utter todle but accurate? I don't believe so, but it is a TV show after all aimed at a larger demographic than would find the realities entertaining.

Let's put it this way, I actually get annoyed watching "Silicon Valley" while I don't watching "Half and Catch Fire."

Do you have a definition for the word todle? I can infer from context but not find a definition online.

Junk. Like waffle. Sorry it is localised speech. Although I'm surprised there is no Urban Dictionary definition.

I think it is an dialect-y spelling of twattle or twaddle.

I've been watching it and racking my brain trying to figure out what company it is based on. As it turns out it is completely fictional. It could be tighter - the scene of the guy singing in his car went on FOREVER and did not move the story one. inch. And the sex scenes are kind of like, oh, well we need to fill out the hour . . .

I couldn't get past episode 3. The many sex scenes seemed completely unrealistic and out of place, and the characters were almost entirely unlikable.

The intro is pretty awesome though.

Probably not. But awesome show. Significantly better than that garbage Silicon Valley.

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