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>no one (certainly not I) wants to watch three weeks of harried debugging Although they could potentially throw in a sequence designed to show that aspect. 2-3

>no one (certainly not I) wants to watch three weeks of harried debugging Although they could potentially throw in a sequence designed to show that aspect. 2-3 minutes of silence with a stationary camera showing a motionless programmer at their computer, frowning slightly. Eventually they break the silence by swearing. Mind you, you could probably only do that once in the entire run of the show. As you alluded to, the reality of working through difficult problems would not make for good TV.

sbierwagen 10y ago
Mind you, you could probably only do that once in the entire run of the show. HBO is the same network that aired this skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyrM7GxyzGg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyrM7GxyzGg
kbenson 10y ago
> 2-3 minutes of silence with a stationary camera showing a motionless programmer at their computer, frowning slightly. Eventually they break the silence by swearing. Then you see them slowly click. Press backspace once. press the 3 key. Click again, and their eyes widen as then they exclaim "Finally!"
- namuol 10y ago
  > and their eyes widen as then they exclaim "Finally!" I think you mean: > and their eyes widen as then they exclaim "Oh my god I am such a fucking idiot."
  - kbenson 10y ago
    No, that's when Gilfoyle, who's been watching from the side, says "You are such a fucking idiot."
- tmd83 10y ago
  If you want a bit realism there you might casually show the clock to make the user realize that while it was 2 minute on camera the actual time was much more.
  - XorNot 10y ago
    You could pretty much do it as a B-plot for an entire episode, and just end it with someone walking by the screen and saying something like: "find" "what?" "you wrote fond." Add profanity as necessary.
- drumdance 10y ago
  For me it's more like "FUCK! ME!" when I notice a typo'd variable name or what-have-you.
caseysoftware 10y ago
And that one 2-3 minute clip would be passed around every year after the holidays when yet another relative asks if your startup life is anything like Elon Musk or The Social Network.

sbierwagen 10y ago

Mind you, you could probably only do that once in the entire run of the show. HBO is the same network that aired this skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyrM7GxyzGg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyrM7GxyzGg

kbenson 10y ago

> 2-3 minutes of silence with a stationary camera showing a motionless programmer at their computer, frowning slightly. Eventually they break the silence by swearing. Then you see them slowly click. Press backspace once. press the 3 key. Click again, and their eyes widen as then they exclaim "Finally!"

namuol 10y ago
> and their eyes widen as then they exclaim "Finally!" I think you mean: > and their eyes widen as then they exclaim "Oh my god I am such a fucking idiot."
- kbenson 10y ago
  No, that's when Gilfoyle, who's been watching from the side, says "You are such a fucking idiot."
tmd83 10y ago
If you want a bit realism there you might casually show the clock to make the user realize that while it was 2 minute on camera the actual time was much more.
- XorNot 10y ago
  You could pretty much do it as a B-plot for an entire episode, and just end it with someone walking by the screen and saying something like: "find" "what?" "you wrote fond." Add profanity as necessary.
drumdance 10y ago
For me it's more like "FUCK! ME!" when I notice a typo'd variable name or what-have-you.

caseysoftware 10y ago

And that one 2-3 minute clip would be passed around every year after the holidays when yet another relative asks if your startup life is anything like Elon Musk or The Social Network.