Exactly my problem. Moreover, technical aspects aside, it seems a very poor choice for a satire on silicon valley: data compression is hard science, more likely

Exactly my problem. Moreover, technical aspects aside, it seems a very poor choice for a satire on silicon valley: data compression is hard science, more likely to come from university maths departments than from garage startups; it doesn't require much marketing either, or hype, or social networking, or even fancy websites. Given that the real SV offers endless examples of silly products and enterprises (just the first that come to mind: the app to send "YO" to your friends; the completely useless $400 juice squeezer with wifi connection) putting such a no-nonsense innovation like a novel data compression algorithm at the center of the show is already completely off target.