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Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus (2021)

https://bits.ashleyblewer.com/halt-and-catch-fire-syllabus/
62•Kye•2h ago

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kennywinker•51m ago
I recently watched all of Halt and Catch Fire, and i have to say it is a really special show. The first season is fun, but it really comes into its own in the following seasons, exploring long relationships, friendship, growth, and love in ways that really surprised me. Highly recommend.
floren•22m ago
I recently finished it too! I was pretty over it by the final season, but then the last few episodes brought me back around.

Cameron "it's all in the eyes" Howe annoyed the shit out of me at pretty much all points, which I understand is how they wrote the character but it walked a line of almost making me quit the show. As with the show as a whole, though, she brought me around a bit in the last few eps.

awesome_dude•5m ago
Silicon Cowboys[1] came out roughly the same time, and it always struck me how similar the first season of HCF was to the actual documentary of Compaq's rise

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4938484/

hnlmorg•4m ago
I was largely disappointed. The subject matter was special but the execution was over the top. There really wasn’t any need for half the dumb shit they did in that show. It didn’t add to the drama, it just made the whole thing feel completely fake. Which is impressive considering they’re writing largely about real world computing history.
TZubiri•26m ago
This looks like one of the best weekend plans I've seen in a long time. Will see if anyone locally is up for it.

The length of the plan seems like a DnD campaign in terms of length though, it's roughly 3 months of consistent activities, but it may be worth it.

riazrizvi•24m ago
Very nice! Love the CRT TV style. In terms of approach I’m a bit confused by the call for a ‘book club style watch party’ and the content which follows an education course format. With the first I expect a CTA button to join a session, maybe a scheduled Discord session or Sign-Up list for interest of same. So maybe the format of the program is an online meetup, with a short talk, and then discussion. The point here is community.

With the second I expect a CTA for a course, with the end result being some type of qualification, perhaps conformance to the startup mentality of the key characters, to help people form groups. The point there is to advance projects and also set yourself up as an authority.

At the moment it feels like a not-so-strong mix of the two.

dang•17m ago
Discussed at the time (of the article):

Halt and Catch Fire Syllabus - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25912241 - Jan 2021 (173 comments)

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