The show "Silicon Valley" actually glosses over much of this seedy reality by pretending that there can be a start-up based on some profound data "compression scheme" that compresses both random data and the normal compression-amenable media

Living in Silicon Valley and recognizing all the ham-handed cliches, I was kind of disappointed (the reality is weirder and more exciting) and this made me cringe.

All humor must be based on exaggerated reality to be really funny, and this show is obviously based on real life in Silicon Valley.