How did pied piper get uploaded to smart fridges
At the end of season 4 of Silicon Valley, the guys find out that the pied piper add has been uploaded to the network of smart fridges. It is explained briefly that this happened while Gilfoyle hacked Jin Yang’s smart fridge to show a video of a chinese guy sucking someone off. My question is:
- how does uploading a compressed video to a smart fridge’s memory also install the whole software for the new internet they are designing?
- How did installing an app on a single smart fridge allow it to spread to all other fridges?
- The numbers seem weird - they claimed the whole of Milcher’s data was stored on 30000 smart fridges, which was previously stored on a network of +160000 hooli phones? The volume we are talking about are petabytes as that is what Richard said to BigHead it would take on the stanford servers in the same episode.
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How does uploading a compressed video to a smart fridge’s memory also install the whole software for the new internet they are designing?
How did installing an app on a single smart fridge allow it to spread to all other fridges?
In order to upload Suck it Jin Yang video to smart fridge Gilfoyle had to add Pied Piper libraries to it's firmware. Other smart fridges detected these libraries as an update and updated themselves with same since they are smart fridges.
Update in response to comment:
So it wasn't just compressing the video and uploading it, but rather the whole library was put there, compiled and ready to go. Isn't that a bit weird? To upload and play a compressed video, you have to upload and compile the whole code? How does that fit in with the whole idea of PP being super optimized and whatnot? – Momchill
Only explanation I can come up with is that Smart Fridge's firmware was not equipped with code to play compressed videos. Hence Gilfoyle had to add some/all Pied Piper libraries to enable it play.
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How does a smart fridge store data?
When you put your chilled or frozen goods in the smart refrigerator or freezer, it will scan the RFID chip or barcode and log that item. The details are then pulled from the Internet and saved to the fridge's memory. It's also possible to input the data manually.Who made the first smart fridge?
In June 2000, LG launched the world's first internet refrigerator, the Internet Digital DIOS.Why do smart fridges exist?
A smart refrigerator allows a user to know which items are inside the refrigerator without opening it, by simply checking the display list on an LCD or other output device. The refrigerator is able to send its content list to various other display devices and is able to communicate via various mediums.When were Samsung smart fridges invented?
Samsung's Family Hub smart fridge was first unveiled at CES 2016, and since then, the company has been rolling out updated iterations with Bixby support, SmartThings integration, and AKG speakers.Gilfoyle Saved Pied Piper - Silicon Valley
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