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Every time you say 'just' an engineer who's already spent hours trying out your simple idea pulls out another clump of hair.
by saulpw 3y ago
Every time you say 'just' an engineer who's already spent hours trying out your simple idea pulls out another clump of hair.
- huytersd 3y agoWell I’m clearly coming at this from a naive perspective and I’m sure many people are learning this along with me.
- saulpw 3y agoExcise the word "just" from your engineering vocabulary and you'll be better able to come across as naive instead of condescending or dismissive. I'm not trying to be snarky here, this is a genuine recommendation that will help your ideas be better received, both in the workplace and on internet forums.
- huytersd 3y agoThat’s a good point. The sentence does sound better without “just”. Though in this case I was trying to account for what I thought was a simple solution.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y agoIt's encrypted across the cable itself, the capture card wouldn't be able to understand the signal. the monitor itself is doing the unencrypting. As the other person said, it's specifically to protect the video from ... you.