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learned today that people *really* underestimate how complex digital video signal transport is

i examined my assumptions and learned that they include "ah, I think everyone probably has at least a basic understanding of gigabit line codes and SerDes". that... that would explain why

@whitequark reminds me of a presentation I gave where I assumed everyone could quickly read and parse nested grouping regex.

I was giving a talk to Ruby programmers in the lovely transition from “Perl programmers who think functional programming or japanese culture are neat” to “Rails web programmers”.

I think I spent 20 min answering questions about slide 3, then just gave up on the plan.