@FFmpeg I remember opening up the official h.264 white paper about a year ago cause I wanted to understand some bits on a deeper level (I'm a broadcast engineer, so had a legit reason). Couldn't believe the detail contained in it.
Gave me 10x the respect for tools like FFmpeg.
There are extremely interesting technical challenges in FFmpeg such as codec reverse engineering, performance optimisation (often with hand written assembly language), supporting broken files etc.
Most of the world is not aware of what we do and this account shares these things.
The film version of Dick’s novel is very much a tech-noir. Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting Nighthawks was a big influence on the film’s style, as were the classic film noirs of the 1940s. Hampton Fancher wrote the part of Deckard with Robert Mitchum in mind; world-weary and stoic.
Schon auf S. 19 von "Die Möglichkeit von Glück" fühle ich ein "ich auch!", obwohl ich sieben Jahre früher und die entscheidenden paar hundert km weiter westlich als Anne Rabes Stine geboren wurde.
Ein ganz wunderbares Buch von @AnneRabe2. Kauft es.
The technical details:
This was on Russia's Express AM8 satellite at 14 West - the transponder at 11647 V which carries various Russian TV channels, including the Crimean versions of Rossiya 1 TV and Radio Rossii.
Russian satellites at 53 East and 56 East also disrupted recently.