Shruthi Shekar

I started a joke which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see that the joke was on me

[Shruthi Shekar @PitchIsMyName]

@Daykerpriest @Truthan98259087 What "years of confusion"? How would that knowledge helped Harry at 11 years old?

[Shruthi Shekar @PitchIsMyName]

@Daykerpriest @_chides Use your critical thinking skills. Reading the books would help too.

Or are you just farming interactions

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

traumatized forever.

[The Global Photography Community @the_gpc_]

Photographers, show us some of your minimalism shots (can be anything) 📸

[D Prasanth Nair @DPrasanthNair]

Radio Ceylon celebrated it's 100th on December 16, 2025.
Why should it matter to India?
It's an interesting story
In the early 1950s, India’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting, B.V. Keskar, banned Hindi film songs on All India Radio (AIR), labeling them too "vulgar" and "Westernized."

Radio Ceylon seized this moment. Using powerful shortwave transmitters left behind by the Allied Forces after WWII (Radio SEAC), they beamed Hindi film music directly into Indian homes.
The most famous radio program in history, Binaca Geetmala was launched on Radio Ceylon in 1952.

Ameen Sayani’s iconic greeting, "Behno aur Bhaiyo" (Sisters and Brothers), reached millions of Indian listeners every Wednesday.

To this day, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) houses one of the world’s largest libraries of Hindi film music.

​Fun Fact: When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were climbing Mount Everest in 1953, the only radio station they could clearly receive at the summit was Radio Ceylon!
@SLBCnewslk @Mahishini @airnewsalerts

[Shruthi Shekar @PitchIsMyName]

@JoshRaby @grok what does this mean

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Let me explain exactly why VLC is free despite 6B downloads, because no one seems to get it.

VLC doesn’t make money because making money would destroy the only thing that made it reach 6 billion downloads in the first place.

The player grew through a specific distribution loop: tech-savvy users install it once, it works perfectly on every weird video file they throw at it, and they recommend it to everyone forever. IT departments deploy it across entire companies. A Reddit comment from 2009 still drives downloads in 2025 because the answer never changed.

That recommendation engine dies the second ads appear. Not slowly. Immediately.

The users who drive VLC’s distribution are the exact people who understand what ads mean. Your incentives just switched from “make the best player” to “maximize impressions.” They see it, stop recommending it, and your growth engine shuts off.

Run the actual numbers. VLC gets maybe 50 million active users daily across 6 billion total downloads. Typical video player ad rates run $1-3 CPM. Even if you served ads on every playback session, you’re looking at maybe $50-150 million annually at absolute peak optimistic assumptions.

Sounds like a lot until you realize what Kempf actually traded it for.

VLC reaching 6 billion people made Kempf the person who built the infrastructure everyone depends on. He runs a video consulting business. He built dav1d, an AV1 codec that powers modern streaming. Being “the guy who kept VLC free” opens every door in video technology. Clients pay him to solve problems because he proved he optimizes for quality over quick monetization.

“Former ad-supported media player executive” gets you exactly zero of that leverage.

The people celebrating Kempf’s ethics are missing the calculation. He didn’t sacrifice millions for principles. He rejected $150M in highly uncertain ad revenue to build permanent positioning worth multiples of that in everything else he touches.

VLC free generates more value for Kempf than VLC monetized ever could. The trade was never even close.

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

If you don't consciously pay attention like this, you might not even notice it in your everyday life

[Shruthi Shekar @PitchIsMyName]

@Wrong_Yash @grok what movie?

[Sekar 𝕏 @itzSekar]

#Bhavatharini voice Peaked here
national award winning song ❤️

#RIPBhavatharini

[Lost Soul @SoulaceV]

Sad sad news, shattered to even absorb it fully, what a rare singing talent she was, Rest in Peace #Bhavatharini!! 🌸

[DRE ⚡️ @DRESPITFACTS]

Hardest pill to swallow is realizing people do not care. They’ll hurt you & really go on about their lives. Not even slightly affected about what they did to you & how you feel. Regardless if it’s friendships, relationships, or family.

[Shruthi Shekar @PitchIsMyName]

Maya and Poornima... Irritating faces #biggbosstamil

[Akshay @Filmophile_Man]

#Maya showcasing her theatre skills. No wonder she became the mentor for Actor Vijay Sethupathi's son !

#BiggBossTamil7 #BiggBossTamil

https://t.co/1LteyBXmUp

[Shruthi Shekar @PitchIsMyName]

@HSanJWijekoon From one genocidal state to another. Bravo!

[Shruthi Shekar @PitchIsMyName]

@BiggBosstwts #Maya and her fake laugh

[Truth Signal @de_bose]

Long Rx for #Depression (with various degrees of affordability)

- Exercise (strength more + endurance)
- Omega-3 (EPA/DHA) consumption
- Sunlight exposure, blue sky & association with imageries of childhood & festivity.
- Leisure and familial bonding/love
- Sleep
- Spirituality and ancestral religious rituals
- Access to traditional farmers food market and associated experiences.
- Music festivals (country music)
- Playing with children, anti-ruminative behaviour
- Avenues of creativity (drawing, crafting, mathematics etc.)
- Helping real unprivileged (active charity, without virtue signalling in a posh-looking charity fundraising)
- Camping outdoors / spending time in Nature / forest-bathing
- Access to traditional adaptogenic herbs & traditional medicine
- Walking barefoot on grass and getting soaked in Rain.
- Traditional agrarian life away from corporate stress