Speed_Demon_GHiF

[shoe @shoe0nhead]

imo you literally get that “spark” all over again. everything is a new experience to your kid. seeing a bug? coolest thing ever. eating ice cream. amazing. going for a car ride. painting a picture. even every day normal activities like grocery shopping are an incredible experience with them. holidays like christmas, easter, halloween etc all feel like how they felt like when you were a kid again. everything is exciting again because you are seeing the world for the first time through their eyes

[Speed_Demon_GHiF @SpeedDeminGHiF]

@iJevin A1/A2

[Speed_Demon_GHiF @SpeedDeminGHiF]

@_richardr_ @Jordan_W_Taylor I'm pretty sure that's the same reason the space shuttle essentially belly flopped to reenter

[NASA @NASA]

Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶

The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.

[Speed_Demon_GHiF @SpeedDeminGHiF]

@1llegalEngineer @FedEx I've seen FedEx deliver things to my work in a condition I didn't even know was possible without hitting it with a bat several times

[Sony Pictures @SonyPictures]

Sony Pictures to release Spider-Man 4 on May 6, 2011.

[Earth @earthcurated]

You’re not allowed to use the phone while driving, BUT you're allowed to go through 10 menus to crank up the AC temp by 0.5°C.

[𝕵𝖆𝖉𝖊 ☧⌖✠🎃💀🕸️ @JadeAtrophis]

Two words

TOO BRIGHT

[Adrian Clarke @adrianfclarke]

When it absolutely, positively, has to be there on time. TWR Ford Transit XJ220 powertrain mule. Used for road speed drivability and calibration.

[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.

[Sterling Crispin 🕊️ @sterlingcrispin]

I'm a single issue voter, I want the warm lights back.

Streetlights are too blue. Headlights are too bright. It's a crime against nature and God.

We need to demand 2800K or below color balance for all outdoor lights. Some cities regulate 3000k max, that's still too damn blue.

[Andrew Côté @Andercot]

The US Navy has managed a total of 273 nuclear reactors, 6200 reactor-years, over 177 million miles, averaging 4 new reactors per year over 70 years.

They have done this with a perfect safety record.

Zero accidents.

Zero injuries, zero deaths, zero environmental pollution.

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

Say a prayer.

[Speed_Demon_GHiF @SpeedDeminGHiF]

@glubbychu Hate that you do this just because people wanted to hate. Glad you had a good time visiting this country, the original thread was very nice to see

[3 random letters every 10 mins @3letter_]

Dad

[Speed_Demon_GHiF @SpeedDeminGHiF]

@ayeejuju Still have my robo raptor somewhere

[▴Josh▴ @Zonaichampion]

“A sword wields no strength, unless the hand that holds it has courage”

[Speed_Demon_GHiF @SpeedDeminGHiF]

@GifZelda An elf in green tights keeps stabbing my toes every time I wake up from my nap