But who's counting?

@LockheedMartin @POTUS Skylab wakes.

@lexfridman @FFmpeg No one else available?

Here's my conversation all about @FFmpeg, the legendary open-source software powering most video on the Internet. In the episode, I talk with Jean-Baptiste Kempf and Kieran Kunhya. JB is lead developer of VLC and Kieran is FFmpeg contributor, codec engineer, and the person behind the now-infamous @FFmpeg account on X. VLC (@videolan), by the way, is also a legendary piece of open-source software: it's a video player that can open basically anything & has been downloaded over 6 billion times. I think both FFmpeg and VLC are two of the most important and impactful software systems ever created, both open source, and both created & maintained by volunteers: brilliant engineers from all walks of life. Thank you to everyone who contributed to FFmpeg and VLC, and in general to all engineers giving their heart & soul to building systems used by millions (or billions) of people, and often doing so not for money, status, or fame, but purely for the love of building great software and doing good for the world. Thank you to the builders! 🙏❤️ Shoutouts in this chat to @ID_AA_Carmack @karpathy @elonmusk @TimSweeneyEpic and everyone who is a contributor & fan of open source! It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 0:00 - Episode highlight 2:17 - Introduction 5:35 - Weirdest things VLC opens 9:59 - How video playback works 19:20 - Video codecs and containers 30:07 - FFmpeg explained 51:07 - Linus Torvalds 55:46 - Turning down millions to keep VLC ad-free 1:10:04 - FFmpeg & Google drama 1:29:18 - FFmpeg developers 1:35:55 - VLC and FFmpeg 1:40:29 - History of FFmpeg 1:43:46 - Reverse engineering codecs 1:57:01 - FFmpeg testing 2:01:08 - Assembly code (handwritten) 2:25:26 - Rust programming language 2:34:42 - FFmpeg and Libav fork 2:43:04 - Open source burnout 2:50:51 - x264 and internet video 3:04:07 - Video compression basics 3:11:04 - CIA and fake VLC 3:21:39 - Ultra low latency streaming 3:39:07 - AV2 codec and video patents 3:48:59 - VLC backdoors 3:59:14 - Video archiving 4:05:51 - Future of FFmpeg and VLC

@JoeyMannarino People want a solution, not criminals.

So, let’s get this straight. The government of the United Kingdom has banned at least four people expected or confirmed to speak at Tommy Robinson’s rally on May 16th from entering the country. Eva Vlaardingerbroek of the Netherlands Ada Lluch of Spain Valentina Gomez of the USA and myself, Joey Mannarino of the USA What in the hell are the people in the government so afraid of?

@Nigel_Farage The five million pound bribe hasn't gone unnoticed.

If you really want change, go out and vote for it tomorrow.

@katsuxbt Be who you are. Issue seems to be the amount of repression.

Dana White explains why he hates men's mental health culture "I hate this whole men's mental health stuff that they talk about. Unfortunately, when you're a man, you are the provider, you can't be that guy posting on social media, oh I had a bad day and I'm so sad" "It's unattractive to other males, let alone women"

@MattWalshBlog Aliens and Bible arent yet linked, just surmised.

I'm a lot more open to the possibility of aliens than many people here, but the idea that anything related to aliens or UFOs could have "Bible-changing" implications is totally ridiculous. There is no reason why it should shake anyone's faith to find out that God created other lifeforms on other planets out there in the vast cosmos. There are like a hundred billion galaxies. My faith does not demand that I assume they're all completely empty.

@Motorsport Plus or minus Hamilton/Rossi.

Which driver comes to mind?

@WhiteHouse Saying peace, providing death.

🇺🇸 America is our homeland — and it will be protected. The 2026 Counterterrorism Report prioritizes: • Eliminating cartel networks • Targeting foreign terrorist organizations • Cracking down on domestic extremist groups like Antifa Peace through strength.

@RedPandaKoala There are lies and damn lies. These are just lies.

Pastor Larry Ragland issues a formal apology to Congressman Eric Burlison regarding statements made during the pastors UFO disclosure meeting Ragland says he should have clarified better what parts were said by Eric Burlison and what parts were his own thoughts

@elonmusk They aren't. Just scifi bullshit. Its about 1 million to put 100 grams in orbit.

😂

@NASCAR @JHNemechek @ColeCuster No emotional control reminiscent of a child.

This is definitely not hugging. 😂 @JHNemechek | @ColeCuster

@timburchett @JDVance Can you pay for a Lambo with snap? Saves time.

I don’t know @JDVance .Servicing a Lamborghini could break a man.

@xai @AnthropicAI Pipe down in IT. Back to the basement.

SpaceXAI and @AnthropicAI have also expressed interest in partnering to develop multiple gigawatts of orbital AI compute capacity

SpaceXAI will provide @AnthropicAI with access to Colossus 1, one of the world’s largest and fastest-deployed AI supercomputers, to provide additional capacity for Claude → x.ai/news/anthropic…

@SteveReedMP Day late dollar short?

Labour in action 🌹

@24hoursoflemans @FIAWEC @fia @EuropeanLMS Best race to watch in person.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝗘𝗧. 🔒 Check out the full entry list for the 94th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. From returning champions to hungry rookies, the Hypercar, LMP2, and LMGT3 classes are stacked! 💥 ➡️ shorturl.at/CLOVK #FeelLeMans #LeMans24 #WEC

@MotoGP @ValeYellow46 Rossi is still number 1 and 46.

Contrasting fortunes for the Yamaha duo in 2017! 🏆❌ @ValeYellow46 crashed while fighting for the win with Viñales who took the spoils at Le Mans 🥇 #FrenchGP🇫🇷

@JohnCleese Who is racist?

So much for multiculturalism !

@wearetherace @XPBImages Not having an underpowered car is key.

📈 A strong start to the season for Alpine:

@F1 Big praise for the employee he found. Well done Toto, again.

"It was his best race so far..." 👀 Toto Wolff was full of praise for Kimi Antonelli after the Miami Grand Prix! 😎 #F1 #MiamiGP

@BBCNews You will need other people's money.

Robot wars - what an operation in Ukraine tells us about the battlefield of the near future bbc.in/4tU9xu7

@RapidResponse47 @SecretaryWright If you keep Hormuz closed surely Europe will be in recession this week.

.@SecretaryWright: "What the Iranians saw with Project Freedom is one way or the other, the United States is going to have free flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. It can be in an agreement with Iran or it can be without an agreement with Iran."