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HPR4530: Playing Civilization V, Part 6

Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-12-12

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In our next look at the game mechanics for Civilization V we examine the topic of War and Combat. This is a complex topic, and we are just hitting the high points here, but we also provide a link to the War Academy for furhter study. Links: https://www.palain.com/gaming/civilization-v/play...

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HPR4529: yoga370 review

Hosted by Brian-in-Ohio on 2025-12-11

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 1 intro ═══════ non-forth show! 2 inspiration ═════════════ episode 4402, looking for a single device to be able to do forth work, read documents, some web browsing discussed the ups and downs of using a pinetab2 and how i used fluxbox and some scripts to bend the device to my needs device was ok b...

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HPR4528: Photography software

Hosted by Henrik Hemrin on 2025-12-10

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Today I will list and talk briefly about software related to photography that I have installed on my computer. DigiKam https://www.digikam.org/ RawTherapee https://rawtherapee.com/ GIMP https://www.gimp.org/ Rapid Photo Downloader https://damonlynch.net/rapid/index.html PIX https://github.com/linuxmint/pix VueScan h...

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HPR4527: Overly Complicated Media Ripping setup

Hosted by Archer72 on 2025-12-09

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Hello, this is your host Archer72 for Hacker Public Radio. In this episode, I share my overly complicated media ripping setup, and hope it helps someone. First of all, I have revised my media ripping setup since HPR3294 - Update to MakeMKV to back up media I’ve changed my mind about only using a terminal for ripping media, and it was time to make a ...

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HPR4526: Baofeng and SDR++

Hosted by Lee on 2025-12-08

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Goal: send a voice signal on VHF or UHF, receive and record with SDR via RTL dongle Core Problem and Resolution An issue may have been a hardware I/Q Imbalance in the RTL-SDR, which suppressed the desired signal, resulting in very low output volume that required excessive manual amplification. Initi...

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HPR4525: Using mail merge in thunderbird

Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2025-12-05

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. As the new year show is upon us, Ken needs a way to send out some mail messages to fellow Free Culture Podcasters . Rather than just putting every one on the bcc, a more personal mail list can be done using the Thunderbird Mail Merge add on. Install Download it, and then open Thunderbird, select "Tools", "Add-ons and Themes". Then pres...

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HPR4524: Living the Tux Life Episode 3 - Automating the Install

Hosted by Al on 2025-12-04

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Setting up Linux Mint with Custom LVM and Luks Linux Mint with Custom LVM on LUKS Overview The current Linux Mint installer doesn't support custom partitions when setting up a new machine with LUKS encryption using LVM. I prefer having a separate partition for my home directory and a backup partition for Timeshift, so that reinstalling or fi...

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HPR4523: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 1 - Nuclear Basics

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2025-12-03

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This episode is the first in an 8 part series on nuclear reactor technology. This is a politics free series and the focus is on the technology of the reactors. This series will focus on the civil nuclear industry, with a particular focus on electric power generation reactors. I will discuss the technology, what it is, how it works, and...

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HPR4522: Lee interviews Elsbeth about SL Shop and Hop event

Hosted by Elsbeth on 2025-12-02

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In this episode, Lee sits down with Elsbeth Starling — fae-coded creator, mesh-maker, scripter, and accidental caffeine-fueled entrepreneur — to talk about what it really takes to get accepted into Second Life’s legendary Shop & Hop as a relatively new business owner. At just about a year and a half into her SL journey, Elsbeth breaks dow...

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HPR4521: HPR Community News for November 2025

Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2025-12-01

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. New hosts Welcome to our new host: Whiskeyjack. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 4501 Mon 2025-11-03 HPR Community News for October 2025 HPR Volunteers 4502 Tue 2025-11-04 Cheap Yellow Display Project Part 3: Reverse beacon network Trey 4503 Wed 2025-11-05 One time passwords using oathtool Whiskeyjack 4504 Thu 2025-11...

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