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HPR4559: Enkele off line vertaaltools

Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2026-01-22

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Offline Translator tools Translate text offline LocalTranslate is an offline translation application that uses Firefox's neural translation models (from the mozilla/firefox-translations-models project) to perform high-quality translations locally on your device. Note: LocalTranslate is not affiliated with The Mozilla Foundation in any way. Lin...

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HPR4558: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #14

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-01-21

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. I am subscribed to a number of YouTube channels, and I am sharing them with you. Links: https://www.youtube.com/@bulwarkmedia https://www.youtube.com/@thefabfaux https://www.youtube.com/@TheGreatWar https://www.youtube.com/@TheHistoryGuyChannel https://www.youtube.com/@TheImmedFamily https://www.youtube.com/@TheKoreanWarbyIndyNe...

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HPR4557: Why I prefer tar to zip

Hosted by Klaatu on 2026-01-20

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. I'm gonna talk about archiving specifically with tar and even more specifically why I prefer tar over zip. Shownotes at https://www.both.org/?p=13268 Provide feedback on this episode....

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HPR4556: Nitro man! RC Cars

Hosted by operat0r on 2026-01-19

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Today it's a special Christmas episode, it's such a kind of part for the RC cars. So we're going to have to talk to them about the Metro cars. The Metro cars are RC cars that run off of this like 20% oil gas thing. So the oil is in the gas, it has a little motor and you can pay you know $800 for a motor or you can pay, you know, the 50 bucks for ...

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HPR4555: HPR Beer Garden 8 - Belgian Christmas Ales

Hosted by Kevie on 2026-01-16

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Dave and Kevie bring the HPR listeners another festive edition of the Beer Garden, with the focus turning to Belgian Christmas ales. Kevie discovered a scan of the original advert in the Journal De Charleroi from 1896 Translation: Christmas beer has arrived at the Arabian horse and the globe, these two establishments so famous for Anglaise bee...

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HPR4554: How I do todo

Hosted by Jim DeVore on 2026-01-15

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. References in order of first mention Daytimer - https://www.daytimer.com/ PalmPilot - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PalmPilot Gina Trapani - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Trapani Todo landing page - http://todotxt.org/ Todo file format - https://github.com/todotxt/todo.txt Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/ ...

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HPR4553: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 4 Less Common Reactor Types

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-01-14

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 02 Less Common Reactor Types In this episode we discuss some of the less common historical reactor types. These are a mixture of less common commercial types and some experimental or research reactors. I will cover advanced or future designs in another episode. 03 Minor Successes 04 Magnox 07 AGR - Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor 10...

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HPR4552: Printer Conspiracy

Hosted by MrX on 2026-01-13

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Background I have a very old EPSON R300 inkjet printer It has served me well for many years. I thought it was at least 10 if not 15 years old. I got it before I even became interested in Linux. For many of those years now I have been using this printer extensively on Linux. It has been a really good printer and has been incredibly...

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HPR4551: “Elsbeth in IT: Since ’97” (Part 2)

Hosted by Elsbeth on 2026-01-12

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. A two-part conversation about what it’s really like being a woman in tech for almost three decades. Content Warning: The F word probably makes an appearance multiple times. In this episode, Lee sits down with Elsbeth to talk about her long, winding, sometimes ridiculous, often inspiring journey through the IT industry — starting all the w...

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HPR4550: Playing Civilization V, Part 7

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-01-09

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 Science and how to win a Science victory. This is something that has been in Civilization from the very beginning, but in Civilization V there are some changes worth addressing. Playing Civilization V, Part 7 Science In most respects this is not all that different in C...

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