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HPR4595: WATER WATER EVERYWHERE!

Hosted by operat0r on 2026-03-13

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. I'm talking about water meters Provide feedback on this episode....

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HPR4594: Hackerpublic Radio New Years Eve Show 2026 Episode 2

Hosted by Honkeymagoo on 2026-03-12

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. ### Eps 02 Start ### Amazon Alexa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Alexa https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa Home Assistant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Assistant https://www.home-assistant.io/ Steelseries: Arctis 9X https://steelseries.com/gaming-headsets/arctis-9x http...

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HPR4593: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 8 Generation Four Reactors

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-03-11

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 01 Introduction This episode is the eighth and final one in an 8 part series on nuclear reactor technology. In this episode I will talk about future reactor technologies, particularly what are referred to as "Generation IV" reactors. Some of these will be simply additional developments of reactors that have already been discussed in th...

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HPR4592: Happy by shower # 2

Hosted by Antoine on 2026-03-10

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. I also happen to be happy when I see my dogs well. They’re both a little old and have had grave sicknesses. One, the girl, is taking medication because of a problem, maybe on the spine, that interferes with walking, but in general both her and the little white male (who almost died because of stone in the ureter at around the pandemic) are toda...

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HPR4591: A Bit of Git

Hosted by Lee on 2026-03-09

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. When attempting to push commits to a remote repository, git rejected the push with an error. The branches had diverged! git status Result: On branch main Your branch and 'origin/main' have diverged, and have 7 and 1 different commits each, respectively. The problem: * 79085bb (HEAD -> main) Improve mobile responsiveness for very narrow viewport...

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HPR4590: Playing Civilization V, Part 9

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-03-06

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In our next look at the game mechanics for Civilization V we examine a new feature in Civilization 5, City-States. These are independent cities controlled by the computer that are also players to some degree in the game, and you can interact with them. And they are key to winning a Diplomatic Victory. Playing Civilization V, Part 9 - City States Thi...

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HPR4589: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #15

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-03-05

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. With permission of Ahuka the warning about the reserve queue was removed to the policy change on the mail list https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2026-January/004951.html I am subscribed to a number of YouTube channels, and I am sharing them with you. Links: ...

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HPR4588: HPR Beer Garden 11 - Belgian Scotch Ale

Hosted by Kevie on 2026-03-04

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Dave and Kevie return with another episode of the Beer Garden, this time with a focus on Belgian Scotch Ales. Dave samples Silly Scotch , whilst Kevie goes for Mc Chouffe Connect with the guys on Untappd: Dave Kevie The intro sounds for the show are used from: https://freesound.org/people/mixtus/sounds...

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HPR4587: UNIX Curio #1 - Shell Archives

Hosted by Vance on 2026-03-03

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This is the first column in a series dedicated to exploring little-known—and occasionally useful—trinkets lurking in the dusty corners of UNIX-like operating systems. This month's column was inspired by an article on the Linux Journal web site 1 describing a custom-built script that would contain a binary tar archive and, when run,...

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HPR4586: HPR Community News for February 2026

Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2026-03-02

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. New hosts Welcome to our new hosts: Vance, not_toby. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 4566 Mon 2026-02-02 HPR Community News for January 2026 HPR Volunteers 4567 Tue 2026-02-03 Movie Recommendations for Hackers Deltaray 4568 Wed 2026-02-04 Book reading The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll Henrik Hemrin 4569 Thu 2026-02...

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