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Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2026-02-13

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Making First Contact An amateur radio contact, more commonly referred to as simply a "contact", is an exchange of information between two amateur radio stations. The exchange usually consists of an initial call, a response by another amateur radio operator at an amateur radio station, and a signal repor...

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HPR4574: UNIX Curio #0 - Introduction

Hosted by Vance on 2026-02-12

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This series is dedicated to exploring little-known—and occasionally useful—trinkets lurking in the dusty corners of UNIX-like operating systems. As the zeroth entry of this series, we'll have a little introduction to what it is supposed to be about and why you might want to listen. So that you don't leave without getting at least one piece of ...

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HPR4573: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 6 Thorium Reactors

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-02-11

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Thorium Reactors 01 Introduction In this episode we will describe the use of thorium in nuclear power, including what thorium is, how it differs from uranium, and what sort of reactors can use it. 03 What is thorium 05 How thorium differs from uranium 07 Sources of Thorium 09 Why there is interest in using thorium as a fuel 10 Abun...

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HPR4572: Uncommon Commands, Episode 3 - strace

Hosted by Deltaray on 2026-02-10

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. These are the commands mentioned in the You may need to use "sudo" to run these commands depending on how your system is configured. strace uptime strace ls 2>&1 | grep open strace -e openat ls / strace ls /does/not/exist strace -o ls-trace.log ls strace -ff -o pid12345-trace.log -p 12345 ...

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HPR4571: Data processing retrospective

Hosted by Lee on 2026-02-09

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. We start with Orwellian depictions of the future read about in the 1950/60s. Working in the 1970s at companies such as British Telecom and the L urgie . We hear about telex , mainframes with magnetic tape , type-writers , and the upskilling of the workforce by the labour-exchange . How did a cold and lack of a home telephone lead to...

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HPR4570: Playing Civilization V, Part 8

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-02-06

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In our next look at the game mechanics for Civilization V we examine several related topics: Diplomacy, Spies, and Religious Pressure. They are all ways to interact with other players without the force of arms being involved. And we will discuss the Diplomatic Victory, which is a new victory type added in Civilization V and can be fun to play...

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HPR4569: Kiosk with guest mode on Linux

Hosted by Klaatu on 2026-02-05

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Create a Linux kiosk at your library Start without a guest account The first few steps of this process don’t actually require a guest user directory to exist, so do NOT create your guest user account yet. However, you do need to choose what your guest user account is going to be called. A reasonable account name for Don’s purposes is libraryguest. O...

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HPR4568: Book reading The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll

Hosted by Henrik Hemrin on 2026-02-04

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 1985, I started to work at a telecom equipment manufacturer. We had a main frame computer in our combined office- and lab room. We were four sitting in the room and it was this one terminal for all of us and maybe even for someone more. Downstairs, we at component technology department had our big clim...

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HPR4567: Movie Recommendations for Hackers

Hosted by Deltaray on 2026-02-03

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Warning, this episode containers some spoilers for movies. The following movies are in my cybersecurity movie library. The ones marked * are included in review in this episode. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) * AntiTrust (2001) Blackhat (2015) Blade Runner (1982) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Citizenfour (2015) CSI: Cyber (2015) Enemy of the State (1...

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HPR4566: HPR Community News for January 2026

Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2026-02-02

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. New hosts Welcome to our new hosts: Jim DeVore, Carmen-Lisandrette. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 4544 Thu 2026-01-01 Uncommon Commands, Episode 2 Deltaray 4545 Fri 2026-01-02 YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #12 Ahuka 4546 Mon 2026-01-05 HPR Community News for December 2025 HPR Volunteers 4547 Tue 2026-01-06 Cheap Y...

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