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HPR4000: New Orleans
Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-12-01
We get to visit New Orleans, and a bit of Louisiana, in this episode. Of course, we only scratched the surface, but that is true of most travel when you think about it. We did see a few interesting things along the way, and started to realize that this trip is not just about NASA sites, but also a lot of military history, which is also an interest of mine. Links: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvhRR http...
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HPR3999: Holiday Challenges Series Ep 02 TryHackMe Advent of Cyber Challenge
Hosted by Trey on 2023-11-30
Holiday Challenges Series - Ep 2 - TryHackMe Advent of Cyber Challenge Since some of the information you are about to hear is time specific, I want to let you know that I am recording this near the end of November in 2023. If you missed the first episode, which introduces this series, you can go back and listen to HPR3996 I have been using TryHackMe for several years, and I recommend it to all of ...
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HPR3998: Using open source OCR to digitize my mom's book
Hosted by Deltaray on 2023-11-29
To improve the speed of my workflow, I wrote a bash script that uses the open source programs programs gphoto2, tesseract, grep and ImageMagick to digitize my mom's 338 page book. Here is the link to the script: https://github.com/deltaray/ocr-script...
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HPR3997: The Oh No! News.
Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-11-28
The Oh No! news. Oh No! News is Good News. TAGS: Oh No, News, Threat analysis, InfoSec, Google Dynamic Search Ads Threat analysis; your attack surface. Source: Former NHS secretary found guilty of illegally accessing medical records A former NHS employee has been found guilty and fined for illegally accessing the medical records of over 150 people. Loretta Alborghetti, from Redditch, worked...
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HPR3996: Holiday Challenges Series - Ep 1 - Advent of Code
Hosted by Trey on 2023-11-27
Holiday Challenges Series - Ep 1 - Advent of Code Since some of the information you are about to hear is time specific, I want to let you know that I am recording this near the end of November in 2023. Whichever holidays you celebrate this time of year, life generally gets busy and stressful. It could be shopping or cooking or cleaning or school activities or buying, assembling, wrapping, and deli...
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HPR3995: Creating Your Own Internet Radio Streaming Device
Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2023-11-24
aNONradio: https://anonradio.net TildeRadio: https://tilderadio.org Volumio: https://volumio.com/ moOde Audio: https://moodeaudio.org/...
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HPR3994: Lastpass Response
Hosted by operat0r on 2023-11-23
I talk about LastPass....
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HPR3993: z80 membership card
Hosted by Brian in Ohio on 2023-11-22
intro bought a couple of z80 old style computers found this searching youtube cosmac elf-rca 1802 https://www.sunrise-ev.com/ lee hart electrical engineer was there at the beginning of the computer revolution life long love of electric vehicles the kit piece of art z80 membership, minimum computer front panel gives self contained system boards, all parts and altoid tin great documentation, s...
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HPR3992: Test recording on a wireless mic
Hosted by Archer72 on 2023-11-21
LEKATO 2 Pack Wireless Microphone with Charging Case https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C4SNT6QK USB C Two microphones in a charging case Charge phone and use the receiver simultaneously Claims 75 ft. transmission range Wireless Mic can work continuously for 5 hours, and the charging box can quickly charge the device 4 times. The total usage time reaches 25 hours Axet Audio recorder on F-Droi...
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HPR3991: YOU ARE A PIRATE
Hosted by operat0r on 2023-11-20
XGP-save-extractor Python script to extract/backup savefiles out of Xbox Game Pass for PC games. When run, the script produces a ZIP file for each supported game save found in the system. In most cases the files in the ZIP can be copied to the save directory of the Steam/Epic version of the game. To find out the save file location, check PCGamingWiki. https://github.com/Z1ni/XGP-save-extractor/rel...
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Previous Five Weeks


HPR3990: Playing Alpha Centauri, Part 2
Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-11-17
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3990.ogg

HPR3989: LastPass Security Update 1 November 2023
Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-11-16
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3989.ogg

HPR3988: Beeper.com
Hosted by operat0r on 2023-11-15
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3988.ogg

HPR3987: The Grim Dawn
Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-11-14
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3987.ogg

HPR3986: Optical media is not dead
Hosted by Archer72 on 2023-11-13
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3986.ogg

HPR3985: Bash snippet - be careful when feeding data to loops
Hosted by Dave Morriss on 2023-11-10
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3985.ogg

HPR3984: Whoppers. How Archer72 and I made moonshine. Volume one.
Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-11-09
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3984.ogg

HPR3983: ChatGPT Output is not compatible with CC-BY-SA
Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2023-11-08
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3983.ogg

HPR3982: Conversation with ChatGPT
Hosted by Archer72 on 2023-11-07
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3982.ogg

HPR3981: HPR Community News for October 2023
Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2023-11-06
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3981.ogg

HPR3980: Huntsville to Vicksburg
Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-11-03
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3980.ogg

HPR3979: FireStick and ad blocking
Hosted by operat0r on 2023-11-02
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3979.ogg

HPR3978: Driving in Virginia.
Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-11-01
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3978.ogg

HPR3977: Creative Commons Search Engine
Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-10-31
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3977.ogg

HPR3976: The Evolution of Windows' Snipping Tool
Hosted by Keith Murray on 2023-10-30
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3976.ogg

HPR3975: Mesa Verde 20230618
Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-10-27
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3975.ogg

HPR3974: About USBimager - part 2/2
Hosted by Reto on 2023-10-26
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3974.ogg

HPR3973: Creating an equalizer preset for your episodes of HPR
Hosted by dnt on 2023-10-25
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3973.ogg

HPR3972: Thunderbird inbox filtering: keeping a clean/orderly inbox.
Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-10-24
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3972.ogg

HPR3971: RERERE: How to make friends.
Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-10-23
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3971.ogg

HPR3970: Playing Alpha Centauri, Part 1
Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-10-20
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3970.ogg

HPR3969: Game Sales
Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-10-19
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3969.ogg

HPR3968: About USBimager - part 1/2
Hosted by Reto on 2023-10-18
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3968.ogg

HPR3967: Unsolicited thoughts on running open source software projects
Hosted by dnt on 2023-10-17
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3967.ogg

HPR3966: Vim Hints: 006
Hosted by Some Guy On The Internet on 2023-10-16
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3966.ogg

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