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HPR4603: On the Erosion of Freedom in Open Source Software

Hosted by HopperMCS on 2026-03-25

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. DISCLAIMER: "Hill willing to kill on" is an idiom. I do not condone or tolerate open calls for violence and want to make this very clear here. Due to the incredibly unfortunate nature of the topic at hand, I have also taken the liberty to mark this episode as explicit. This episode was recorded while I had some short downtime. There are ...

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HPR4602: Hackerpublic Radio New Years Eve Show 2026 Episode 3

Hosted by Honkeymagoo on 2026-03-24

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Bluetooth https://www.bluetooth.com/ Sound Core Headsets https://www.soundcore.com/ BaoFeng Mini https://www.baofengradio.com/products/5r-mini NOAA Weather Channel https://www.weather.gov/mob/nwr Chirp APP https://chirpmyradio.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Home ...

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HPR4601: How to be a better writer

Hosted by enistello on 2026-03-23

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Some tips on how the text you write can be improved. With the pestilence of AI spreading out over the once-human internet, doing what LLMs don't is a pretty good starting point to improve one's own writing. Make mistakes. Edit yourself. Avoid the tics that are dangerously close to becoming the norm. See this Wikipedia page, aimed at ...

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HPR4600: The First Doctor, Part 5

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-03-20

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This is a further look at the stories of the First Doctor, portrayed by William Hartnell, during the 1960s. The First Doctor, Part 5 The Celestial Toymaker This is a wonderful story, and the Toymaker is another foe many Doctor Who fans wanted to see return, and in 2023 it happened. In the story The Giggle he returned, played this time by Neil Patric...

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HPR4599: Women in digital and games event

Hosted by Dave Hingley on 2026-03-19

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Women in Digital and Games By Digital and Creative Technologies - West Suffolk College 73 Western WayBury St Edmunds, England Friday, Mar 27 from 6 pm to 8 pm Join us in person to celebrate and empower Women in Digital and Games with talks, networking, and fun! Get ready to connect, learn, and be inspired at this awesome in-person event celeb...

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HPR4598: Recording good audio using open source tools

Hosted by Shane - StrandedOutput on 2026-03-18

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Here is some no nonsense advice for recording decent sounding audio using Linux and open-source software! Some of my links: Mastodon: https://indieweb.social/@stranded_output PeerTube: https://peertube.wtf/c/strandedoutput/videos Linux Lads podcast: https://linuxlads.com/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@s...

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HPR4597: UNIX Curio #2 - fgrep

Hosted by Vance on 2026-03-17

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. Imagine, if you will, a Jane Austen novel about three sisters. The first is well-known and celebrated by everyone; the second, while slightly smarter and more capable, is significantly less popular; and...

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HPR4596: Adding voice-over audio track created using text to speech on the movie subtitles

Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2026-03-16

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. We’ll explain why we’re doing it, what it is, and cover some useful tools along the way. I’ve been watching movies recommended to me by my colleagues. As I work for a global company, the recommendations are often “Foreign Language”, which by definition is every movie to someone. It’s often difficult to read the subtitles, or they are distracting...

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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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