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HPR4660: Robert A. Heinlein: The Future History, Part 1

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-06-12

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In his early days as a writer, Heinlein wrote his stories in the context of a shared universe that he called the Future History. These were mostly short stories at first, with hte occasional novella. But they inclode some great stories. The Future History, Part 1 One thing Heinlein became well known for was his Future History. This placed many of...

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HPR4659: Command Line Fun - Recording a show

Hosted by Kevie on 2026-06-11

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In this episode Kevie does a step-by-step approach to record an episode of HPR using the FFMPEG tool on the Linux command line. Before beginning please ensure that FFMPEG is installed, it is available in the vast majority of Linux repositories. Start by making a new folder to keep all your files in and move into the new folder (these w...

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HPR4658: Audio Revisited

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-06-10

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 01 Introduction This is a follow up to my 4 part series on simple podcasting. In this episode I will discuss a number of experiments with audio filtering. These experiments were inspired by comments by listeners and by other discussions about audio on HPR. I am not an audio expert, so I am doing this partly in order to learn something...

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HPR4657: UNIX Curio #8 - Comparing Files

Hosted by Vance on 2026-06-09

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. Most users of UNIX-like systems are probably familiar with the diff utility. It is widely used with source code to compare two files and see what the differences are between them. Non-programmers, lik...

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HPR4656: My review of musicozy sleep/exercise bluetooth headband

Hosted by Swift110 on 2026-06-08

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Sound quality, ease of use, comfort, battery life, price https://themusicozy.com/products/headband/index.htmlProvide feedback on this episode....

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HPR4655: Tips for Glasses

Hosted by norrist on 2026-06-05

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. HPR and Glasses HPR community members are nerds We know from movies that nerds wear glasses We can conclude that HPR community members wear glasses Cleaning Background I have very oily skin and am constantly smudging my glasses All lenses wipes are too small. I accidentally touch the lenses with my fingers when I am trying to c...

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HPR4654: What's in my component Box?

Hosted by MrX on 2026-06-04

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Background This episode describes the contents of an old fishing tackle box I got as a birthday present very many years ago. I used it over the years to gather a pile of mostly useless electronic components and junk. I came across it recently when we were doing a clear out. Mrs X wanted to throw it out. I had a lot of sentimental value due ...

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HPR4653: Starting the Habit of Reading

Hosted by Thaj Sara on 2026-06-03

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Openreads is a privacy oriented and open source cross-platform app written in Flutter available for Android and iOS for keeping track of your books. There are four lists provided so you won't get confused: books you finished, books you are currently reading, books you want to read later, books you didn't finish. You can use custom tags and...

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HPR4652: simon says

Hosted by Brian-in-Ohio on 2026-06-02

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game) Simon is an electronic game of short-term memory skill invented by Ralph H. Baer and Howard J. Morrison, working for toy design firm Marvin Glass and Associates, with software programming by Lenny Cope. The device creates a series of tones and lights and requires a user to repeat the sequence. If ...

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HPR4651: HPR Community News for May 2026

Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2026-06-01

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. New hosts There were no new hosts this month. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 4630 Fri 2026-05-01 Playing Civilization V, Part 11 Ahuka 4631 Mon 2026-05-04 HPR Community News for April 2026 HPR Volunteers 4632 Tue 2026-05-05 Hackerpublic Radio New Years Eve Show 2026 Episode 6 Honkeymagoo 4633 Wed 2026-05-06 Ham Radio Lice...

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