Hosted by Rho`n on 2023-02-07

Synopsis The Friday before Christmas, my partner's mother called and asked if I had a short indoor extension cord she could borrow. When I arrived at her house, she showed me her display of ceramic Christmas trees for which she needed the extension cord. These decorations have two pieces. A base which holds a small light bulb, and then the tree which sits over the light and has translucent colore...

Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2023-02-06

New hosts Welcome to our new host: enistello. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 3761 Mon 2023-01-02 HPR Community News for December 2022 HPR Volunteers 3762 Tue 2023-01-03 Existence is pain operat0r 3763 Wed 2023-01-04 The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon Mike Ray 3764 Thu 2023-01-05 My text-focused journey into tech enistello 3765 Fri 2023-01-06 Fixing clock events in GBA po...

Hosted by operat0r on 2023-02-03

Listen to me cook / fail / hack Boba Green Tea! Links Wikipedia's article on Bubble or Boba tea ...

Hosted by Celeste on 2023-02-02

Many services implement 2FA (Two factor authentication) by sending you a OTP (One Time Password) using an SMS with a random code, but this forces you to give them your valuable phone number. What alternatives do exist? Let's dive into the HOTP, used by some banks years ago through a physical token and the recent TOTP, which both let you generate completely offline codes without using any phone num...

Hosted by Mike Ray on 2023-02-01

Accessibility, and Navigating the HPR Web Pages with a Screen Reader Some time in the last year there has been some discussion on the HPR mailing list about some of the problems I was having, particularly with the tags page, on the HPR site. Here is a show in which you can hear both me and my screen reader, as I navigate the HPR home page, and then the HPR tags page. Dave Morriss has made a nice j...

Hosted by Archer72 on 2023-01-31

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Hosted by Andrew Conway on 2023-01-30

The Joule Thief is a delightfully simple circuit that can light an LED that requires 2V or more from a battery that is depleted to 1V or less. There are three components in addition to the battery and LED: an NPN transistor, a resistor and a double wound inductor. The key thing about the inductor is that the same core shares two windings but in opposite directions. The explanation of how it works ...

Hosted by Ahuka on 2023-01-27

One of the things I love about the Fediverse is that there is constant activity and development. As I mentioned in the previous report on Bookwyrm, it is not unusual to return to an app a few months later and see new features have been added that make it better. In this report I want to highlight three news stories that I think may be of interest. Links: https://www.starshipchangeling.net/mastodo...

Hosted by Trey on 2023-01-26

Hello Hacker Public Radio fans. This is Trey, and I am throwing this recording together for several reasons: The queue of shows is abysmally sparse. There are far more openings for shows in the next few weeks than there are shows posted. This show is a pitiful excuse for why I haven't posted any shows recently If you like what you hear on Hacker Public Radio, please express your gratitude by rec...

Hosted by Zen_Floater2 on 2023-01-25

I have a discussion about my Android "WIPING" and how it affected my 2 factor authorization with Google. Further I "beein" some more about Android not being able to authenticate against a known chromebook using GOOGLE SECURITY, what a "beeing" , "beeing"!!!! And I also cover Google's lousy support for chromebooks through Android, not sharing bandwidth via the cell communication channels. I cover e...

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