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Hosted by operat0r on 2026-07-03

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. SUMMARY Presenter discusses modular inflatable systems and challenges with lawn ornaments. IDEAS Modular inflatable systems for improved durability. Use of zip ties and 3D-printed parts for connectivity. Challenges with air flow and electrical connections. Need for modular lighting systems. Repair techniques for inflatable sea...

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HPR4674: Audiobooks

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-07-02

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Lee recorded a show 4511 which aired on November 17, 2025. Since I had some observations of my own I decided to record a show in response. I have enjoyed some significant series of audiobooks, both in Science Fiction and in History, as they are both topics I greatly enjoy. And many of these are available online. Links https://www.opencultu...

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HPR4673: First contact conversation

Hosted by Archer72 on 2026-07-01

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Hello, this is your host, Archer72 for another episode of Hacker Public radio. In this episode, I make my first contact off a local repeater in a small town in Kentucky. What got me to try my hand at radio? It was when I started to capture ISS (International Space Station) Ham radio transmissions. From Kentucky, I have logged receiving from Texas a...

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HPR4672: Hey Mum, I'm on Spotify !

Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2026-06-30

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. The Technical Dutch Open Source Event (T-DOSE) is a free conference to promote the use and development of Open Source software. This event has is organised yearly since 2006 in the Brainport region, near Eindhoven, The Netherlands. During this event, Open Source projects, developers and visitors can exchange ideas and knowledge. Ken gave a p...

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HPR4671: Protocal AI

Hosted by operat0r on 2026-06-29

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. In this episode, Operator dives into his ongoing journey to migrate away from centralized cloud ecosystems specifically moving his daily workflow off Google Keep and onto Obsidian hosted locally on a Debian server. Operating purely over a secure VPN to minimize his external attack surface, he discusses the security considerations of managing ...

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HPR4670: Playing Civilization V, Part 13

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-06-26

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In our sample game we look at playing as Austria and aiming for a Diplomatic Victory. And our focus is on puppeting City-States, but I misunderstood and instead of making a Diplomatic Victory easier, it makes it harder. I still managed to get my Diplomatic Victory, but a Science or Domination Victory would definitely have been easier in this scenari...

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HPR4669: HPR Beer Garden 14 - Super Strong Lager

Hosted by Kevie on 2026-06-25

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In the 14th episode of the HPR Beer Garden, Dave and Kevie are joined by regular guest Paul to sample super strong lager. Known in the media as 'Tramp Juice', the guys look at whether this infamous style is worth a try and how it rates as a beer when you look past the stigma. Dave samples Skol Super, Kevie tries Kestrel Super and Paul opts for ...

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HPR4668: Nuclear Power Technology Follow Up on Safety

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-06-24

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. -------------------- 01 Introduction This is the second follow up to my 8 part series on nuclear power. In this episode I will attempt to answer a question posed by brian in ohio in a comment on HPR4583. In that comment he said: 02 -------------------- Loving this series. Maybe Whiskey Jack could give some cost comparison...

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HPR4667: UNIX Curio #9 - printf

Hosted by Vance on 2026-06-23

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. The echo command is very useful—it prints the arguments given to it, followed by a newline character. (The newline is sometimes also called a linefeed character depending on who is writing or speaking...

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HPR4666: How I got into tech

Hosted by Lennart Benschop on 2026-06-22

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. I started out with Basic on the TI-99/4A in 1984. The bare machine could not be programmed by the user in machine code. In 1985 I bought a ZX Spectrum, that gave me total control over the machine. I wrote two FORTH systems on the ZX-Spectrum. In 1988 I got my first 8088 PC, also programming it in FORTH. In 1992 I got an 80386 PC and I ran Li...

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