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HPR4650: Playing Civilization V, Part 12

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-05-29

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 Citty-States, but be 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 sce...

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HPR4649: What did I do at work today? Part 3 Section 2

Hosted by Lee on 2026-05-28

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. It is suggested reviewing the episode What did I do at work today? Part 3 Section 1 prior to listening Test driven development - a way of writing code that involves writing an automated unit-level test case that fails, then writing just enough code to make the test pass, then refactoring both the test code and the production code...

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HPR4648: Simple Podcasting - Episode 4 - Audio Analysis Fun

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-05-27

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 01 This is the fourth episode in a four part series on simple podcasting. 02 Introduction In this episode we will discuss alternatives to Audacity when it comes to analyzing audio spectrums to find the sources of unwanted noise. I previously promised some gratuitous hackery, and we will get into that in this episode. 03 Recall ...

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HPR4647: UNIX Curio #7 - Compression

Hosted by Vance on 2026-05-26

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. In UNIX Curio #4 ( HPR episode 4617 ), I teased the subject of file compression. Today I'm circling back to that. The history of data compression goes back at least to the 1970s, and in contexts outsi...

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HPR4646: Mobile Gaming

Hosted by Elsbeth on 2026-05-25

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Games Mentioned Tile Survive - https://tilesurvivegame.com/en Monopoly Go - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/monopoly-go/id1621328561 Arrows Go - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/arrows-go-arrow-puzzles/id6758326278 Apologies, Lee's mic is a bit metallic due to filtering out background noise from a fan Provide feedback on this episode....

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HPR4645: ZERO HOUR: FRIDAY AFTERNOON APK HACKING

Hosted by operat0r on 2026-05-22

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. WARNING AI GENERATED NOTES AHEAD YMMW Here is a summary of the recorded training session regarding Android hacking from Hacker Public Radio, including web references for the main topics discussed. Overview The recording features a security consultant performing a live assessment of an Android application. The consultant us...

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HPR4644: Response to comments on HPR4424: Newsboat...

Hosted by Archer72 on 2026-05-21

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Hi this is your host, Archer72 for Hacker Public Radio. In this episode I share some of my findings about a problem with the Newsboat naming of the HPR feeds, which was brought up in comments about my Newsboat show, HPR4424. hpr4424: How I use Newsboat for Pod...

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HPR4643: HPR Beer Garden 13 - Triple IPA

Hosted by Kevie on 2026-05-20

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Dave and Kevie continue the Beer Garden series with a look at a relatively new style of IPA known as a Triple. Dave samples Triple Hazy Jane by Brewdog , whilst Kevie tries out Glory Triple IPA by Northern Monk . Connect with the guys on Untappd: Dave Kevie Provide feedback on this episode....

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HPR4642: Hackerpublic Radio New Years Eve Show 2026 Episode 7

Hosted by Honkeymagoo on 2026-05-19

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. PFSense https://www.pfsense.org/ Chromebook https://www.google.com/chromebook/discover-chromebook/ AMD Sempron 140 https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/sempron-140.c820 Trinity https://www.trinitydesktop.org/ XFCE https://www.xfce.org/ Chrome OS ...

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HPR4641: Technical Dutch Open Source Event (T-DOSE)

Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2026-05-18

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Technical Dutch Open Source Event (T-DOSE) Ken interviews Peter van Ginneken who is chair of the Technical Dutch Open Source Event (T-DOSE) . It is a free conference to promote the use and development of Open Source software. This event has is organized yearly since 2006 in the Brainport region, near Eindhoven, The Netherl...

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