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HPR4713: July2026 Community News response, and Future Plans

Hosted by TheDUDE on 2026-08-26

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. The show I'm responding to https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4696/index.html The Album I plan on reviewing in the future (not the best album to start with getting into noise, but it's one of the more famous ones) https://open.spotify.com/album/2T2a5nzJ0uHJVhLkgiMeYA Reading on why I will never review anything ...

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HPR4712: friedcamp interviews part 1: Wim van Gool

Hosted by Kristoff on 2026-08-25

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Fri3d Camp is a biennial family-friendly summer camp for hackers, creators and do-it-yourselfers. https://fri3d.be/wat/ campbadge at fri3dcamp 2026: https://fri3d.be/en/badge/ Hardware design: Wim van Gool: https://mastodon.social/@wimvangool Contact: badge@fri3d.be Software design: MicroPythonOS Th...

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HPR4711: Second-Hand Phone

Hosted by TrumpetJohn on 2026-08-24

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. I have a second phone. I use it for my family, close friends, and my sanity to keep my smart phone at bay. It is inexpensive and can be extremely useful. In this podcast, I discuss "Why," "Benefits," "Drawbacks," and "Rules" that I have in place. If you are looking for a way to get away from the daily rigors of smartphone use, this may be your epi...

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HPR4710: Civilization VI

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-08-21

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Civilization VI, released in 2016, was a further evolution of the franchise that added interesting new features. We introduce it in this episode. Civilization VI Released in 2016, Civ VI is probably still the most played version of the game. Although there has been a general gap of 5-6 years between versions, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic s...

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HPR4709: Peertube: my two penneth

Hosted by Kevie on 2026-08-20

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Kevie gives a brief talk about PeerTube and also some of the issues that he has experienced, especially with the Android apps, and shares his subscriptions: More Fun Making It Main Oldschooleducation channel The Linux Experiment Nick's Workshop Arthurpizza Josh's Junk Drawer Reece's Rambles Gardner...

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HPR4708: Programmable Logic Controls - Episode 1

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-08-19

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Introduction 01 This is the first episode in an 8 part series. 02 This series is on programmable logic controllers, or PLCs as they are commonly known. What is a PLC you ask? In short, it is a general purpose programmable industrial control device. They are used all through industry in factories, utilities, and anywhere ...

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HPR4707: UNIX Curio #12 - expr

Hosted by Vance on 2026-08-18

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. Arithmetic is something that one would normally expect computers to be able to do. With UNIX, one could of course always write a program to perform a calculation, but for people like me who are bad at p...

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HPR4706: Quirks and Customisations

Hosted by Lee on 2026-08-17

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. System Quirks & Tweaks System Info:- CPU: 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 3950X (-MT MCP-) speed/min/max: 2433/2200/4761 MHz Kernel: 6.8.0-134-generic x86_64 Up: 18h 28m Mem: 17.58/62.73 GiB (28.0%) Storage: 3.64 TiB (81.9% used) Procs: 616 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.34 Some of the hacks:- ...

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HPR4705: Free Software Is Wasted On You Teens

Hosted by Trollercoaster on 2026-08-14

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Freedom 0–3 (verbatim reference) The four freedoms, GNU/FSF: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Richard Stallman: https://www.stallman.org/ Named FOSS figures (freedom 3 list) Linus Torvalds (Linux): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds Dries Buytaert (Drupal): https://dri.es Guido van Ross...

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HPR4704: HPR Beer Garden 17 - Double DDH IPAs

Hosted by Kevie on 2026-08-13

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In the seventeenth episode of the HPR Beer Garden, the guys look at a beer style (or label) that has recently appeared from across the pond: DDH IPA. Kevie tries out Smug DDH IPA by Northern Monk , Paul samples Hazy Jaipur by the Thornbrige Brewery and Dave enjoys Pinball by Brewdog . Connect with the guys on Untappd : ...

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