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Hosted by Antoine on 2026-05-11

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. There are two themes of the human experience that influence greatly our feelings and our behaviours: the memory, and the pain. Today we are going to talk about the first. Clive Wearing was a conductor, a musician, that lost a part of his brain. A virus, herpes simplex, that causes fever, in his case trespassed the barrier between blood and ...

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HPR4635: What did I do at work today? Part 3 Section 1

Hosted by Lee on 2026-05-08

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. This is part of the documentation of an API class, documenting a particular a feature:- **Field:** actions **Value:** Create extra relationships e.g. set the type to 'contact' ``` { "trigger": "update", "action": "add", "relationship": "7024", "child": "2085"} ``` *Currently "update" is the only trigger and "add" is the only action.* ...

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HPR4634: Upgrade Failsause

Hosted by operat0r on 2026-05-07

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. https://rufus.ie/en/ Kasa Smart Plug Mini with Energy Monitoring, Smart Home Wi-Fi Outlet Works with Alexa, Google Home & IFTTT, Wi-Fi Simple Setup, No Hub Required (KP115), White INIT STUFF Sudoers Apps apt update && apt install -y psmisc screen net-tools snapd pipx xbindkeys xbindkeys-config git nmap mono-r...

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HPR4633: Ham Radio Licence

Hosted by Lee on 2026-05-06

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. "The Foundation licence is your gateway to the world of amateur radio The course and exam that leads to the licence provides you with an exciting introduction to the hobby while ensuring you can operate safely and without causing issues to other radio users. The licence entitles you to a unique call sign which you use to identify yourself when t...

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HPR4632: Hackerpublic Radio New Years Eve Show 2026 Episode 6

Hosted by Honkeymagoo on 2026-05-05

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Sauced https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sauced Chevrolet Vega https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Vega Chevrolet small-block engine (first- and second-generation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_small-block_engine_(first-_and_second-generation) https://www.chevrolet.com/perf...

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HPR4631: HPR Community News for April 2026

Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2026-05-04

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 4608 Wed 2026-04-01 Simple Podcasting - Episode 1 - Preparation and Recording Whiskeyjack 4609 Thu 2026-04-02 Proper Date Format Ahuka 4610 Fri 2026-04-03 Playing Civilization V, Part 10 Ahuka 4611 Mon 2026-04-06 HPR Community News for March 2026...

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HPR4630: Playing Civilization V, Part 11

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-05-01

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In our final look at the game mechanics for Civilization V we look at all of the players and their unique attributes. This helps you to see that certain Empires can be better suited for particular victory strategies. Playing Civilization V, Part 11 The Players By the time you got to the last expansion and all of the DLC, there are 43 possible Empire...

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HPR4629: What did I do at work today? Part 2

Hosted by Lee on 2026-04-30

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This show is about developing features for a web application. The technology used is ASP.Net WebForms , the programming language is Visual Basic .Net along with HTML and CSS and the development environment is Windows 11 running under a virtual machine in Linux, with Visual Studio and SQL Server as the database. Other tools used are Git , Git...

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HPR4628: Nuclear Power Technology Follow Up

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-04-29

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. -------------------- 01 Introduction This is a follow up to my 8 part series on nuclear power. In this episode I will answer questions posed by listeners in the comments to the series. I would like to start by thanking these people for taking the time to submit interesting questions. -------------------- Costs of Small ...

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HPR4627: UNIX Curio #5 - Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Hosted by Vance on 2026-04-28

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. Let me start by admitting that I've never actually seen the film referenced in the episode title, but I couldn't resist using it anyway. If you've used the UNIX command line to any extent, chances are...

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