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HPR4568: Book reading The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll
Hosted by Henrik Hemrin on 2026-02-04
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 1985, I started to work at a telecom equipment manufacturer. We had a main frame computer in our combined office- and lab room. We were four sitting in the room and it was this one terminal for all of us and maybe even for someone more. Downstairs, we at component technology department had our big clim...
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HPR4567: Movie Recommendations for Hackers
Hosted by Deltaray on 2026-02-03
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Warning, this episode containers some spoilers for movies. The following movies are in my cybersecurity movie library. The ones marked * are included in review in this episode. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) * AntiTrust (2001) Blackhat (2015) Blade Runner (1982) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Citizenfour (2015) CSI: Cyber (2015) Enemy of the State (1...
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HPR4566: HPR Community News for January 2026
Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2026-02-02
This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. New hosts Welcome to our new hosts: Jim DeVore, Carmen-Lisandrette. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 4544 Thu 2026-01-01 Uncommon Commands, Episode 2 Deltaray 4545 Fri 2026-01-02 YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #12 Ahuka 4546 Mon 2026-01-05 HPR Community News for December 2025 HPR Volunteers 4547 Tue 2026-01-06 Cheap Y...
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HPR4565: HPR Beer Garden 9 - Barley Wine
Hosted by Kevie on 2026-01-30
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. With winter in full swing in the UK, Dave and Kevie continue their look at winter warmer ales with a review of a couple of British Barley Wine ales. Dave samples Ridgeway's Criminally Bad Elf whilst Kevie tries out a lmited release from Chiltern Brewery Roger Bodger's Barley WIne. Connect with the guys on Untappd: Dave Kevie ...
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HPR4564: MakeMKV error
Hosted by Archer72 on 2026-01-29
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. I am using MakeMKV version 1.18.2, the most updated version of the program USB Blu-ray drive BD-MLT UJ240AS reads a DVD or Blu-ray disc correctly Matshita SATA Blu-ray drive BDDVDRW CH20L stalls with ad DVD or Blu-ray disc Hewlett Packard The disc does not stall with Handbrake There is enough power, using an adapter that provides 12v Before:...
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HPR4563: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 5 Fast Reactors
Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-01-28
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Fast Reactors 03 Fast versus Slow Neutrons "Fast neutron" reactors are ones which use the "fast neutron" reaction. This is as opposed to "slow" or "thermal" neutron reactors which use a slow neutron reaction. Nearly all reactors in use today use a slow neutron reaction. 04 Moderators 06 No Moderator in Fast Neutron Reactors 07 Burn...
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HPR4562: Software development doesn't end until it's packaged
Hosted by Klaatu on 2026-01-27
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Development isn’t over until it’s packaged Most software development I’ve done has been utilities for highly specific workflows. I’ve written code to ensure that metadata for a company’s custom file format gets copied along with the rest of the data when the file gets archived, code that ensures a search field doesn’t mangle input, lots of Git hooks...
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HPR4561: A bit about Mission:Libre, a new project for 11-14 year olds in free software
Hosted by Carmen-Lisandrette on 2026-01-26
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Mission:Libre is a new project for 11 to 14-year-old kids who're interested in free software. Mission:Libre website: https://missionlibre.org Carmen's e-mail address: carmen@missionlibre.org "Libre!" issue 0: https://missionlibre.org/files/libre0.pdf Mission:Libre's Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/Missi...
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HPR4560: Arthur C. Clarke: Other Works, Part 2
Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-01-23
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. This brings us to a look at some of Arthur C. Clarke's other stories, A Time Odyssey (1951), Tales From the White Hart (1957), The Nine Billion Names of God (1954), The Star (1955), Dolphin Island (1964), and A Meeting With Medusa (1971. These stories will wrap up our look at Clarke's Science Fiction and we have seen a lot of good stuff here. And as...
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HPR4559: Enkele off line vertaaltools
Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2026-01-22
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Offline Translator tools Translate text offline LocalTranslate is an offline translation application that uses Firefox's neural translation models (from the mozilla/firefox-translations-models project) to perform high-quality translations locally on your device. Note: LocalTranslate is not affiliated with The Mozilla Foundation in any way. Lin...
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Previous Five Weeks


HPR4558: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #14
Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-01-21
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HPR4557: Why I prefer tar to zip
Hosted by Klaatu on 2026-01-20
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HPR4556: Nitro man! RC Cars
Hosted by operat0r on 2026-01-19
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HPR4555: HPR Beer Garden 8 - Belgian Christmas Ales
Hosted by Kevie on 2026-01-16
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HPR4554: How I do todo
Hosted by Jim DeVore on 2026-01-15
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HPR4553: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 4 Less Common Reactor Types
Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-01-14
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HPR4552: Printer Conspiracy
Hosted by MrX on 2026-01-13
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HPR4551: “Elsbeth in IT: Since ’97” (Part 2)
Hosted by Elsbeth on 2026-01-12
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HPR4550: Playing Civilization V, Part 7
Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-01-09
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HPR4549: [deprecated] Pomodoro Task Tool (pomotask.sh)
Hosted by candycanearter on 2026-01-08
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HPR4548: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #13
Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-01-07
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HPR4547: Cheap Yellow Display Project Part 6: The speed and timing of Morse
Hosted by Trey on 2026-01-06
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HPR4546: HPR Community News for December 2025
Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2026-01-05
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HPR4545: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #12
Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-01-02
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HPR4544: Uncommon Commands, Episode 2
Hosted by Deltaray on 2026-01-01
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HPR4543: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 3 Reactor Basics
Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2025-12-31
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HPR4542: Can Haiku Mumble?
Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2025-12-30
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HPR4541: HPR Beer Garden 7 - UK Christmas Ales
Hosted by Kevie on 2025-12-29
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HPR4540: Arthur C. Clarke: Other Novels, Part 1
Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-12-26
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HPR4539: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #11
Hosted by Ahuka on 2025-12-25
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HPR4538: HPR Branding
Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2025-12-24
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HPR4537: “Elsbeth in IT: Since ’97” (Part 1)
Hosted by Elsbeth on 2025-12-23
https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr4537/hpr4537.ogg

HPR4536: Welcome to the Linux Community
Hosted by Deltaray on 2025-12-22
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HPR4535: Living the Tux Life Episode 4 - Various software I have been using
Hosted by Al on 2025-12-19
https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr4535/hpr4535.ogg

HPR4534: Reviving My Kawai K4 Synthesizer
Hosted by Claudio Miranda on 2025-12-18
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