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Hosted by Antoine on 2026-02-19

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Hello, dear beloveds. Here with you, at HPR: Antoine. The message of this episode is the following: life comes in waves. ~~ Circumstances are volatile. For the majority of them, we have no control of what happens. Things happen, in climate events, in health (ours or another one’s), financially, emotionally. Many depend on choices that others make...

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HPR4578: Alex's journey into Amateur Radio

Hosted by thelovebug on 2026-02-18

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Dave interviews Alex about his journey into Amateur Radio, given that he only passed his Foundation licence at the end of December. What we forgot to mention is that he managed to get his callsign just before Christmas, so that was a rather lovely gift! Links to stuff spoken about in the episode: hpr3473 :: My journey into Amateu...

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HPR4577: HPR Beer Garden 10 - Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy

Hosted by Kevie on 2026-02-17

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Kevie and Dave discuss the history of the Wee Heavy and also sample some of these hard to find gems. Dave samples Innes & Gunn Original whilst Kevie opts for Traquair House 2000th Brew Connect with the guys on Untappd: Dave Kevie The intro sounds for the show are used from: https://freesound.org/people/mixtus/sounds/329...

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HPR4576: Responce to Lee/Elsbeth eps

Hosted by operat0r on 2026-02-16

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. I don't even know where I went with this but the idea was just to say the stuff Elsbeth expereanced was typical for corp-o's and that some of the issues she had getting work or jobs could be exponentially compounded by the result of neurodiversity. More private ADHD resources [ ] 12 Principles for Raising a Chi - Russell A...

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HPR4575: Making First Contact

Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2026-02-13

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Making First Contact An amateur radio contact, more commonly referred to as simply a "contact", is an exchange of information between two amateur radio stations. The exchange usually consists of an initial call, a response by another amateur radio operator at an amateur radio station, and a signal repor...

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HPR4574: UNIX Curio #0 - Introduction

Hosted by Vance on 2026-02-12

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. As the zeroth entry of this series, we'll have a little introduction to what it is supposed to be about and why you might want to listen. So that you don't leave without getting at least one piece of ...

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HPR4573: Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 6 Thorium Reactors

Hosted by Whiskeyjack on 2026-02-11

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Thorium Reactors 01 Introduction In this episode we will describe the use of thorium in nuclear power, including what thorium is, how it differs from uranium, and what sort of reactors can use it. 03 What is thorium 05 How thorium differs from uranium 07 Sources of Thorium 09 Why there is interest in using thorium as a fuel 10 Abun...

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HPR4572: Uncommon Commands, Episode 3 - strace

Hosted by Deltaray on 2026-02-10

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. These are the commands mentioned in the You may need to use "sudo" to run these commands depending on how your system is configured. strace uptime strace ls 2>&1 | grep open strace -e openat ls / strace ls /does/not/exist strace -o ls-trace.log ls strace -ff -o pid12345-trace.log -p 12345 ...

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HPR4571: Data processing retrospective

Hosted by Lee on 2026-02-09

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. We start with Orwellian depictions of the future read about in the 1950/60s. Working in the 1970s at companies such as British Telecom and the L urgie . We hear about telex , mainframes with magnetic tape , type-writers , and the upskilling of the workforce by the labour-exchange . How did a cold and lack of a home telephone lead to...

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HPR4570: Playing Civilization V, Part 8

Hosted by Ahuka on 2026-02-06

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In our next look at the game mechanics for Civilization V we examine several related topics: Diplomacy, Spies, and Religious Pressure. They are all ways to interact with other players without the force of arms being involved. And we will discuss the Diplomatic Victory, which is a new victory type added in Civilization V and can be fun to play...

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