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Steve Barnes says: Les petites félicites!

RE: hpr4470::2025-09-19 HPR is twenty years old today. by Lee
00:21:39 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Congratulations to the community and the team! It was great to audibly glimpse some of the historical netherness. ^ ^

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candycanearter07 says: Satire as a tool

RE: hpr4484::2025-10-09 When Your Dentist Uses ChatControl Logic by Trollercoaster
00:14:16 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I really like this little story, both since it is pretty funny, and highlights the absurdity of this whole thing. I think putting all of this in a different context that isn't beyond most people is a really good tool to point out just how stupid all of this is. We all know not everyone isn't as tech literate, and it infuriates me somewhat seeing that being taken advantage of...

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Trollercoaster says: Voting has been delayed

RE: hpr4484::2025-10-09 When Your Dentist Uses ChatControl Logic by Trollercoaster
00:14:16 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Stop press: the decision on hashtag#chatcontrol has been removed from the agenda of the ministers of home affairs next week.

It is safe to assume that the file will be revisited later. So don't stop keeping your eye on this issue!

Would like to share this open letter by a bunch of people smarter (and a lot politer) than me...
https://csa-scientist-open-letter.org/Sep2025

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أحمد المحمودي says: I use todoman

RE: hpr4477::2025-09-30 doodoo 3 a deuce plus 1 by Jezra
00:10:11 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Does TaskWarrior support CalDAV ? I use todoman, it is a CalDAV-based todo manager. Todos are read from individual icsfiles from the configured directory. This matches the vdirspecification.
https://todoman.readthedocs.io/
It is part of pimutils project [ https://pimutils.org ]
vdirsyncer can be used to sync with CalDAV server such as Nextcloud.

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Anonymous 27 says: Required Futurama reference

RE: hpr4479::2025-10-02 Who is the Algernon for Whom are the Flowers? by Antoine
00:22:25 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Also the Futurama episode “Parasites List” has a similar concept. But à la Futurama style. Go Fry!

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candycanearter07 says: Re: Re: cool app

RE: hpr4477::2025-09-30 doodoo 3 a deuce plus 1 by Jezra
00:10:11 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
It's a really nice simple command line task app, I've been using it for a while. Are you able to like make a one off show like that? I don't think I'd have the material to make a lot of shows...

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Archer72 says: Re: cool app

RE: hpr4477::2025-09-30 doodoo 3 a deuce plus 1 by Jezra
00:10:11 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hello candycanearter07,

What is Taskwarrior? I know enough to google it, but it would be great to hear a show about this, and maybe another show comparing and contrasting the two.



- Archer72

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BA says: Not a fan of any of them.

RE: hpr4238::2024-10-30 Snaps are better than flatpaks by Some Guy On The Internet
00:15:16 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hey SGOTI,

Personally I am not a fan of any of the "universal" formats. Back in the day, Slackware had .tgz, Debian had .debs, and redhat had .rpms, Then people said "that is too convoluted, AAA game designers will never put up with that!" So each of them started working on their own "universal" package format. So here we are years later, with (again) three primary formats, ubuntu has snaps, redhat has flatpak, and whoever did appimage. But now we still have 3 so called universal package formats...So how are we any better off?

You remember the old saying, "The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.” :D

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Trey says: Very interesting

RE: hpr4479::2025-10-02 Who is the Algernon for Whom are the Flowers? by Antoine
00:22:25 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I vaguely remember hearing the title Flowers for Algernon. Thank you for sharing about the story here. I will be checking out a copy from my local library soon.

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candycanearter07 says: cool app but

RE: hpr4477::2025-09-30 doodoo 3 a deuce plus 1 by Jezra
00:10:11 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
The app seems incredibly cool, but I'm still most likely going to stick with taskwarrior. Best of luck with development, though!

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Trollercoaster says: Re: Wondeful episode

RE: hpr4476::2025-09-29 Does AI cause brain damage? by Trollercoaster
00:11:48 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hey enistello,

I'm afraid I won't be able to submit any more podcasts to HPR if I want my career to end at a high point. So much flattery is dangerous.

Glad you enjoyed the episode

(oh, don't worry, my inner troll is too strong, before I know it, I'll be spitting out my next soap box episode. Haven't decided who I'll insult in that one)

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Anonymous 27 says: Excellent recommendations

RE: hpr4478::2025-10-01 YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #6 by Ahukafrom the series YouTube Subscriptions.
00:15:41 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I love History so thanks for the recommendations.
You remind me of my Uncle Benny and Santa Claus. Nice deep voice!!

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enistello says: Wonderful episode

RE: hpr4476::2025-09-29 Does AI cause brain damage? by Trollercoaster
00:11:48 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thank you trollercoaster for an inciteful and genuinely funny (yet bittersweet) episode.
Whether or not the audience loves or hates AI, you covered the MIT research paper objectively and in a way that made me LOL more than once.
Thanks again!

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candycanearter07 says: love it

RE: hpr4474::2025-09-25 Hacker Poetry - 001 by Major_Ursa
00:02:02 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I really like this idea! The whole thing of having thought provoking poems is pretty cool, despite the length being kinda short.

Also, is the League of Better Villans a real thing?

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Trollercoaster says: Re: Excellent episode

RE: hpr4476::2025-09-29 Does AI cause brain damage? by Trollercoaster
00:11:48 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thanks Trey,

I really appreciate your feedback! Didn't even think of touching the topic of degenerative brain issues. I guess my own brain (full of degenerative thoughts) blocked that idea out of my head.

Looking forward to your HPR episode on how to train the brain (in not going insane - quoting Cypress Hill here)

Keep on (t)rolling!

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Trey says: Excellent episode

RE: hpr4476::2025-09-29 Does AI cause brain damage? by Trollercoaster
00:11:48 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Trollercoaster, I love the way you put this episode together and delivered it. You addressed a serious issue in an entertaining and informative manner!

AI is a powerful tool. And for a select group of people with challenges like ADHD and/or a genetic propensity for dementia, it can be a very dangerous one.

I try to daily exercise my brain to help minimize degeneration brought on bu some of the above mentioned issues and complicated by age. But, I also need to be able to leverage the powerful tools of AI. Thank you for the reminder to practice moderation... And to think for ourselves, more often than not!

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ClaudioM says: Happy 20th Anniversary!

RE: hpr4470::2025-09-19 HPR is twenty years old today. by Lee
00:21:39 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
A big congratulations to HPR for 20 years! A little late on my end to respond, but better late than never.

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candycanearter07 says: TI calc history

RE: hpr4471::2025-09-22 Ti-82 Makes Music and Password Manager by operat0r
00:16:02 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I really miss when the fancier TI calculators, the ones that you COULD program on, were more popular. I personally never got to load any games on it or anything, since our school never gave us a transfer cable or the software to do it, but I was always fascinated by the idea. I used to love messing with the builtin programs in class.

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candycanearter07 says: unique idea for a show!

RE: hpr4466::2025-09-15 HPR Music project - Walking tune to(wards) a friend by FredBlack
00:01:33 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
This was definitely out of the ordinary, but I really liked how the song sounded! I hope your friend liked it :)

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Ken Fallon says: FLOSS Beer Tracker

RE: hpr4473::2025-09-24 HPR Beer Garden 2 - Session IPA by Keviefrom the series Beverages.
00:28:35 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Chaps,

Can you do an episode on how you go about classifying a beer?

Do you use a FLOSS beer tracker possibly on f-droid ?

Thanks !

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Archer72 says: Following the series

RE: hpr4472::2025-09-23 Cheap Yellow Display Project: Introduction to the Cheap Yellow Display by Trey
00:04:07 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Trey,

I have been following this series on the Future feed.
This has been an interesting use of the CYD so far, and I look forward to future, Future shows ;-)

Archer72

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quvmoh says: congrats

RE: hpr4470::2025-09-19 HPR is twenty years old today. by Lee
00:21:39 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I will ignore that you made me feel old, it was awesome to re-live the history and enjoy the voices of old friends.. Thank you!

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Ken Fallon says: Can I have an example

RE: hpr4456::2025-09-01 HPR Community News for August 2025 by HPR Volunteersfrom the series HPR Community News.
01:14:37 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi المحمودي

Thanks for the feedback. I have a long history of mispronouncing peoples name on the Community News. It's not intentional and not just you.

The more shows you send in, the better the chance that I'll get it correct. ;-)

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T.A.Spinner says: Your thoughts on hefeweizens?

RE: hpr4462::2025-09-09 HPR Beer Garden - Intro and Dessert Stouts by Keviefrom the series Beverages.
00:37:52 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I love exploring beers. I enjoy a stout from time to time. I have never tried a dessert stouts, but plan to. I curious what you think of hefeweizens - my current favorite.

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أحمد المحمودي says: Pronouncing my name

RE: hpr4456::2025-09-01 HPR Community News for August 2025 by HPR Volunteersfrom the series HPR Community News.
01:14:37 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hello,
There was a mistake pronouncing my name, the 'ح' letter sounded like 'kh', which is actually the 'خ' letter.
The way to pronounce the 'ح' leter is described in the following URL:
https://arabicalphabet.net/arabic-alphabets-the-letter-%D8%AD-%E1%B8%A5a%CA%BE/

Funny thing is that this same mistake was done by British teachers who were at my primary school, although I used to write my name in English letters as 'Ahmed', I would expect an English speaker would pronounce 'ح' as a silent 'h', yet that's not what happens it seems.

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candycanearter07 says: Interesting dive into a topic not thought about often!

RE: hpr4461::2025-09-08 Battle of the mic's by Leefrom the series Podcasting HowTo.
00:05:51 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
i like how the quality of the mics were tested in a controlled way and played back so you could hear the sound quality. obviously, different mics would produce varying quality, but its something i at least dont usually think about beyond "this sounds a bit crunched"

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Dave Morriss says: I was surprised to find that my ISP offers IPv6

RE: hpr4453::2025-08-27 IPv6 for Luddites by beni
00:51:04 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Beni,

This was a great show! It really alerted me to how complacent I have become with my networking. I checked my ISP (Zen in the UK) and they offer IPv6 on request.

I need to teach myself more about the details though. Of course, if someone were to make some shows on this subject on HPR, I'd be well on the way :-)

I would like to set up VLANs on my network so I can isolate gadgets like my EV charger and the monitoring thing Octopus Energy sent me that apparently needs to be on my WiFi. I also want to isolate any IoT devices I install.

I also need to know how to allocate fixed IPv6 addresses for my Raspberry Pis, and so on and so forth.

A long time ago I used to be in charge of networking where I worked, but that was when we ran X.25, so my brain needs a lot of updates...

Dave

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Paulj says: Fantastic show - thank you

RE: hpr4453::2025-08-27 IPv6 for Luddites by beni
00:51:04 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I think your explanation of ipv6 was very clear and understandable. My home network is ipv4, even though I have an ipv6 ready ISP, and a static ipv6 address (range, as I now understand!). I feel like the time has come...
I will be listening to the show again, in order to learn enough to get started. I don't know if it would be practically possible, but we could make a show together setting everything up on my home network? What do you think? We would have to find a way where you don't have to do much to make it happen (i.e. - I am _not_ scouting for free consulting)!
Thanks for a great episode - Paul

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paulj says: Welcome, and thanks!

RE: hpr4459::2025-09-04 How I got into tech by Wojciechfrom the series How I got into tech.
00:04:19 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Wojciech,

Many thanks for the show - your sound quality was great, and no problem with your english delivery.
I look forward to more shows from you in the future!

Best regards,
Paul

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Manon Fallon says: Thank you

RE: hpr4442::2025-08-12 Orthopedagogiek - what it is. by Manonfrom the series Mental Health.
00:08:22 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi everybody,

Thank you for the positive feedback. It is much appreciated!

Since the show the article has been published with the NVO, the national professional association in the Netherlands and was the heading of their newsletter. It was received very well.

All the positive feedback is a real boost. It makes me want to spring into action to do more.

So thanks once again for your comments.

Manon