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Ken Fallon says: The only way to know is for them to do a show
RE: hpr3626::2022-06-27 The stuff Evil Steve doesn't want you to know S01E06: Use a Password Manager by Lurking Prionfrom the series Privacy and Security.00:18:20 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Whoever posted the comment was a spammer. They may have been using the handle of someone in the community. But what was sent here was spam.
kat says: thank you
RE: hpr2950::2019-11-22 NotPetya and Maersk: An Object Lesson by Ahukafrom the series Privacy and Security.00:14:21 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
researching the maersk fiasco for a final project in a cyber class, very informative just wanted to say thank you!
Whiskeyjack says: Electric Motors
RE: hpr4772::2026-11-17 Industrial power equipment and robotics? by Archer7200:08:11 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I couldn't wait for this episode to come through the normal queue, so I downloaded it as soon as I noticed it in the schedule.
The names Yaskawa (Motoman) and Fanuc should be very familiar to most people working in manufacturing industry. Knowing that someone can fix your drive if you blow it up is always an important factor in deciding what to buy.
I know how to use servos and steppers, but I don't have much familiarity with the power electronics inside.
Why does phasing matter in terms of feeding power to the power supply if it is just getting rectified to DC anyway? Or am I oversimplifying what actually happens in the drive? If you get the phasing wrong on a simple induction motor it simply goes the wrong way.
I would be happy to do an episode on a brief overview of application considerations for VFDs, servos, steppers, and DC drives if I can count on you to answer any questions which anyone has with respect to power electronics. There is actually a lot of hacker related stuff which people who want to make home made robots may find interesting, although my own experience is with industrial equipment.
Antoine says: Wevaba
RE: hpr3626::2022-06-27 The stuff Evil Steve doesn't want you to know S01E06: Use a Password Manager by Lurking Prionfrom the series Privacy and Security.00:18:20 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi, Ken.
I know not also who webava1950 is. But Wevaba returned someone on instagram. A little girl reading a book about "Cachorros" (Perros, Dogs, au-aus), I don't know if your skills sniff up on this as a clue.
Tried to help.
archer72 says: Digital Tags
RE: hpr4702::2026-08-11 MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner app for Android by Ken Fallon00:06:48 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Ken,
I found another use for MakeACopy.
While working in retail, we switched to using digital tags. While it works for the most part, sometimes items double up on the tag. This app makes it an easy task to get the UPC's from a screenshot and correct the error(s)
Another win that makes life easier.
Cheers,
Archer72
Ken Fallon says: wevaba6950 - you are a spammer
RE: hpr3626::2022-06-27 The stuff Evil Steve doesn't want you to know S01E06: Use a Password Manager by Lurking Prionfrom the series Privacy and Security.00:18:20 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking TO SPAM, I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let STOP SPAMMING now, that will be the end of it - I will not look for you, I will not pursue you... but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you... and I will DELETE THE SPAM.
Archer72 says: Re: Ram-pocalypse
RE: hpr4769::2026-11-12 Laptop Computer Woes, or How I Learned to Love My Tech Hoarding, Part 2 by Claudio Mirandafrom the series Hardware upgrades.00:18:23 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi,
I was lucky enough (or had a hunch) about getting enough DDR4 to max out my HP600 mini PC with 32 Gb and the Acer Aspire 5 with 16 Gb DDR4. The Acer is still not a fast computer, but works for what I need.
P.S. Shhh.... Don't tell RAM Altman.
Cheers,
Archer72
ClaudioM says: Re: Ram-pocalypse
RE: hpr4769::2026-11-12 Laptop Computer Woes, or How I Learned to Love My Tech Hoarding, Part 2 by Claudio Mirandafrom the series Hardware upgrades.00:18:23 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thanks, archer72! Yeah, when I bought the DDR3 module, it was a little more expensive than it used to be, but nothing like DDR4 and especially not like DDR5. The module I moved from the Evoo to the T495 was DDR4, but I bought it early on, just when RAMpocalypse was starting. Still a little pricier, but not as bad as now.
Archer72 says: Ram-pocalypse
RE: hpr4769::2026-11-12 Laptop Computer Woes, or How I Learned to Love My Tech Hoarding, Part 2 by Claudio Mirandafrom the series Hardware upgrades.00:18:23 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi ClaudioM,
I heard this in the Future feed, and had to listen again.
Impressive that you were able to find RAM with the
current Ram-pocalypse
Looking forward to the follow-up episodes of your
tech hoarding adventures.
Cheers,
Archer72
Whiskeyjack says: Does not work as posted
RE: hpr4763::2026-11-04 Solving anagrams with bash by Ken Fallon00:07:03 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I'm surprised that I am the first one to comment on this. I tried it and it does not work.
It appears that there are missing backslashes for new line and line continuation instances. I see a total of 9 backslashes missing in "normalise_word". I assume the HPR web site did this.
Also, the supplied anagram must be in quotes or it only sees the first word.
This can be resolved by using $@. However, it appears that you need to capture the name to a variable before passing it to normalise_word.
So -
stationname="${@}"
station="$( normalise_word "${stationname}" )"
Other than the above rather minor points, this was a very interesting episode.
Antoine says: liked listening - stonehenge
RE: hpr4790::2026-12-11 Playing Civilization VI Part 4 by Ahukafrom the series Computer Strategy Games.00:14:19 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
coming from the past to say this show was very pleasant listening to.
stonehenge directed to religion, conspicuous choice from the developers!
Thanks for sharing,
bye bye.
Antoine says: response to xmanmonk
RE: hpr4766::2026-11-09 Rant about Audacity 4.0.1 by Antoine00:04:00 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
hello, xmanmonk; glad to have your ears here, thanks for the comment.
don't know the why on the choice of the official repositories of your archy_ish_ distro but yes, apart from the novelty of 4 (that many people may prefer more than, let's say, resources, stability), audacity 3.x branch is objectively better.
and i recorded a show with tenacity to prove the software. people will only have to wait to listen to, because it's on the reserve queue :)
xmanmonk says: Thanks for the show!
RE: hpr4766::2026-11-09 Rant about Audacity 4.0.1 by Antoine00:04:00 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thanks so much for the show and the feedback on the newer version of Audacity. I am on an arch-based distro but still have version 3 for some reason. Perhaps it is because of the problems you mentioned here. I may switch to Tenacity if version 4 comes up soon, but I will wait to see if the distro gods select a later (hopefully fixed) version of 4. Thanks again!
Paul Quirk says: Lightning protection
RE: hpr4762::2026-11-03 Surviving the Strike: A Host’s Tale of Lightning by operat0r00:11:45 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
The thing to remember about lightning is it will seek the easiest path to ground. If that's through your home network and home electrical system, I would take a close look at where your service enters your home and see that it is properly grounded. If it's an ongoing issue, consider installing lightning rods.
Ken Fallon (Human) says: We vet all comments with AI
RE: hpr4760::2026-10-30 Robert A. Heinlein: Later Works by Ahukafrom the series Science Fiction and Fantasy.00:13:51 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
By tradition comments on HPR are anonymous.
The ability to do what Klaatu did is a know side effect of this policy.
To combat this we have employed AI in the form of a very Angry Irishman when anyone tries to pull such a number.
Yes someone could try and impersonate a host, but if for a moment I thought this was happening, I contact the host themselves for confirmation. So far I have only ever needed to do this once.
Ken.
Whiskeyjack says: Response to Kevin O'Brien
RE: hpr4764::2026-11-05 EV_Update_20260306 by Ahuka00:05:29 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I would be interested in hearing more about electric cars; not so much in terms of car review type episodes, but rather in terms of how the technology works.
Things like the different types of battery chemistry, power electronics, regenerative braking strategies, charging systems, and things like that could make for a pretty good series if you want to do that for us.
I'm sure we are all looking forward to your first episode on this.
Whiskeyjack says: Lightning and Networks
RE: hpr4762::2026-11-03 Surviving the Strike: A Host’s Tale of Lightning by operat0r00:11:45 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Fibre optic networks are sometimes used between buildings because they are more resistant to lightning and also help deal with differences in electrical potential in systems fed by different sources.
People apparently do use them in home networks, but I don't know any of the details on that. This may help with the problem of lightning coming through a network connector in your home.
This doesn't solve the issue of lightning coming through the electric power lines. I don't have any suggestions for that.
Kevin O'Brien says: I have more planned
RE: hpr4764::2026-11-05 EV_Update_20260306 by Ahuka00:05:29 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I am collecting data for this and will do more shows on renewables, EV cars, etc.
archer72 says: beverage of choice
RE: hpr4759::2026-10-29 Quine and the Application of Logic to Science by Trurl00:39:52 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi,
I think some of us might need to listen again, while sipping on coffee (or foamy beverage) in order to absorb everything in this episode.
Cheers to all,
Archer72
archer72 says: Good to hear
RE: hpr4764::2026-11-05 EV_Update_20260306 by Ahuka00:05:29 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi,
Good to hear about advancing battery technology and renewables. Hopefully there will be more timeless episodes.
Archer72
archer72 says: New life for retro games
RE: hpr4765::2026-11-06 BruCON interview 3: Awesome retro by Kristofffrom the series Interviews.00:26:40 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Kristoff,
Thanks for this interview.
It was good to hear about new life for the retro games space.
Cheers,
Archer72
kristoff says: zx spectrum
RE: hpr4765::2026-11-06 BruCON interview 3: Awesome retro by Kristofffrom the series Interviews.00:26:40 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Correction
hum .. the zx spectrum dates from 1982 ..not 1984.
No idea that the zx spectrum followed that fast after the zx81
Antoine says: reply to candycanearter and archer72
RE: hpr4766::2026-11-09 Rant about Audacity 4.0.1 by Antoine00:04:00 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
thank you, beloveds. i listened about tenacity, but it seemed a little crude to me, without the details of perfection.
but, after this, i installed and tested tenacity, and plan on recording and editing the next one in ten, what do you think? (:
(audacity 4.0.2 was released, guess who didn't pay attention to it)
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archer72 says: Re: re: espeak
RE: hpr4757::2026-10-27 Follow-up on a local Ham visit for Kevie and Ken by Archer72from the series HAM radio.00:04:25 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Second the comment on espeak.
Also Piper is a good alternative.
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4072/index.html
Jim DeVore says: clone voices
RE: hpr4761::2026-11-02 HPR Community News for October 2026 by HPR Volunteersfrom the series HPR Community News.01:18:36 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
While I have no objection to the use of my cloned voice, perhaps the objections could be addressed with one of these ways:
#1. Use of generic clone voices where the voice was attributed to a clone and not the writer's clone. This would be no different from a device used by the hearing impaired.
#2. Clearly identify the voice as a clone of the writer and not the actual writer.
Either way, I think it gives the janitors a break and provides some variety in this particular show. I'm sure there will be some mispronunciations, but the janitors don't have a perfect track record either.
candycanearter07 says: re: espeak
RE: hpr4757::2026-10-27 Follow-up on a local Ham visit for Kevie and Ken by Archer72from the series HAM radio.00:04:25 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
espeak is one of my favorite programs that "just works" to get a quick tts voice out in stuff
Ken Fallon (Clone) says: A little test for "cloned voice" comments
RE: hpr4760::2026-10-30 Robert A. Heinlein: Later Works by Ahukafrom the series Science Fiction and Fantasy.00:13:51 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I am Ken Fallon, I definitely wrote and endorse this comment.
candycanearter07 says: creative solution
RE: hpr4763::2026-11-04 Solving anagrams with bash by Ken Fallon00:07:03 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
i always love seeing silly scripts that objectively have little use but are fun to write and figure out
Whiskeyjack says: Reply to Antoine
RE: hpr4718::2026-09-02 Programmable Logic Controls - Episode 2 by Whiskeyjack00:30:54 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thank you for your comment. It is always good to get feedback on this series.
I started writing a more complete answer to this question, but it started getting long enough I suspect that it would be better to address it in a follow up episode where I address listener questions.
I have at least one follow up episode planned to address topics raised in the comments and I have added this one to the list. I will frame it in terms of simple versus complex in the context of big versus small projects.
If anyone has any other questions or things they would like me to expand upon, please post them in the the comments section under any of the episodes in this series.
Antoine says: thank you
RE: hpr4718::2026-09-02 Programmable Logic Controls - Episode 2 by Whiskeyjack00:30:54 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
thanks, Whiskeyjack, for taking the time and expertise to answer this mortal. very appreciated knowledge to a so narrow-mind of me thinking 0x000434 (any memory adress) is a pinnacle of complexity when, depending on the size of the project (and the skill of the programmer), it is not any higher ground than using variables.
yes, for a podcast, your choice of what to delve on is definitely a must.
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