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Whiskeyjack says: Reply to Archer72 on HPR4608
RE: hpr4608::2026-04-01 Simple Podcasting - Episode 1 - Preparation and Recording by Whiskeyjack00:23:08 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thank you for your kind comments on this series. I am pleased to hear that at least one person liked it.
As for adding tags for `sox` and `ffmpeg` to the show notes after the episode has been uploaded, I'm not sure what the proper method to go about this is. Perhaps someone could make a suggestion.
Archer72 says: Listening ahead
RE: hpr4608::2026-04-01 Simple Podcasting - Episode 1 - Preparation and Recording by Whiskeyjack00:23:08 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Whiskeyjack,
This has been a great series, as I have been listening ahead with anticipation.
Might I suggest having tags added for each show to reflect using `sox` and `ffmpeg`.
Cheers,
Archer72
ClaudioM says: Nerdy Nostalgia!
RE: hpr4606::2026-03-30 My Nerdy Childhood: From Floppy Disks to Dial-Up Dreams by Trollercoaster00:15:30 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Great episode, Trollercoaster! Really enjoyed this one. Had me all nostalgic for those early days of computing. I recorded hpr1541 back in 2014 (*ding* for shameless plug lol) where I covered my early days of computing and how it all led up to me coming to Linux, and I think I made mention of BSD as well, and this reminded me of that. Thanks for sharing!
xmanmonk says: Great episode!
RE: hpr4607::2026-03-31 UNIX Curio #3 - basename and dirname by Vance00:13:08 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Love the UNIX Curio series. Thanks so much for offering it. It's always good to review BASH things as well as commands that are useful.
Trollercoaster says: Not to janitors
RE: hpr4606::2026-03-30 My Nerdy Childhood: From Floppy Disks to Dial-Up Dreams by Trollercoaster00:15:30 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hey Janitors,
just realized that you'll have to read my previous comment out loud. May I suggest to NOT add sound effects to that comment?
Trollercoaster says: Back to you...
RE: hpr4606::2026-03-30 My Nerdy Childhood: From Floppy Disks to Dial-Up Dreams by Trollercoaster00:15:30 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hey Trey... why don't you flip out your PDP11 and show off your skilzz!
If you're into the old school definition of hackers and you're frustrated that those youngsters are spoiled... make sure to pick up next week's episode on Age Verification! It will be the best thing ever.
xmanmonk glad you liked the sound effects. I had to edit out the occasional fart - at a certain age bowel movements are a thing. But then again... luckily podcasts don't also spread the smell...
أحمد المحمودي says: Not fixed
RE: hpr4424::2025-07-17 How I use Newsboat for Podcasts and Reddit by Archer7200:05:41 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hello Ken,
Sorry for late reply, I just listened to Jan & Dec news a few days ago. No, the problem did not get fixed. I don't think that it would be fixed from thr HPR website, since if I used wget to download an episode, it does get properly renamed to hpr.mp3
xmanmonk says: Great Episode!
RE: hpr4606::2026-03-30 My Nerdy Childhood: From Floppy Disks to Dial-Up Dreams by Trollercoaster00:15:30 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Ah, the memories! I'm a bit older, but I wanted to say that the sound effects in this episode brought back all kinds of memories! Thanks for a great show!
Trey says: Trip down memory lane...
RE: hpr4606::2026-03-30 My Nerdy Childhood: From Floppy Disks to Dial-Up Dreams by Trollercoaster00:15:30 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane. It very much reminded me of my own experiences during that time.
I believe that we developed a certain set of skills, for troubleshooting, for experimenting, and for learning because we did not have an internet to lookup everything.
This is what made us hackers! Not in the criminal sense, but like MIT and HackerOne have defined it.
Hacker: "One who enjoys the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming limitations" HackerOne. What's in a Name. Retrieved from HackerOne: https://www.hackerone.com/blog/whats-in-a-name
ClaudioM says: Congratulations to You Both!
RE: hpr4605::2026-03-27 Lee locks down his wifey poo by Elsbeth00:08:25 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Wow, congratulations to both of you! Wishing you all the best in your new journey together. :-)
Antoine says: =)
RE: hpr4605::2026-03-27 Lee locks down his wifey poo by Elsbeth00:08:25 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Ho, what a show! So, just coming by to give congratulations, dear Couple Lee and Elsbeth!
Trollercoaster says: Congrats - and now we want all the fun puns!
RE: hpr4605::2026-03-27 Lee locks down his wifey poo by Elsbeth00:08:25 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
First off... congratulations!
Now we're expecting a follow-up episode with all the nerdy jokes or puns that your friends made about your nerdy wedding!
Elsbeth says: Thank you!
RE: hpr4605::2026-03-27 Lee locks down his wifey poo by Elsbeth00:08:25 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
We appreciate the felicitations!
Marc says: New online home for Dauug|36 and Dauug|18
RE: hpr4333::2025-03-12 A Radically Transparent Computer Without Complex VLSI by Marc W. Abel00:18:36 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Many links to Dauug|36 broke due to its relocation to The Dauug House, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization. Dauug|36 is alive and well and lives now at https://dauug.org
The Dauug House has also broken ground on Dauug|18, an 18-bit, transparently functioning, postcard-sized processor for applications where a "full CPU" would be overkill. As with Dauug|36, Dauug|18 does not employ any "complex VLSI" (no microprocessor, FPGA, PLD, ASIC, or DRAM) within the architecture.
Ole Aamot says: GarageJam 6.0.1
RE: hpr4598::2026-03-18 Recording good audio using open source tools by Shane - StrandedOutput00:40:24 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi,
I wrote GNOME Music Studio Recording Software: GarageJam.
It records from USB Audio Class devices and built-in microphones instantly and you can annotate Meta Data about the recording.
See https://discourse.gnome.org/t/garagejam-1-0-0-music-studio-recording-software-for-gnome-45/16744 as well as the project home page with source code on https://www.garagejam.org/
Source Code:
https://www.garagejam.org/src/garagejam-6.0.1.tar.xz
Binary x86_64 Fedora Core 43:
sudo dnf install http://www.garagejam.org/fedora/RPMS/x86_64/garagejam-6.0.1-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm
Command:
garagejam
Look in $HOME/Music and $HOME/GNOME.xspf for recordings.
Happy Hacking,
Ole Aamot
Archer72 says: Great series and 2nd continuation
RE: hpr4600::2026-03-20 The First Doctor, Part 5 by Ahukafrom the series Science Fiction and Fantasy.00:15:26 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Ahuka and Kevie,
I 2nd the request to keep the series going to the end. Although I have not seen many episodes, this is an interesting series.
Cheers,
Archer72
Kevin O'Brien says: I think I will
RE: hpr4600::2026-03-20 The First Doctor, Part 5 by Ahukafrom the series Science Fiction and Fantasy.00:15:26 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I am now thinking I might just cover all of Classic Doctor Who, and then stop. I don´t think there is any need to cover the revived series that began in 2005. But when did that become 21 years ago? Can anyone stop this train?
Kevie says: Great series
RE: hpr4600::2026-03-20 The First Doctor, Part 5 by Ahukafrom the series Science Fiction and Fantasy.00:15:26 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Ahuka, that was fantastic look at the first Doctor, looking forward to hearing the rest in this series. I also went back and watched every episode, there are some good reconstructions out there so that the story can be followed for the missing episodes (archive.org was my friend there).
I hope that you change your mind and continue the series right up to the present Doctors
Antoine says: I will
RE: hpr4553::2026-01-14 Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 4 Less Common Reactor Types by Whiskeyjack00:17:34 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thanks, Whiskeyjack, for the answer-information.
I'll do my best to be here and catch the Q&A (or Q&A-alike) show about NRT.
Antoine says: Sharing (response to candycanearter07)
RE: hpr4592::2026-03-10 Happy by shower # 2 by Antoine00:05:21 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Happy that this was in some measure good to you. Sharing is difficult, especially what is relevant to us (which may be irrelevant to others and make us shameful for having different priorities needs and tastes); or simply because we are afraid of not only being mocked, but, worse, being not understood, ignored. My vision only, my fears, barriers that block me to others and others to me.
But it's good to remember, or to learn, the blessing that we are different.
Sharing drawings feels interesting.
Vance says: Expressions
RE: hpr4597::2026-03-17 UNIX Curio #2 - fgrep by Vance00:11:50 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thanks for the encouragement, everyone!
It is indeed weird that there are two types of regular expressions (or I guess three, if you count Perl-compatible regexes). On top of that, the shell's pattern-matching (glob) notation does the same type of job in another different way.
I guess that is a result of tools being developed by different people at different times.
Archer72 says: Great tips!
RE: hpr4598::2026-03-18 Recording good audio using open source tools by Shane - StrandedOutput00:40:24 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi Shane,
Great tips on recording and how environment plays into recording quality. I never knew to the Blue Yeti was not worth it, because it has been touted by 'professional' podcasters.
Ken, I think this episode should be listed on the Recording page. :)
Cheers!
Archer72
Whiskeyjack says: Reply to Antoine
RE: hpr4553::2026-01-14 Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 4 Less Common Reactor Types by Whiskeyjack00:17:34 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Yes, there were numerous patents on commercial nuclear technology.
However, most of the basic principles were discovered early on and any early patents had expired by the time that nuclear power was being exploited commercially on a widespread scale.
I am currently in the process of recording a follow up episode to this series and I will add your question to the script as I think it offers an opportunity to address an interesting topic.
So, listen to that episode for more details.
Antoine says: Were/are the designs patented?
RE: hpr4553::2026-01-14 Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 4 Less Common Reactor Types by Whiskeyjack00:17:34 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Hi, Whiskeyjack.
Nice ep.
You said AGR, based on Magnox, was a nuclear reactor type that did not sell well outside the UK. I then started thinking if it were (is) possible to another countries to develop by themselves based on that project, or if it had (has) a commercial restriction for exploration of the technology.
I have yet to listen to the following episodes (doing little by little) and may learn better on the choices, but I felt free to present the question by now...
Thanks!
Ken Fallon says: Congratulations
RE: hpr4605::2026-03-27 Lee locks down his wifey poo by Elsbeth00:08:25 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Congratulations to you both
candycanearter07 says: informative
RE: hpr4597::2026-03-17 UNIX Curio #2 - fgrep by Vance00:11:50 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
I always brushed off egrep and fgrep as niche tools, but this episode inspired me to use it more often! Thanks for providing another tool for my toolbelt. As a general grep tip, you can use . to avoid escaping certain patterns in the shell (ie if your pattern has a space)
L'andrew says: Nice job explaining *grep features.
RE: hpr4597::2026-03-17 UNIX Curio #2 - fgrep by Vance00:11:50 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
You've done a great job of explaining when to use each type of grep. I taught an in-house class on regular expressions, and you're explanations would have helped the crew know why there are these different versions.
Thanks for helping to keep *nix alive!
Whiskeyjack says: Response to Jim DeVore
RE: hpr4593::2026-03-11 Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 8 Generation Four Reactors by Whiskeyjack00:11:29 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Thank you for your encouragement. It always helps to know that people are actually listening to these episodes.
A number of listeners have posted questions about topics covered in this series and I promised to answer them in a follow up episode.
I have the script written for the follow up and will record it in early April and it currently has about 20 minutes of content. I currently have a couple of episodes uploaded for slots in April for an unrelated series and will post the follow up episode after the second one in the new series. This means It should be out in late April.
If anyone has any more questions they would like me to address, please post them in the comments to any episode in this series.
Jim DeVore says: Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
RE: hpr4587::2026-03-03 UNIX Curio #1 - Shell Archives by Vance00:12:08 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
Great episode. I especially enjoyed shar and remembering all the issues I once had with attachments. I still have them at times, but that is generally due to security forbidding executable file types...
Jim DeVore says: Great series!
RE: hpr4593::2026-03-11 Nuclear Reactor Technology - Ep 8 Generation Four Reactors by Whiskeyjack00:11:29 Listen in ogg, opus, or mp3 format.
As an engineer with an insatiable curiosity about way too many topics, I loved this series. A nice overview that I doubt I could find anywhere else.
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