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Ken Fallon says: Great tip
RE: hpr4293::2025-01-15 HTTrack website copier software by Henrik Hemrin00:03:53 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
I am shocked that I had not yet heard of this tool. I just took a shapshot of https://freeculturepodcasts.org/ and it worked like a charm.
Great suggestion - thanks !
Ken Fallon says: Great Tips
RE: hpr4292::2025-01-14 Firefox Add-ons by Reto00:29:23 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Some great suggestions there, and it's good to see we have a huge overlap. I missed ClearURLs but installed it now.
Can I suggest Consent-O-Matic for the auto deny of consent forms.
https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic
Ken Fallon says: New Ham you say
RE: hpr4291::2025-01-13 AM on the Nyquist Prompt by Leefrom the series HAM radio.00:12:35 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Did I hear that you're going for the exam ?
Great show and it explained a lot to me about visualization of wave forms.
More of this type of thing
Paulj says: Great Episode
RE: hpr4288::2025-01-08 God's Pantry Food Bank by SolusSpider00:26:18 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Thanks for sharing Peter - When I hear "Foodbank" I think of the operations in this neck of the woods, so I am surprised and impressed to hear about the size of the operation in God's Pantry.
Like you, I believe foodbanks and high levels of social benefits are a reflection of poor government, and perhaps wrong priorities. However, they fulfil an essential service for people who find themselves in circumstances where they are no longer able to support themselves.
Thank you for your selfless service to the community in which you live!
Kevin O'Brien says: Great show!
RE: hpr4288::2025-01-08 God's Pantry Food Bank by SolusSpider00:26:18 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
I really enjoyed hearing about God's Pantry Food Bank. My mother was involved in a food bank in our home town of Scituate, Massachusetts, and may even have been one of the people who started it, I'm just not sure since I had moved out a few years before she did it.
Kevin O'Brien says: Yes I did have that many books
RE: hpr4286::2025-01-06 HPR Community News for December 2024 by HPR Volunteersfrom the series HPR Community News.01:39:18 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
I did indeed have about 200 Asimov books at one time, but I have moved from dead tree books to ebooks now, I still have the science fiction books in electronic from, but I have not replaced the far more numerous science fact books. But I credit Asimov's science fact books for turning me into a college professor, something I did for a number of years before I moved into IT.
Trey says: Say Cheese...
RE: hpr4289::2025-01-09 Welcome Nuudle by Some Guy On The Internet00:41:30 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Welcome, Nuudle. Thank you for being on the podcast to balance out SGOTI's insanity.
Now, what is the deal with all the cheese? I thought zombies ate brains, not cheese. Or are they allergic to / repelled by cheese? Is it a particular kind of cheese? I have encountered some Limburger cheese which could drive off a zombie hoard, for sure.
Thank you for such a cheesy episode. :)
Looking forward to your next one.
ClaudioM says: Great Episode, SolusSpider!
RE: hpr4288::2025-01-08 God's Pantry Food Bank by SolusSpider00:26:18 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Really enjoyed listening to this one and all the work that God's Food Pantry does for the community, and how you have been involved in it. I know you've mentioned it to me in passing on Mastodon, so it was nice to hear about it all in detail. Thanks again!
archer72 says: Thank you for this show
RE: hpr4288::2025-01-08 God's Pantry Food Bank by SolusSpider00:26:18 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Hi Peter,
Thank you for creating this show.
I learned more than even the two times we conversed in the hospital about this topic. :-)
I wonder if Europe and surrounding nations have similar causes. It would be interesting to hear about.
- Archer72, AKA Mark Rice
Henrik Hemrin says: Inspiring episode
RE: hpr4287::2025-01-07 Schedule audio recordings on the command line by Kevie00:11:56 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
This was an inspiring episode Kevie! It starts thoughts of when I can have use of it.
As you said, the computer must be turned on in order to have the scheduled recording to record. It got me thinking of the Termux app for Android based phones. I have not tested, but I thinking of that it might work to get this command line recording to work on the phone.
Also the Transistor app for Android phones was interesting, I like the app after my first trials.
Malink says: God's Food Pantry
RE: hpr4288::2025-01-08 God's Pantry Food Bank by SolusSpider00:26:18 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Really loved the show. Thank you for all the work you do.
Kevie says: example radio stream
RE: hpr4287::2025-01-07 Schedule audio recordings on the command line by Kevie00:11:56 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
The URL https://arrowestream.radioca.st/;?ver=737183.mp3 streamed from the command line but failed when using ffmpeg substitute this for https://tinyurl.com/4pd3txdc and it works fine.
Kevin O'Brien says: Thank you
RE: hpr4280::2024-12-27 Isaac Asimov: The Foundation by Ahukafrom the series Science Fiction and Fantasy.00:18:10 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
I am a huge fan of Asimov, and over the years I cannot guess how many times I have read the original trilogy, but over 20 seems like a plausible number. I plan to continue this series with more Golden Age SF and more Doctor Who, and I don't imagine I will ever run out of material.
Kevin O'Brien says: Thank you
RE: hpr4070::2024-03-08 Civilization III by Ahukafrom the series Computer Strategy Games.00:16:12 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
I'm glad you liked it. We Civ addicts are many, as I have discovered, and now Civ 7 is going to be released in just a few weeks. So this will continue unless I drop dead.
Kevin O'Brien says: Sorry to hear it
RE: hpr4260::2024-11-29 The Golden Age by Ahukafrom the series Science Fiction and Fantasy.00:15:33 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
I think in hindsight the Covid pandemic really hurt Penguicon. They had to cancel several years running for public health reasons, and that cost them a lot of momentum. I was planning to attend in 2024, but as it happened I got sick (nothing serious) and elected to stay home instead. I'm not part of the team any more, so I have no particular insight into where things may be headed.
Red Orm says: hpr4280 :: Isaac Asimov: The Foundation
RE: hpr4280::2024-12-27 Isaac Asimov: The Foundation by Ahukafrom the series Science Fiction and Fantasy.00:18:10 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
One of my favourite things about the Foundation Trilogy, apart from the scale and brilliance of the story, was the cover art by Chris Foss on one of the paperback editions on sale in the UK. You could place all three front covers in order and have a bigger better picture, what I later learnt was a triptych.
I look forward to your next podcast.
Red Orm says: hpr4070 :: Civilization III
RE: hpr4070::2024-03-08 Civilization III by Ahukafrom the series Computer Strategy Games.00:16:12 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Thanks for a thoughtful podcast about a game franchise I quickly became obsessed with after discovering Civ II.
Civ III was for me a welcome upgrade and I spent many hours playing it.
I have listened to all your Civ III podcasts and they are great. I won't comment on them all for fear of raising a spam alert.
Moss Bliss says: Penguicon
RE: hpr4260::2024-11-29 The Golden Age by Ahukafrom the series Science Fiction and Fantasy.00:15:33 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
I attempted to suggest myself as a guest to Penguicon 2024, but was told I was too late and should try again for 2025. Being both a known filler and a known Linux podcaster, both I and they thought I would be the perfect guest. Sadly, my more recent contact with them resulted in me being told they were not sure there would even be a Penguicon in 2025. I look forward to hearing from them in the future.
Paulj says: Welcome, and thanks!
RE: hpr4281::2024-12-30 My ridiculously complicated DHCP setup at home by Jon The Nice Guy00:08:00 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Great show. I need to do this at home, having come across some of the issues with DNS that you experienced. My first PiHole effort a couple of years back was not so good, but that was definitely down to my lack of knowledge. I will take the opportunity to browse through your setup and I am sure will learn - thanks for sharing everything!
Looking forward to your next show!
Happy New Year!
Paul
Paulj says: Thanks for Sharing!
RE: hpr4274::2024-12-19 The Wreck - I'm alright! by Archer7200:16:31 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Mark, good to hear you are on the road to recovery. Thanks for sharing your experience, and the background information.
Best wishes for 2025!
-- Paul
JonTheNiceGuy says: Exposed RDP, at least it wasn't VNC (which I did!), and VPN
RE: hpr4276::2024-12-23 PWNED by operat0r00:21:19 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Hey! Glad to hear you recorded your assessment of this incident. Firstly, great work on detailing your troubleshooting steps! It's good to see someone's thought process in action! Also, I'm not a Windows sysadmin, so some of the suggestions were really interesting.
You said about talking about our worst breaches, it wasn't horrific, but I left VNC open on the machine I used to play media at home in ~2010. My first sign was that someone had opened a web browser on the desktop (which I never did) so I could see they were just using it to browse for content they were blocked from accessing. It wasn't even dodgy stuff, just personal sites.
I rebuilt the machine and turned off RDP, but that gave me a real scare.
You said about using a VPN but needing to make sure it's up to date, can I suggest looking at one of the mesh VPN products, like Tailscale, Nebula or Netbird? I used Tailscale to provide remote support to my aunt and to share content on my home network via a proxy on my VPS.
At work, I'm investigating Netbird, which is similar to Tailscale, but has the control plane hosted on a web server you control. I've previously used Nebula, but after one mishap with the PKI, I realised I couldn't trust myself to run that in the way I needed to to be managed.
All the very best, and thanks again for the content!
Paulj says: Thanks Trey!
RE: hpr4277::2024-12-24 Introduction episode by Paul by Paulj00:08:23 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Thanks for you kind comments Trey!
Reto says: Plain text is not
RE: hpr4272::2024-12-17 Embed Mastodon Threads by hairylarryfrom the series Programming 101.00:17:17 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
When you talk about plain text, this short information is absolutely key https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mRxIgu9R70
the rabbit hole is deep.
// sent from mobile phone //
Paul says: Thanks Peter
RE: hpr4277::2024-12-24 Introduction episode by Paul by Paulj00:08:23 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Thanks for the welcome. I also need to consider a topic for the next show. As you say, the PCW-8256 was a great little computer, and I made good use of it in University and afterwards. In many ways, I probably loved my Amiga more - that was such a fantastic computer, and so ahead of its time.
Trey says: Welcome
RE: hpr4277::2024-12-24 Introduction episode by Paul by Paulj00:08:23 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Welcome to the community!
You bring a diversity of experiences, and I look forward to learning from your future episodes.
Trey
SolusSpider - Peter Paterson says: Welcome Paul to HPR
RE: hpr4277::2024-12-24 Introduction episode by Paul by Paulj00:08:23 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Greetings Paul, it was a pleasure to listen your introduction and your deep varied history through computing.
We are now 1 on 1 with shows, and I really need to plan my next one soon. I am off work for the next 7 days, and although I do have some plans I am sure I could squeeze in the time.
Our common point of interest was the Amstrad PCW8256. Amazing machine for its time.
SolusSpider - Peter Paterson says: I'm Mark's hospital room stalker!
RE: hpr4274::2024-12-19 The Wreck - I'm alright! by Archer7200:16:31 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Mark, it was an honour meeting you in-person in your Hospital, ER, and Rehab rooms.
Thank you for sharing exactly what happened to you and what you have been through.
Once we get through this hectic holiday season, we shall indeed meet again. As you said it is only a 30 minute drive, bit I am not sure how safe the roads are around Cynthiana, KY! *grin*
Henrik Hemrin says: How is the post behaviour on Mastodon reflected on the web site?
RE: hpr4272::2024-12-17 Embed Mastodon Threads by hairylarryfrom the series Programming 101.00:17:17 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Embedding Mastodon threads is something I have an interest in doing myself.
I have a question about how a post behaves on the website in relation to how it evolves at Mastodon:
A post is posted on Mastodon.
After it has been posted, several actions may occur. One of them or multiple of them.
The post is edited.
The post is replaced with another post (eg deleted and a new post is posted using the built in function or manually two steps).
The post is deleted.
The post is automatically deleted after for example 100 days (eg special case of deletion).
How is this reflected on the website?
How is it wanted to be reflected on the website?
Henrik Hemrin says: Thanks for the book tip
RE: hpr4268::2024-12-11 Book review and an Emacs rabbit-hole by enistello00:12:33 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Thanks for the book tip about yet one more software I am curious to check out one day myself, and eventually to become a user.
Dave Morriss says: Thunderbird and email management
RE: hpr4264::2024-12-05 Mintcast, high crimes and misdemeanors. by Some Guy On The Internet00:30:33 Listen in ogg, spx, or mp3 format.
Hi SGOTI,
I enjoyed the show, and hearing about the way you manage email.
I have been using Thunderbird since the 2000's when the university I worked for installed central IMAP servers. I kept using it when we started using MS Exchange. I think from the earliest time Thunderbird had a mechanism for deleting messages based on their age or the number in a folder.
I filter all my email arriving from several mail services into a number of inboxes into a hierarchy of folders. For each folder with transient messages I right click on it, and select the 'Retention Policy' tab. There I either set a date-related deletion policy or a count-based one. I always enable "Always keep starred messages".
This seems to be a good way to handle message deletion - for my needs anyway. Some of my filters add stars to messages (as well as sometimes tagging them) before saving them in folders with deletion rules, because I really want to keep them for a long time, while I don't care about others in that folder.
Maybe I should do a show about my 30+ years of email experiences at some point!
Dave
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