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Your ideas, projects, opinions - podcasted.

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Welcome to HPR the Community Podcast Network

We started producing shows as Today with a Techie 10 years, 5 months, 1 days ago. Our shows are produced by listeners like you and can be on any topic that "are of interest to Hackers". If you listen to HPR then please consider contributing one show a year. If you record your show now it could be released in 9 days.

Latest Shows


hpr1981 :: HPR Community News for February 2016

HPR Community News for February 2016

Hosted by HPR Volunteers on 2016-03-07 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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New hosts

Welcome to our new hosts:
Nacho Jordi, Jon Doe, m1rr0r5h4d35.

Last Month's Shows

Id Day Date Title Host
1956 Mon 2016-02-01 HPR Community News for January 2016 HPR Volunteers
1957 Tue 2016-02-02 FOSDEM 2016 K building level 1 Group B and C Ken Fallon
1958 Wed 2016-02-03 FOSDEM 2016 K building level 1 Group A Ken Fallon
1959 Thu 2016-02-04 FOSDEM 2016 K building level 2 Ken Fallon
1960 Fri 2016-02-05 FOSDEM 2016 AW Building and more Ken Fallon
1961 Mon 2016-02-08 HPR New Years Show Episode 1 HPR Volunteers
1962 Tue 2016-02-09 HPR New Years Show Episode 2 HPR Volunteers
1963 Wed 2016-02-10 HPR New Years Show Episode 3 HPR Volunteers
1964 Thu 2016-02-11 HPR New Years Show Episode 4 HPR Volunteers
1965 Fri 2016-02-12 Adding SQLite as a datasource to SQLeo Ken Fallon
1966 Mon 2016-02-15 Whats in my bag swift110
1967 Tue 2016-02-16 How I saw the Linux Light at the end of the Windows tunnel Nacho Jordi
1968 Wed 2016-02-17 Advanced Terminal Usage: byobu Jon Doe
1969 Thu 2016-02-18 Horrors of Spam (and the Greater Horror of filtering it) Josh Knapp
1970 Fri 2016-02-19 How I got started withy Linux swift110
1971 Mon 2016-02-22 BlinkStick Dave Morriss
1972 Tue 2016-02-23 How I got into Linux m1rr0r5h4d35
1973 Wed 2016-02-24 Free/Libre/Vrije Software: The Goal and the Path Ken Fallon
1974 Thu 2016-02-25 Ubuntu Community donations, Governance and Hardware JWP
1975 Fri 2016-02-26 Interview With An Android App Developer sigflup
1976 Mon 2016-02-29 Introduction to sed - part 1 Dave Morriss

Mailing List discussions

Policy decisions surrounding HPR are taken by the community as a whole. This discussion takes place on the Mail List which is open to all HPR listeners and contributors. The discussions are open and available on the Gmane archive.

The main threads this month were:

  1. From: Nigel Verity <nigelverity@...>
    Date: 2016-01-22 21:48:38 UTC
    Subject: Re: FOSDEM Send in your questions
    Link: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.syndication.podcast.hacker-public-radio/1114
    Messages: 1

  2. From: Joshua Knapp <jknapp85@...>
    Date: 2016-02-02 15:45:25 -0800
    Subject: Request.php giving 500 error?
    Link: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.syndication.podcast.hacker-public-radio/1118
    Messages: 3

  3. From: Charles Thayer <catintp@...>
    Date: 2016-02-04 14:00:56 UTC
    Subject: Re: HPR In the press
    Link: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.syndication.podcast.hacker-public-radio/1121
    Messages: 1

  4. From: "zwilnik@..." <zwilnik@...>
    Date: 2016-02-08 10:27:03 -0500
    Subject: Re: HPR In the press
    Link: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.syndication.podcast.hacker-public-radio/1122
    Messages: 1

  5. From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson@...>
    Date: 2016-02-11 09:11:59 -0700
    Subject: speech synthesis during intro
    Link: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.syndication.podcast.hacker-public-radio/1124
    Messages: 1

  6. From: Ken Fallon <ken@...>
    Date: 2016-02-11 17:18:23 +0100
    Subject: Re: speech synthesis during intro
    Link: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.syndication.podcast.hacker-public-radio/1123
    Messages: 3

  7. From: sigflup synasloble <pantsbutt@...>
    Date: 2016-02-14 19:18:21 -0600
    Subject: title
    Link: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.network.syndication.podcast.hacker-public-radio/1128
    Messages: 3
Total messages this month: 13

Comments this month

These are comments which have been made during the past month, either to shows released during the month or to past shows.

There are 17 comments:

  • hpr1896 (2015-11-09) "User Local Software" by Eric Duhamel.
    • Comment 2: Boclodoa on 2016-02-01:"[no title]"

  • hpr1919 (2015-12-10) "DerbyCon Interview with Paul Koblitz" by Xoke.
    • Comment 1: Otto Localhorst on 2016-02-17: "a template for a 'loid'"

  • hpr1941 (2016-01-11) "What's in my case" by Dave Morriss.
    • Comment 18: NYbill on 2016-02-11: "Its been a bit of an adventure..."
    • Comment 19: Dave Morriss on 2016-02-15: "Old fountain pen"
    • Comment 20: Jonathan Kulp on 2016-02-15: "Pilot Metro and Scheaffer"
    • Comment 21: Dave Morriss on 2016-02-15: "Sheaffer"

  • hpr1954 (2016-01-28) "Grandpa Shows Us How to Turn Custom Pens" by Jon Kulp.
    • Comment 3: Dave Morriss on 2016-02-01: "Old Sheaffer"

  • hpr1956 (2016-02-01) "HPR Community News for January 2016" by HPR Volunteers.
    • Comment 1: Mike Ray on 2016-01-31: "xmlstarlet, yes please"

  • hpr1957 (2016-02-02) "FOSDEM 2016 K building level 1 Group B and C" by Ken Fallon.
    • Comment 1: Mike Ray on 2016-02-01: "Distros and Accessibility"
    • Comment 2: Ken Fallon on 2016-02-02: "It wasn't really fair"
    • Comment 3: Mike Ray on 2016-02-02: "A11y awareness"

  • hpr1958 (2016-02-03) "FOSDEM 2016 K building level 1 Group A" by Ken Fallon.
    • Comment 1: Trent Palmer on 2016-02-04: "Awesome Episode!"
    • Comment 2: Mike Ray on 2016-02-05: "Dazzling achievement"

  • hpr1959 (2016-02-04) "FOSDEM 2016 K building level 2" by Ken Fallon.
    • Comment 1: Mike Ray on 2016-02-03: "More great interviews"

  • hpr1972 (2016-02-23) "How I got into Linux" by m1rr0r5h4d35.
    • Comment 1: Turtle on 2016-02-25: "Nice show"

  • hpr1973 (2016-02-24) "Free/Libre/Vrije Software: The Goal and the Path" by Ken Fallon.
    • Comment 1: Andreas on 2016-02-24: "there is something missing..."
    • Comment 2: James Michael Du Pont on 2016-02-27: "cut off"

hpr1980 :: Fixing An Audio Problem while having a rant

Describing how I solved an audio problem while having a rant about automation limiting or removing c

Hosted by MrX on 2016-03-04 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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This podcast details how I solved an audio problem I discovered while trying to record another episode for HPR. I'll hopefully get around to recording my original idea at a later date.

The recording was done in a bit of a hurry and I was a bit flustered so please excuse the fast talking and ranting.

Link to article that solved my problem http://blog.tiger-workshop.com/ubuntu-rear-microphone-not-working-on-ad1988b-sound-chip/

Command I used to install the app that solved my audio problem. App is from the standard Ubuntu 14.04 repo

sudo apt-get install alsa-tools-gui

Command to run from terminal to launch gui tool that solved the problem

hdajackretask

hpr1979 :: How to Make Perfect Steel-Cut Oats

I explain how to make the perfect tasty, nutritious breakfast in a slow cooker


Hosted by Jon Kulp on 2016-03-03 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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How to Make Perfect Steel-Cut Oats

Steel-Cut oats are amazingly good—delicious and nutritious—but they're kind of a pain to cook because they're so hard and require so much simmering. It can take up to 30 minutes to cook them on the stove top and you have to stir constantly to make sure they don't boil over or stick to the pan. I tried doing them in a rice maker and in the microwave, neither of which turned out well. Then I tried the slow cooker and found that this is the perfect way to make steel-cut oats exactly right every time with hardly any effort.

Ingredients

  • Steel-cut oats
  • Water (4-to-1 water-to-oats ratio)
  • Salt (¼ teaspoon for each ¼ c. oats)
  • Pure maple syrup to taste
  • Butter to taste

Instructions

Just put all the ingredients in the slow cooker and cook on 200 degrees Fahrenheit for about 4 hours. The water and oats should be combined in a 4 to 1 ratio. When I make this using American measurements, I used 1 Cup water for each ¼ cup of oats. In the metric system this is about 240 ml water for each 40 grams of oats.

Links


hpr1978 :: Ultra High Vacuum: loading samples

A short over view of how to load a sample into UHV (ultra high vacuum)


Hosted by Amunizp on 2016-03-02 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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I hope this is the correct version of my introduction to Ultra high vacuum systems and loading samples.

Please consult with a professional before using nitrogen and ultra high vacuum system.

Nitrogen is dangerous in close environments as it displaces oxygen so please consult the health and safety risks.


hpr1977 :: What's In My Bag

EDC/Gear I carry/use


Hosted by m1rr0r5h4d35 on 2016-03-01 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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Links to the gear I mention -


hpr1976 :: Introduction to sed - part 1

What sed is and how to use it in a simple way


Hosted by Dave Morriss on 2016-02-29 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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Introduction to sed - part 1

sed is an editor which expects to read a stream of text, apply some action to the text and send it to another stream. It filters and transforms the text along the way according to instructions provided to it. These instructions are referred to as a sed script.

The name "sed" comes from Stream Editor, and sed was developed from 1973 to 1974 as a Unix utility by Lee E. McMahon of Bell Labs. GNU sed added several new features including better documentation, though most of it is only available on the command line through the info command. The full manual is of course available on the web.

To read the rest of the notes for this episode follow this link: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1976/full_shownotes.html


hpr1975 :: Interview With An Android App Developer

Sigflup here and holy crud it turns out my brother in law is an android developer


Hosted by sigflup on 2016-02-26 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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It's Christmas time and sigflup is spending time interviewing Dillon, who's an android developer.


hpr1974 :: Ubuntu Community donations, Governance and Hardware

I in general I was feeling bad about how donations work with Ubuntu


Hosted by JWP on 2016-02-25 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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I went to https://Ubuntu.com - https://Xubuntu.org, https://getfedora.org/ and https://www.opensuse.org/ to see how donations with the linux vendors worked.

The only one that I found was non profit was debain. It a real nonprofit certification in the USA.


hpr1973 :: Free/Libre/Vrije Software: The Goal and the Path

A presentation given by Richard Stallman as part of FOSDEM fringe.


Hosted by Ken Fallon on 2016-02-24 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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NOTE for mp3 subscribers: On the request of RMS, we are not distributing this show in mp3 format.

This is a live recording of the presentation given by Richard Stallman as part of FOSDEM fringe. It was recorded at Auditorium D0.03, Campus Etterbeek, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium on Jan 29, 2016. You may remember that pokey interviewed Richard Stallman in episode hpr1116 (http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1116)

The slides for the presentation are available at https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/RMS_Intro_to_FS_TEDx_Slideshow.odp

Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often known by his initials, rms,[1] is a software freedom activist and computer programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in a manner such that its users receive the freedoms to use, study, distribute and modify that software. Software that ensures these freedoms is termed free software. Stallman launched the GNU Project, founded the Free Software Foundation, developed the GNU Compiler Collection and GNU Emacs, and wrote the GNU General Public License.
Stallman launched the GNU Project in September 1983 to create a Unix-like computer operating system composed entirely of free software. With this, he also launched the free software movement. He has been the GNU project's lead architect and organizer, and developed a number of pieces of widely used GNU software including, among others, the GNU Compiler Collection, the GNU Debugger and the GNU Emacs text editor. In October 1985 he founded the Free Software Foundation.
Stallman pioneered the concept of copyleft, which uses the principles of copyright law to preserve the right to use, modify and distribute free software, and is the main author of free software licenses which describe those terms, most notably the GNU General Public License (GPL), the most widely used free software license.
In 1989 he co-founded the League for Programming Freedom. Since the mid-1990s, Stallman has spent most of his time advocating for free software, as well as campaigning against software patents, digital rights management, and other legal and technical systems which he sees as taking away users' freedoms, including software license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, activation keys, dongles, copy restriction, proprietary formats and binary executables without source code.
As of 2014, he has received fifteen honorary doctorates and professorships.

hpr1972 :: How I got into Linux

My first podcast. Me rambling about how I got into Linux.


Hosted by m1rr0r5h4d35 on 2016-02-23 and released under a CC-BY-SA license.
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I will apologize now for some of the rough sound. This was recorded on a very old Sony tape recorder (all I had at the time). Hopefully, the tape hiss will cover up some of my Kentucky accent. Or vice versa. Whatever. This is the saga of me. And Linux.