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HPR4703: Ebooks and Audiobooks

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2026/08/12

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host.I tend to prefer Ebook and Audiobooks to physical books, and these are some of the apps I use, and some of the sources I go to to find Ebooks or Audiobooks. These can be inexpensive, or in the case of Public Domain, free. Ebooks and Audiobooks I no longer wish to devote space to accumulating and storing physical books. As a former college professor I had more of them than most people, and tended to fill the house with bookcases and shelves. That

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HPR4702: MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner...

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2026/08/11

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. MakeACopy MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner app for Android that allows you to digitize paper documents with OCR functionality. The app is designed to be privacy-friendly, working completely offline without any cloud connection or tracking. Features Camera Scanning : Capture documents using the device camera Edge Detection : Automatic document edge detection using OpenCV, enhanced with an ONNX model

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HPR4701: Elsbeth muses with Lee on her experiences...

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2026/08/10

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Overview: Elroy sits down with Elsbeth to unpack her perspective on AI ethics — where the technology helps, where it risks harm, and what responsible use actually looks like in practice. Topics covered (In no particular order, as the rabid squirrels of Elsbeth's AuDHD brain don't do "order"): Elsbeth's path into AI evaluation and content moderation, and how that shaped her thinking on ethics in practice What "ethical use" of AI

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HPR4700: Robert A. Heinlein: The Juveniles

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2026/08/07

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Heinlein wrote a series of books under contract to Scribners that were aumed at younger readers, pre-teen and teen. Today we would call them Young Adult, but back then they were called Juveniles. But even an adult reader can enjoy many of these books. Because they were aimed at younger readers, he could not always be as explicit as he might have liked, but if you pay attention you just might noticed he slipped in something subversive. Heinlein: The

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HPR4699: Sunshine, Moonlight, Playnite !?

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2026/08/06

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host.sunshine / xbox contlers / plex / steam / UWPHook / Bluetoothctl restart / HDMI dongle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM4FbA4-W_c UGREEN USB C Hub 5 in 1 Multiport Adapter Revodok 105 4K HDMI, 100W Power Delivery, 3 USB-A Data Ports, USB C Dongle for MacBook Pro/Air, iPad Pro, iMac, iPhone 16 Pro/Pro Max, XPS, Thinkpad https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BR3M8XHK Detached Command: @ECHO OFF cd

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HPR4698: ID3 Tags and Vorbis Comments

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2026/08/05

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host.-------------------- 01 Introduction In a response to a post on a previous episode, I said that I would take a look at ID3 tags. ID3 tags are text information that is added to an MP3 audio file, such as the author, date, name, and other information. 02 While I am at it I will also look at Vorbis comments, which perform a similar function for vorbis, the container format for "ogg" audio files. As example audio files, I

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HPR4697: Correcting the Dates of Files

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2026/08/04

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. I recently had an experience where UNIX tools proved very useful. A relative had an old mobile phone running Android that stopped connecting to the carrier's network and bought a new one to replace it. I took on the job of trying to copy their files (consisting of just photos and videos) off of the old phone. Google's software was desperate to convince me to upload everything to the cloud, but I wasn't interested. It offered the option of copying

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HPR4696: HPR Community News for July 2026

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2026/08/03

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host.New hosts There were no new hosts this month. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 4673 Wed 2026-07-01 First contact conversation Archer72 4674 Thu 2026-07-02 Audiobooks Ahuka 4675 Fri 2026-07-03 Yard Inflatables operat0r 4676 Mon 2026-07-06 HPR Community News for June 2026 HPR Volunteers 4677 Tue 2026-07-07 UNIX Curio #10 - Checksums and Hashes Vance 4678 Wed 2026-07-08 High Resolution Elapsed Time in Shell Scripts

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HPR4695: Try not to buy a phone

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2026/07/31

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host.IDEAS: Using a cheap phone plan with SMS for authentication. Mighty Text as a free SMS solution. Google VoIP number for shared accounts. Issues with SMS verification blocking VoIP numbers. Avoiding carrier-specific number blocks. Multiple SIM cards for cost-effective SMS. Rooting a phone to manage apps. Security concerns with third-party apps. Limited data usage for minimal phone plans. Challenges with app

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HPR4694: HPR Beer Garden 16 - Belgian Blonde

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2026/07/30

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host.Dave and Kevie are back with another HPR Beer Garden and this time they turn their attention to Belgian Blonde Ales. Kevie samples Leffe Blonde , whilst Dave opts for La Chouffe . Connect with the guys on Untappd: Dave Kevie The intro sounds for the show are used

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HPR4693: Amateur Radio Field Days

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2026/07/29

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host.Hi, this is Archer72 for another episode of Hacker Public Radio. In this episode, the ARRL Field Days was in the past month, so I thought this would be a good time to highlight events in the US as well as around the world. Field Day (amateur radio : edited on 4 June 2026, at 13:51) Experience the power of ham radio at 2025 ARRL Field Day Harrison County Amateur Radio Club Jun 12, 2025 Updated Jun 17,

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HPR4692: Noise Music Tutorial 2: Using Audacity to...

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2026/07/28

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Links to a more in depth way to do the musique concrete method and harsh noise wall (they don't use audacity, but it all can be done on audacity, just gives you an idea what I'm talking about) visual of generating noise on audacity (for harsh noise, you want to have a larger amplitude or any thing that makes the noise louder)

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HPR4691: Viva la Coda

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2026/07/27

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host.C++ is a high-level, general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup. First released in 1985 as an extension of the C programming language, adding object-oriented (OOP) features, it has since expanded significantly over time adding more OOP and other features - from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Serenity OS -

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HPR4690: Playing Civilization V, Part 14

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2026/07/24

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. In our sample game we look at playing as Austria and aiming for a Diplomatic Victory. And our focus is on puppeting City-States, but I misunderstood and instead of making a Diplomatic Victory easier, it makes it harder. I still managed to get my Diplomatic Victory, but a Science or Domination Victory would definitely have been easier in this scenario. Playing Civilization V, Part 14 Now I am at turn 340, I just puppeted another City-State, and I

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HPR4689: Cheap Yellow Display Project Part 8: Writing...

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2026/07/23

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Hello, again. This is Trey. Welcome to part 8 in my Cheap Yellow Display (CYD) Project series. If you wish to catch up on earlier episodes, you can find them on my HPR profile page https://www.hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0394.html It is hard to believe that I started this project and the HPR series to document it more than a year ago. Time flies. Life happens. I spent the last 8 months so focused on

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HPR4688: Downloading Podcasts with a Shell Script

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2026/07/22

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. 01 Introduction In this episode I will describe techniques for downloading podcasts using basic shell commands such as wget. I will illustrate this using a bash script that can be used to download HPR podcasts. Even if you do not have any interest in downloading your podcasts using this method, you may find some of the methods useful or interesting. It is the principles that are discussed here that are important, rather than the

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HPR4687: UNIX Curio #11 - Merging Files

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2026/07/21

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. ether This series is dedicated to exploring little-known—and occasionally useful—trinkets lurking in the dusty corners of UNIX-like operating systems. I frequently find myself reaching for the cut utility when writing scripts to extract one piece of data from a line, or to select specific fields from a log file. While I am familiar with its counterpart, paste , I don't employ it very often because I don't typically need its

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HPR4686: Debugging Security Cameras: Firmware...

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2026/07/20

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Show Notes Episode Overview Operator kicks off the episode feeling under the weather but shares a quick tip for making perfect egg drop soup before diving into his main project: diagnosing why his front-door security camera stopped sending alerts and recording events. What follows is a live-debugging session covering network config, script logging, Windows permission hacks, NTP time drift, and firmware flashing. Key Topics &

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HPR4685: Listening to SSB stations in the early 1980s

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2026/07/17

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Lennart tells about the shortwave radio he had in the early 1980s and what he could hear on it, for example he marine band, amateur radio, CB and of course broadcast stations. The radio did not have a BFO to demodulate SSB stations, but using a second radio close by and using its local oscillator he could still make those signals intelligible. Provide feedback on this episode.

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HPR4684: Sim Racing on the cheap!

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2026/07/16

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Thrustmaster TMX Force Feedback Pro Black Xbox One / Xbox Series X/S / PC https://www.ebay.com/itm/157554569422 Dayton Audio DAEX25 Audio Exciter Pair - Sound Exciter Pair Audio Transducer - 5 Watts RMS, 8 Ohms Impedance - 2 Pack - Turn Any Surface into a Speaker System https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EYEM8C https://www.simhubdash.com/ https://www.accsetupcomparator.com/ https://www.iracing.com/ ( they have buy 2 years

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