Hacker Public Radio
769 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★ - 34 ratingsHacker Public Radio is an podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday. Our shows are produced by the community (you) and can be on any topic that are of interest to hackers and hobbyists.
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HPR4075: Making a Pomodoro Timer
March 15, 2024 00:00 - 9.7 MBMaking a Pomodoro Timer Slacking Off at work I get distracted Easy My mind drifts if I try to focus on a single task For more than 20-30 Minutes. If I try to fight the urge to just keep working my productivity goes way down. I end up working for a bit, then slacking off for half an hour. I can get more work done If I embrace my limitation and force myself to take a break. Pomodoro Technique From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique The Pomodoro Technique is a t...
HPR4074: Jade Empire
March 14, 2024 00:00 - 3.41 MBI love the story-based games and experiences. Jade Empire is based in the past in China or Japan, and you will be following this martial artist searching for their kidnapped trainer. Links Wikipedia page: Jade Empire
HPR4073: Is the 1990 documentary "Cyberpunk" worth watching today?
March 13, 2024 00:00 - 3.52 MBIn the podcast episode, I mention my HD restoration on archive.org, however I found an even better restoration on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ZsbMXYigewI for those not allergic to the platform.
HPR4072: Piper text to speech engine
March 12, 2024 00:00 - 3.58 MBUsing Piper Github Piper Piper Github Thorsten-Voice Thorsten-Voice Github README Piper Github README Videos Create your AI digital voice clone locally with Piper TTS | Tutorial Create voice clone with Piper Thorsten-Voice Thorsten Mueller Voices Voice repo Piper voices Voice sample testing Voice sample testing Clone voices Clone this model repository Make sure you have git-lfs installed Git lfs (Large filesystem) In my case on Fedora 39 sudo dnf install git-lfs | teel...
HPR4071: Migration to digiKam as Digital Asset Management (DAM)
March 11, 2024 00:00 - 4.45 MBI talk about my migration from Adobe Photoshop Elements to digiKam as photo catalog software, or DAM Digital Asset Management as it often is referred to nowadays. My latest was release 14 which I bought 2015, which also was when I migrated from Windows to macOS. Photoshop Elements is without hesitation a good software. One major drawback is that is a proprietary software from which I cannot export data on my conditions. After a few of years on release 14 the geotagging stopped working. Th...
HPR4070: Civilization III
March 08, 2024 00:00 - 8.03 MBThis starts our look at Civilization III, which continued the Civilization franchise and followed upon the Alpha Centauri game. This game builds upon the concepts already a part of Civilization, but adds some new features and advancements. Every new version of Civiliation has pushed new concepts and developed the franchise further, and that is one reason why each one has been a best-seller and an award winner. Links: https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Unique_unit_(Civ3) https://civiliza...
HPR4069: Passwords and Bitwarden news.
March 07, 2024 00:00 - 6.13 MBPasswords and Bitwarden news. Sgoti talks about passwords and Bitwarden. TAGS: Bitwarden, Passwords, News Source: Bitwarden adds a new auto-fill option right inside form fields Highly requested by the Bitwarden community, the new inline autofill menu greatly enhances the user experience, enabling users to fill login credentials faster than ever. Extensive third-party penetration testing was conducted to identify security gaps prior to release. Source: How password security best practice...
HPR4068: Replacing a lightbulb in a microwave Oven
March 06, 2024 00:00 - 10.1 MBWarning: Microwave Ovens contain lethal voltages and components within the microwave oven can store lethal voltages for many hours after it is unplugged. Please only attempt this if you are qualified to do so. Show Notes: As I explained in the episode the bulb within our microwave oven failed after 10 years of use. It is surprising how difficult it is to determine how well the food is cooked without illumination. I therefore decided to have a go at replacing the internal light bulb. Pict...
HPR4067: Hacking AI Models to Protect your Livelihood
March 05, 2024 00:00 - 9.38 MBI wanted to share with HPR peeps four ways to hack our robot/corporate overlords: Fawkes - named for Guy Fawkes, the face mask of anonymous and hackers around the world Glaze - a digital paint curing process to protect your art Nightshade, a software blue pill you can hide in your digital creations so that any AI consuming your work without your permission will also consume your blue pill and be sucked into a world of endless hallucinations Agalmic organizations, the future of AI busines...
HPR4066: HPR Community News for February 2024
March 04, 2024 00:00 - 32.3 MBtable td.shrink { white-space:nowrap } hr.thin { border: 0; height: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3); } New hosts Welcome to our new host: geospart. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 4044 Thu 2024-02-01 Advent of code day 11-21 catchup Daniel Persson 4045 Fri 2024-02-02 My Macbook Pro 15" 2015 swift110 4046 Mon 2024-02-05 HPR Community News for January 2024 HPR Volunteers 4...
HPR4065: Framework 13 (13th gen Intel) review
March 01, 2024 00:00 - 9.45 MBFramework 13 (13th gen Intel edition) Review General Takeaways Overall very good Hackable Good build quality Good keyboard Good screen Okay webcam and microphone A bit noisy fan, but not obnoxious Good performance Good OS compatibility Okay trackpad Great portability I love the expandability the expansion cards provide. USB-C everywhere! Possible Cons for people looking into it (non-issues for me) Expansion cards can be difficult to remove, so those who struggle with those ki...
HPR4064: Large Language Models
February 29, 2024 00:00 - 6.4 MBIn this episode I talk about different machine learning models and their application and what I think is good about the situation we have now and where I think we will end up in the future if we aren't careful
HPR4063: Re: ChatGPT Output is not compatible with CC-BY-SA
February 28, 2024 00:00 - 12.9 MBdnt offers an opinion on Ken's show about ChatGPT content being incompatible with the CC-BY-SA license. I don't disagree that it is incompatible, but I don't think it means a show containing chatGPT output can't be licensed under CC-BY-SA and posted on HPR, because not only is the host not able to place any restrictions over the chatGPT output, but rather no one is. References, in order of appearance: https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr3983/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/2024012...
HPR4062: HPR Music Series? - How will it go for the girl and me?
February 27, 2024 00:00 - 8.58 MBFred Black teaches a tune called "Hur ska det gå för jänta och mig", which translates to "How will it go for the girl and me" It was played on a Nyckelharpa, or Key fiddle, and the key is G major
HPR4061: Setup a Pi-hole
February 26, 2024 00:00 - 11.2 MBKevie, a co-host of TuxJam, talks about setting up a Raspberry Pi as a network wide ad and domain blocker using the Pi-hole project. Before starting this project you will need: A Raspberry Pi with Raspberry Pi OS installed and SSH enabled A basic knowledge of changing the settings on your router. I can't talk you through this as every router is different. Specifically you need to know how to give a device a static IP address and set a DNS server The ability to use SSH Once we have SSH'd...
HPR4060: Florida to Georgia
February 23, 2024 00:00 - 6.28 MBWe finish up our visit to Kennedy Space Center with one more day at the Center. Then we spend a few days at St. Augustine before leaving Florida and moving up north to Savannah, Georgia Links: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvzyo https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvzD3 https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvFon https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvFAg https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahuka/52747902453/in/album-72177720306712627/ https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvHR5 https://www.palain.com/travel/rv-trip-2022-2023-southeast-us/florida-to-ge...
HPR4059: the southern cross
February 22, 2024 00:00 - 6.3 MBintro trying to keep hpr going encourage people not to be content is better than quality last show audio southern cross brief history talking electronics TEC-1, 1983, i think it was influenced by kim-1 although the kim-1 was released by MOS the 6502 designers in 1976 as a way to get people using the 6502 processor. TEC-1 was designed specifically to get the ordinary bloke involved with computers. Cris Jones https://github.com/crsjones/Southern-Cross-Computer-z80 https://youtu.be/AK2F...
HPR4058: Radio Thermometer
February 21, 2024 00:00 - 3.07 MB# If you ever want to make this code better, please do # but for the love of God, please save this code first. # It is written in circuitpython to prevent the need # to compile code, and the RFM69 does not work with # micropython. import board import analogio import digitalio from time import sleep import math import adafruit_rfm69 import busio RoomNum = 10 # What room number is this in SenderRoom = 10 # What room number reports to the receiver RoomQuant = 12 # How many rooms are there Re...
HPR4057: Raspberry Pi and astro imaging
February 20, 2024 00:00 - 14.8 MBAs I mentioned back in HPR 3857 "Yesterday I saw a flare" I have put together a way to take images and video through my telescopes, and more. You can do so too for under £100, assuming you have your own telescope, or add on another £40 for a nice lens for the HQ camera instead of a telescope. Items mentioned during this recording include: Raspberry Pi Zero W Raspberry Pi HQ Camera C/CS mount lens for HQ Camera Coronado PST Solar telescope Meade ETX-90EC - a good telescope in its day an...
HPR4056: Helping with back pain
February 19, 2024 00:00 - 4.94 MBFor years Kevie, a co-host of TuxJam, has suffered from lower back pain, and for the first time he's discovered something that actually helps. Hear his thoughts on the Advanced Back Pro: Back Support Belt by Copper Fit. The track included on this show is Blackpaper - Triple Paf
HPR4055: Four agalmic AI applications to protect you from greedy corporations
February 16, 2024 00:00 - 9.38 MB4 AI applications I learned about today. Fawkes: an application that can protect you from facial recognition software. It's named for Guy Fawkes, the face of hackers that call themselves Anonymous. page https://sandlab.cs.uchicago.edu/fawkes/ code https://github.com/Shawn-Shan/fawkes Glaze: a digital artwork hardening application to protect artists from deep fakes code https://github.com/EspacioLatente/Glaze paper https://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~ravenben/publications/pdf/glaze-usenix23...
HPR4054: CyberPunk 2077
February 15, 2024 00:00 - 3.8 MBI love the story-based games and experiences. CyberPunk 2077 is based in the future, and you will be following this bounty hunter and their struggles to make a difference in Night City. Links Wikipedia page: CyberPunk 2077
HPR4053: Third Party Integrations
February 14, 2024 00:00 - 5.98 MBOauth 2 - https://oauth.net/ Public APIs - https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis Zapier - https://zapier.com/ Postman - https://www.postman.com/
HPR4052: How I got in to Linux / Micro Edition
February 13, 2024 00:00 - 2.94 MBJust a really short show on how I got started in Linux back in the olden days.
HPR4051: MSI Gungnir 110R Review
February 12, 2024 00:00 - 10.8 MBKevie from the TuxJam podcast takes a look at the PC case offering from MSI called Gungnir 110R. Following his search for a new case, Kevie went over the pros and cons of this particular model. The hope is that following this show you will decide if this is a suitable case for you. In true TuxJam fashion, the show includes a creative commons music track: Cased - Cased in a Shell
HPR4014: Post-Quantum Cryptography Update 1st November 2023
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 5.25 MBIn May of 2023 a guide was published by NIST that aimed to guide IT Professionals and Security Officers on steps to take as we move into a world where Quantum computing has made traditional cryptography and security measures obsolete. This is their take on a best practices manual, and if you are in security or are an IT professional it merits a good look. And it is only 4 pages long, so you can do it easily. Links: https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/pqc-migration-nist-s...
HPR4013: Smart Watches gross
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 14.5 MBI talk about my setup and issues with smart watches
HPR4012: RE: show comments.
December 19, 2023 00:00 - 10.2 MBRE: show comments. Sgoti replies to a comment or two. hpr3972 :: Thunderbird inbox filtering: keeping a clean/orderly inbox. Source: Comment By: frank Why unsubscribe? I don't know how it is in the US, but in Europe, a newsletter by law needs to have a clear way of unsubscribing by providing a link somewhere. Why unsubscribe? 1. For the environment. It is dirt cheap to spam e-mails around. But the amount adds up in electricity and traffic. 2. For your own privacy. 2a. If you use a comm...
HPR4011: The Intel Hex file format
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 1.66 MBnotes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX an example intel hex file with 1 record containing 3 data bytes (02h 33h 7ah) and an end of file marker: :03|0030|00|02337A|1E :00000001FF espeak incantation: espeak-ng -v mb-us3 -s 163 -p 38 -f intel-hex.org -w intel-hex.wav script: Hello Hacker Public Radio, Brian in Ohio here. I am out from under my rock and this episode is about an old file format that despite its age is still in use in many places today. That format is the Intel Hex...
HPR4010: Playing Alpha Centauri, Part 3
December 15, 2023 00:00 - 8.71 MBThis continues our look at how to play Alpha Centauri, and we look at game concepts that set this game apart from others. This episode looks at the Design Workshop, and how to create powerful units for your military. Links: https://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Unit https://www.palain.com/gaming/sid-meiers-alpha-centauri/playing-alpha-centauri-3/
HPR4009: Reolink CCTV Cams
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 15.5 MBI talk about Reolink CCTV Cams https://reolink.com/
HPR4008: Sextortion. Good Heavens!
December 13, 2023 00:00 - 8.6 MBSextortion Source: Sextortion employs non-physical forms of coercion to extort sexual favors from the victim. Sextortion refers to the broad category of sexual exploitation in which abuse of power is the means of coercion, as well as to the category of sexual exploitation in which threatened release of sexual images or information is the means of coercion. Supporting Source: What is Sextortion? An FBI special agent defines sextortion. Supporting Source: Sextortion can start on any site, a...
HPR4007: Advent of code day 1-5 catchup
December 12, 2023 00:00 - 3.6 MBhttps://adventofcode.com/2023 https://github.com/kalaspuffar/advent2023 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP2v7zU48xOI8D3cVaPCKHixvXT2e_R5u
HPR4006: Holiday Challenges Ep 3 SANS Holiday Hack Challenge and KringleCon
December 11, 2023 00:00 - 1.84 MBHoliday Challenges Series - Ep 3 - SANS Holiday Hack Challenge with KringleCon Since some of the information you are about to hear is time specific, I want to let you know that I am recording this near the end of November in 2023. If you missed the first episode, which introduces this series, you can go back and listen to HPR3996 The SANS Holiday Hack Challenge is an interactive online technology and hacking game combined with a virtual security conference, beginning in the second week of...
HPR4005: Sgoti's reply to multiple shows.
December 08, 2023 00:00 - 7.43 MBSgoti's reply to multiple shows. Sgoti replies to a few HPR Shows. Tags: Reply show, password managers, lastpass. Reply to: hpr3988 :: Beeper.com Supporting Source: Beeper chat application Supporting Source: Beeper Github page Supporting Source: Work with us at Beeper Reply to: hpr3989 :: LastPass Security Update 1 November 2023 Reply to: hpr3994 :: Lastpass Response Source: The THREE STOOGES - A Plumbing We Will Go Source: Whitest Kids U Know: Leg Peeing This was just funny. I fo...
HPR4004: Wayland to X11 bridge
December 07, 2023 00:00 - 2.79 MBAfter a strange unnamed window appeared on my desktop, I used xprop to identify it and a search lead me to xwaylandvideobridge. From the man page of xprop - property displayer for X SUMMARY The xprop utility is for displaying window and font properties in an X server. One window or font is selected using the command line arguments or possibly in the case of a window, by clicking on the desired window. A list of properties is then given, possibly with formatting information. From GitHub ...
HPR3982: Conversation with ChatGPT
November 07, 2023 00:00 - 2.28 MBThe following conversation is from my query to ChatGPT conversation.html
HPR3981: HPR Community News for October 2023
November 06, 2023 00:00 - 24.2 MBtable td.shrink { white-space:nowrap } hr.thin { border: 0; height: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3); } New hosts Welcome to our new host: gemlog. Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 3956 Mon 2023-10-02 HPR Community News for September 2023 HPR Volunteers 3957 Tue 2023-10-03 The Oh No! News. Some Guy On The Internet 3958 Wed 2023-10-04 Bikepacking in 1993 without technology kn...
HPR3980: Huntsville to Vicksburg
November 03, 2023 00:00 - 7.55 MBWe survive the freezing weather in Huntsville, and then move on to our next major stop in Vicksburg, Mississippi. But we have a problem of a refrigerator that stops working and needs to be replaced. Links: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvdPH https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvfVo https://www.palain.com/travel/rv-trip-2022-2023-southeast-us/huntsville-to-vic
HPR3979: FireStick and ad blocking
November 02, 2023 00:00 - 12.1 MBI talk about recent apps for firestick and blocking ads
HPR3978: Driving in Virginia.
November 01, 2023 00:00 - 14.5 MBSource: Code of Virginia - Chapter 6. Crimes Involving Fraud. Supporting Source: Article 7. Motor Vehicle Accidents. Supporting Source: Article 11. Accidents. Supporting Source: § 46.2-896. Duties of driver in event of accident involving damage only to unattended property. Supporting Source: § 46.2-373. Report by law-enforcement officer investigating accident. Source: DMV Law Enforcement Division. DMV special agents have offices inside the customer service centers where they respond im...
HPR3977: Creative Commons Search Engine
October 31, 2023 00:00 - 2.74 MBCreative Commons has a new search engine available called Openverse. This is the evolution of the old CC Search developed by Creative Commons, which was taken over by WordPress, and now has further evolved. Links https://openverse.org/ https://openverse.org/sources https://make.wordpress.org/openverse/handbook/new-contributor-guide/ https://www.ahuka.com/a-search-engine-for-creative-commons-content/
HPR3976: The Evolution of Windows' Snipping Tool
October 30, 2023 00:00 - 3.28 MBSome links to items discussed on this episode: The "Old" Screenshot Method What are Windows PowerToys? Windows Ink Workspace How to Screen Record Accompanying Blog Post and quasi-transcript
HPR3975: Mesa Verde 20230618
October 27, 2023 00:00 - 5.57 MBWe had occasion to travel to Colorado for a wedding, and took a little extra time to visit Mesa Verde. This is a site originally inhabited by the Puebloan people (as the Spanish called them) that was located on a Mesa in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains. The site is not far from New Mexico, and our tour was fascinating, so I am sharing it with you. Links https://www.nps.gov/meve/index.htm https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAKVdo https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAKX1y https://www.palain.com/travel/colorado...
HPR3974: About USBimager - part 2/2
October 26, 2023 00:00 - 7.78 MBBecause you want to make changes on a storage device, you are asked to enter your password. You can add your user to the group: disk to avoid this. who or whoami - my login-name id - more details groups - all your groups less /etc/group | grep disk - focus on disk Add an existing user to another group, like this: sudo usermod -aG disk LOGIN-NAME I saw my entry not immediately check it with: cat /etc/group Under releases http://gitlab.com/bztsrc/usbimager you may find your preferred p...
HPR3973: Creating an equalizer preset for your episodes of HPR
October 25, 2023 00:00 - 7.77 MBHere I describe my method for creating a macro using equalizer, compressor and normalize presets in Audacity, which can be used repeatedly to get consistent results, as long as you use the same voice, microphone and recording location. This is the sample of the equalizer setting I use with a Sennheiser MB2 Pro headset: This is the waveform for this episode before applying the Compressor. This is the waveform for this episode after applying the equalizer discussed earlier, the Compressor a...
HPR3972: Thunderbird inbox filtering: keeping a clean/orderly inbox.
October 24, 2023 00:00 - 5.67 MBThunderbird inbox filtering: keeping a clean/orderly inbox. Source: Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox. Supporting Source: Organize Your Messages by Using Filters. Message filters allow you to set up Thunderbird to organize your messages automatically. Each account has its own set of filters. Filters can move messages to folders, delete them, forward them to other email addresses, and more. When you receive new mail - This is when Getting New Mail is selected (the default). Filters are applied...
HPR3971: RERERE: How to make friends.
October 23, 2023 00:00 - 17.1 MBRERERE: How to make friends. We could make a series of this? Source: hpr3904 :: How to make friends Source: hpr3942 :: RE: How to make friends. Source: Friendship Source: Interpersonal relationship Source: Affection Source: Blood brother. Source: Honour If one's honour is questioned, it can thus be important to disprove any false accusations or slander. In some cultures, the practice of dueling arose as a means to settle such disputes firmly, though by physical dominance in force or...
HPR3965: I've taken the Conqueror Virtual Challenge
October 13, 2023 00:00 - 2.79 MBThis service will help you keep track of your walks and incentivize you to walk more and stay healthy.
HPR3964: Hacker Public Radio at OLF
October 12, 2023 00:00 - 24.1 MBOhio Linux Fest, or Open, Libre, Free...we're not sure Conference Videos and Presentations Momo Ghar