HPR

Posted at 2026-10-07 19:52:51 relating to the show hpr4743 which was released on 2026-10-07 by Klaatu entitled wl-copy

Just a note to those on arch or derivatives, the wl-copy (and wl-paste) commands are available in a package called wl-clipboard.

Posted at 2026-10-07 16:56:59 relating to the show hpr4706 which was released on 2026-08-17 by Lee entitled Quirks and Customisations

Hi Lee,

Sorry my comment is late. Life has been complicated lately.

I enjoyed your long list of hacks and tweaks, many of which I have done myself or tried to, and a good number that I'll have to think about doing!

Your initial message about not tweaking too much or you'll regret it when you have to change hardware is very relevant to me. I'm in the (slow) process of moving from an old PC I built 14 years ago, to a new one I bought from TUXEDO in Germany (before RAM and disk prices went crazy). I kept running the old machine until it unexpectedly died, then had to move everything across to the later one. A lot of my tweaks were documented and backed up, but not all - and this oversight has been biting me for weeks.

So, I very much agree with this message.

Thanks for the show,
Dave

Posted at 2026-10-07 13:55:16 relating to the show hpr4743 which was released on 2026-10-07 by Klaatu entitled wl-copy

while i personally dislike wayland, its nice theyre slowly porting useful programs over. i use xclip a lot in my disperate scripts

Posted at 2026-10-07 10:07:51 relating to the show hpr4742 which was released on 2026-10-06 by Ken Fallon entitled OLF Call for presentations open

Good to hear about more post-lockdown Linux/FOSS events coming up.

But, Ken, what on earth were those noises ?

Posted at 2026-10-07 04:15:42 relating to the show hpr4741 which was released on 2026-10-05 by HPR Volunteers entitled HPR Community News for September 2026

im also interested in hearing about fix_tags! i didnt fully understand the explanation in the episode and having it expanded more would be cool

Posted at 2026-10-06 06:06:16 relating to the show hpr4741 which was released on 2026-10-05 by HPR Volunteers entitled HPR Community News for September 2026

i enjoy getting a recap/skim over everything that happened since i often miss/skip a handful of shows.

also i am Not going to touch balatro for a while after some Community Situations so i need to find a new game to maybe make an episode about... i guess i can always pick a random game from my steam lib and try and make one on that lol

Posted at 2026-10-06 05:12:41 relating to the show hpr4741 which was released on 2026-10-05 by HPR Volunteers entitled HPR Community News for September 2026

One of the Community News presenters suggested that a listener make a series on systemd. I concur that this would make for an excellent series, as it is something that I would like to learn more about.

As I have done several series on other topics, I would like to offer a bit of advice on making series as opposed to single episodes. I have already covered this in my series on simple podcasting, but I think I can make a couple of simple points here.

The important things for the person doing this series are:

a) Set a very rough target length for each episode. If you find yourself going over that length by very much, that probably means you need to split it into separate episodes. I would suggest a target of about 15 to 20 minutes per episode.

b) Write down a list of major headings on subjects to be discussed. The Community News presenter gave a very good list that can provide a starting point.

When you have your list of topics, start filling in the details and expanding on each one. When any one topic starts getting too long, then split it up and make two or more topics out of it. I suspect that you could do at least 8 to 10 episodes on this subject even just covering it lightly.

Once you start writing things down, you will begin to feel more confidence about being able to actually do it.

c) We are interested in what you have to say, and the rest of us are all amateurs at podcasting as well.

Posted at 2026-10-06 04:40:31 relating to the show hpr4741 which was released on 2026-10-05 by HPR Volunteers entitled HPR Community News for September 2026

I found the email from Dave Morris about ID3 tags which was read out by you to be very fascinating.

Although I did an episode about ID3 tags and Vorbis comments, I suspect that he knows far more about them than I do.

I think it would very fascinating if he were to record an episode on this subject, including about the "fix-tags" program. In fact I suspect it would take several episodes to do the topic justice.

I am looking forward to hearing his series on this topic.

Posted at 2026-10-06 04:33:28 relating to the show hpr4741 which was released on 2026-10-05 by HPR Volunteers entitled HPR Community News for September 2026

When commenting on hpr4718 :: Programmable Logic Controls - Episode 2 A brief overview of industrial control systems, one of the Community news presenters mistakenly referred to PLCs as "microcontrollers".

I don't believe that I have ever referred to PLCs as microcontrollers. Microcontrollers are in fact something quite a bit different. They are microprocessors with additional functions, including I/O, built in. They are often referred to these days as an "SOC", or "System On Chip".

PLCs are a complete system built out of many chips, using microprocessors, microcontrollers, and in the early days sometimes included minicomputer chips known as "bit slice processors".

ARM seems to have eaten up most of the microcontroller chip market these days. However, at one time there were a great many different microcontrollers on the market, with Intel being one of the biggest vendors, especially with their 8032 series.

Posted at 2026-10-06 04:12:38 relating to the show hpr4741 which was released on 2026-10-05 by HPR Volunteers entitled HPR Community News for September 2026

One of the comments read out mentioned background noise in a friedcamp interview.

Personally I thought the audio was just fine, given that it was recorded in an open air venue in a crowd. I could make out what was being said quite clearly. As I was myself listening to it in a noisy environment, I didn't see the additional background noise as being a problem.

If the person who commented, "cli", knows how to get better audio under those circumstances, then I think the subject would be of great interest to the rest of us and definitely worth sending in an episode about.

Posted at 2026-10-05 20:43:24 relating to the show hpr4735 which was released on 2026-09-25 by Kristoff entitled hpr4715 :: friedcamp interviews part 5: Yvon Masyn

Thanks for sharing this project - you had me at zeppelin. :D

Posted at 2026-10-02 23:55:43 relating to the show hpr4739 which was released on 2026-10-01 by Antoine entitled Happy by shower # 3

these episodes somehow keep coming out when im Going Through Things so thanks it uh helps i think

i forgot to respond the other day because emotional and stuff but yea

Posted at 2026-10-02 16:15:38 relating to the show hpr4741 which was released on 2026-10-05 by HPR Volunteers entitled HPR Community News for September 2026

No, not India Pale Ale unfortunately, the International Phonetic Alphabet.

When reading comments for show hpr4724, the question arose of how to pronounce "Märzen". The IPA for this word is [ˈmɛʁt͡sn̩], but if you are like me, this is largely meaningless. However, a few years ago I found a website that can pronounce IPA sequences for you.

I recorded a show about this (and some other stuff), which is at https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4002. You don't even have to listen to the audio, the show notes explain how to use the reader, which you can find at https://ipa-reader.com/.

Posted at 2026-09-29 20:24:03 relating to the show hpr4736 which was released on 2026-09-28 by Ken Fallon entitled How to replace the battery in a car key fob

My wife's key fob stopped working a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately the problem wasn't the little battery in the fob, it was the big one in her Prius and cost £240 to replace.

Posted at 2026-09-26 21:15:53 relating to the show hpr4723 which was released on 2026-09-09 by Kristoff entitled friedcamp interviews part 3: The fried telephone system

I found the part about young people not knowing how to operate a dial telephone to be rather amusing. I can find that do be very believable, given the reaction that I have seen from some young people to a "dumb phone" style cell phone with a keypad below the screen. "What wizardry is this!" was their reaction when they saw how much smaller it was than their smart phone.

On a somewhat different tack, if anyone has experience with old phone equipment, I think that would make a great series of episodes. The older the kit, the better as well, but even relatively new stuff would be interesting.

Posted at 2026-09-26 17:16:21 relating to the show hpr4732 which was released on 2026-09-22 by Klaatu entitled Webp

I haven't really considered to use other formats than gif, jpg and png for web publishing and other sharing situations. Now I know webp better than before and will give it a thought and try.

Posted at 2026-09-23 22:41:53 relating to the show hpr4733 which was released on 2026-09-23 by TheDUDE entitled Static Adict Episode 1: Pulse Demon

Never heard about "noise" "music". I don't know which word should be inside parenthesis, if any.
Proved it just now, no opinion formed.

Posted at 2026-09-23 14:44:12 relating to the show hpr4733 which was released on 2026-09-23 by TheDUDE entitled Static Adict Episode 1: Pulse Demon

Thanks for the show, I probably won't get into noise music but it's good to hear about people prusing an art form because they want to not seeking popularity. Also made me listen to some Lou Reed music, so thanks.

Posted at 2026-09-16 07:07:02 relating to the show hpr4673 which was released on 2026-07-01 by Archer72 entitled First contact conversation

I've just realised that your Baofeng BF-F8HP is essentially the same as the Baofeng UV-5RTP. The latter was the first radio I ever bought, even before I got my license, and the radio I made my first contact with. I don't use the UV-5RTP anymore, as there are _much_ better handheld radios around, but I'll never sell it as it reminds me of the start of my amateur radio journey.

If you want to keep the "5R" family, but something significantly more modern looking, then I would recommend the UV-5R Mini (or GT-5R Mini, or BF-5R Mini; it's the same radio). Combine that with the Nagoya NA-771 or a decent telescopic antenna, and you have a very usable (and better looking) handheld.

Posted at 2026-09-15 23:22:59 relating to the show hpr4726 which was released on 2026-09-14 by Trurl entitled Trurl's intro show

i like how this is done in an interview format, its unique

Posted at 2026-09-15 17:50:02 relating to the show hpr4722 which was released on 2026-09-08 by Trollercoaster entitled Show and tell: AI tropes

Hey Candycanearter07,

Welcome to the world of (pretending to be an) AI generated text.
The whole idea is to make you forget what the text was about before you reach the end. Apparently I failed.

If you really want to know what it's about... the shownotes are way more interesting.

Posted at 2026-09-14 18:07:03 relating to the show hpr4724 which was released on 2026-09-10 by Kevie entitled HPR Beer Garden 19 - Lager

There's actually two origins as to why. One was because of WW2 and needing to ration certain cereal grains for the war effort and prior to that is because German immigrants needed them to make their beer clear. The barley in the USA at the time would always make the beer cloudy and the German Immigrants were like absolutely not so they added rice and corn into the mix so the beer would be clear like back home

Posted at 2026-09-14 15:32:33 relating to the show hpr4724 which was released on 2026-09-10 by Kevie entitled HPR Beer Garden 19 - Lager

The German lager style Märzen is pronounced /MARE-tsən/. The name comes from the month März (March) when it was traditionally brewed a bit stronger to survive the summer months. Today it's usually served at occasions like the Oktoberfest in Munich or the Wasn in Stuttgart.

BTW: "Helles" is not a pale ale (ales are bottom-fermented) but a pale lager ("hell" = light, bright).

Posted at 2026-09-13 20:05:22 relating to the show hpr4722 which was released on 2026-09-08 by Trollercoaster entitled Show and tell: AI tropes

I like how this is done, even if it was a bit hard to listen to without losing focus

Posted at 2026-09-13 15:09:10 relating to the show hpr4722 which was released on 2026-09-08 by Trollercoaster entitled Show and tell: AI tropes

Brazilian here. One point to him: Claude.

But, apart from the cerebral veins of conveying vernacular — with varying vastity —, there was no real "logic" in the comment.

So, not a logic in sentences, only a listener that appeared and said something incomprehensible. Minus one point to Claude.

Posted at 2026-09-13 05:22:10 relating to the show hpr4723 which was released on 2026-09-09 by Kristoff entitled friedcamp interviews part 3: The fried telephone system

I had trouble differentiating from the foreground, midground and background noises in this episode.

What mic setup was in use?

Posted at 2026-09-13 05:19:58 relating to the show hpr4677 which was released on 2026-07-07 by Vance entitled UNIX Curio #10 - Checksums and Hashes

Hello all,

I am happy to talk on systemd, but would appreciate some guidance on topics that people are interested. I'm a bit too close to the trees to see the forest, so to speak.

Posted at 2026-09-12 22:45:17 relating to the show hpr4722 which was released on 2026-09-08 by Trollercoaster entitled Show and tell: AI tropes

Hello Antoine,

I had a little difficulty understanding your explanation - so I asked an AI to analyse it. Claude recognized Portugese (Brazilian) sentence logic, and with that out of the way, I think I understood your comment (and otherwise... haha! I'll just blame the AI for doing a bad job, it's never my fault)

You are right that those language models actually use whatever was fed to them by the companies behind them. The content they acquired (to not say "stole") from everywhere, formed a great baseline for the narrative part. And you're right again that the nasty part is that it sometimes begins to hallucinate.
When I start hallucinating, I just blame the alcohol - or maybe fatigue. Quite curious who Claude blames if is hallucinates. Maybe too much Lossy Semantic Decompression (LSD)?

Posted at 2026-09-12 08:25:13 relating to the show hpr4722 which was released on 2026-09-08 by Trollercoaster entitled Show and tell: AI tropes

Hey Ben,

you've got more in you than you thought. And nothing like English with a German accent to convey authority. I can't wait to hear your next episode (oh, and if you don't adhere to the cliché and actually have a flawless British accent when you speak English... please pretend to have a German accent)

Posted at 2026-09-12 08:10:11 relating to the show hpr4722 which was released on 2026-09-08 by Trollercoaster entitled Show and tell: AI tropes

Hi Trey,

Are you really trying to save the lost generation (see HPR 4705)? You are a true Don Quichote, my friend.

All joking aside, if you work with people (whatever their age, whatever their natural level of stupidity), you tend to get to know how a person writes and reacts.

We will be living in a sad world, if smart and stupid, eloquent and blunt all become sounding the same. So keep on the good work and elevate those kids to become the future generation of grumpy old geeks. By that time, they will probably have developed their own tropes (with our without the help of some word-regurgitating-machine in front of them)

P.S. To the other person replying to Trey: size doesn't matter, it's about the supercali-tokenised-semantic-ai-docious stuff you do with it.

P.S. (to the poor sould who will have to read this comment) Can't wait for you to read out loud "supercali-tokenised-semantic-ai-docious" (even the transcription tool made a mess of it)