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Comment #1 posted on 2025-06-06 14:53:33 by Torin Doyle

Very disappointed.

Hey Ken. You read my comment [from about 25m51s in]. And I don't think it's that hard to pronounce the word 'macerated'. Also, why did you censor my comment by not even mentioning the ways male chicks are killed in the egg industry? If you don't believe me, look it up and see for yourself. Also, I've commented many times in the past. Why does it matter that I never hosted a show and that ye know nothing or little about me? I'm sure there's also other commenters that are not much known to ye. If folk go to the trouble of leaving comments, I don't think it's expecting too much to have them read out properly.

Comment #2 posted on 2025-06-06 16:32:02 by Ken Fallon

Thanks for your feedback.

Hi Torin,

We quite often skip over difficult to read sections in the comments, as written text often doesn't translate to audio that well. I have been know to skip comments entirely when they are too long. That said all the comments are on a RSS feed, on the website, are linked in the Community News Show notes and on the episodes, so if anyone cares they are there.

In your case I didn't read it out as the descriptions you used might cause distress to younger listeners. This is allowed under our long standing policy https://hackerpublicradio.org/about.html#not_moderated
"The audio of your show will not be moderated." ... We do not vet, edit, moderate or in any way censor any of the audio you submit, we trust you to do that. ...Please note that this only relates to the audio you upload. The rest of the meta-data, are managed by the HPR Community, and may be edited.
hpr2210 :: On Freedom of Speech and Censorship describes the agreed approach to this topic. https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr2210/index.html

I felt that reading "Alas, the fate of male chicks in the egg industry is horrific" was enough to get the point across. The other words used are also in the show notes of this episode.
"[mass maceration / mass suffocation / mass gassing]"

We get a lot of people trying to push their products and opinions here on the comment section. Of your 10 comments, 30% are "pushing" a Animal Welfare agenda. I'm not disagreeing with you views, I'm trying to figure if you are here for the tech or here for the platform. That is why it's important to introduce yourself to the community. You can imagine that I will be more likely to read a flyer given to me by the person who runs the coffee corner at my hacker space, than from someone who shoves a leaflet in the door.

As for pronunciation, if you don't like it, then join the Community New show yourself. We record the Community news on the Friday before the first Monday of the month.

Ken.

Comment #3 posted on 2025-06-09 14:28:39 by Torin Doyle

Reply to Ken [Comment 2]

Hi Ken.

Thank you for replying. That episode was flagged as explicit so perhaps younger folk shouldn't have been listening. Towards the end, you even used the f-word.

I'm here more for the tech [GNU/Linux & FLOSS] but it's clear that a myriad of non-tech subjects like sharing recipes, etc. are brought to HPR.

That's a fair point with the flyer example you gave.

BTW, is there a way I can easily find all of my previous comments? I'm unsure if I did or didn't make an intro post somewhere.
How do I get a link to my user name? For example, Klaatu has https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0078.html. I presume links are only for hosts - that is folk who have posted a show themselves?

About joining the Community New show -- alas, my social anxiety gets the better of me.

As for pronunciation, just give it a go - even a bad preconception is better than none. ;-)

Regards.

Comment #4 posted on 2025-06-09 20:24:12 by norrist

Watch the Queue for a show about how to find all the comments

I just recorded a show with instructions for getting a local copy of the HPR database. You can query the database to see all your previous comments.

Comment #5 posted on 2025-06-10 14:04:01 by Torin Doyle

Comment #3 typo.

Hi. In my previous comment, 'preconception' should have been 'pronunciation' -- a spellcheck mishap. Sorry.

Comment #6 posted on 2025-06-11 14:37:56 by Torin Doyle

Reply to Comment #4 by norrist

Hi norrist. Do you refer to this - "hpr4378 :: SQL to get the next free slot"? Where exactly do I download the file from? How big is it about? Thanks.

Comment #7 posted on 2025-06-11 14:39:58 by Torin Doyle

Got the link.

Hi norrist. I checked the shownotes - got it. https://hackerpublicradio.org/hpr.sql
:)

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