HPR4721: HPR Community News for August 2026

This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. New hosts Welcome to our new hosts: Kristoff number9 Last Month's Shows Id Day Date Title Host 4696 Mon 2026-08-03 HPR Community News for July 2026 HPR Volunteers 4697 Tue 2026-08-04 Correcting the Dates of Files Vance 4698 Wed 2026-08-05 ID3 Tags and Vorbis Comments Whiskeyjack 4699 Thu 2026-08-06 Sunshine, Moonlight, Playnite !? operat0r 4700 Fri 2026-08-07 Robert A. Heinlein: The Juveniles Ahuka 4701 Mon 2026-08-10 Elsbeth muses with Lee on her experiences and opinions on AI Elsbeth 4702 Tue 2026-08-11 MakeACopy is an open-source document scanner app for Android Ken Fallon 4703 Wed 2026-08-12 Ebooks and Audiobooks Ahuka 4704 Thu 2026-08-13 HPR Beer Garden 17 - Double DDH IPAs Kevie 4705 Fri 2026-08-14 Free Software Is Wasted On You Teens Trollercoaster 4706 Mon 2026-08-17 Quirks and Customisations Lee 4707 Tue 2026-08-18 UNIX Curio #12 - expr Vance 4708 Wed 2026-08-19 Programmable Logic Controls - Episode 1 Whiskeyjack 4709 Thu 2026-08-20 Peertube: my two penneth Kevie 4710 Fri 2026-08-21 Civilization VI Ahuka 4711 Mon 2026-08-24 Second-Hand Phone TrumpetJohn 4712 Tue 2026-08-25 friedcamp interviews part 1: Wim van Gool Kristoff 4713 Wed 2026-08-26 July2026 Community News response, and Future Plans TheDUDE 4714 Thu 2026-08-27 HPR Beer Garden 18 - Amber Ale Kevie 4715 Fri 2026-08-28 friedcamp interviews part 2: Thomas Farstrike Kristoff 4716 Mon 2026-08-31 PocketMod TrumpetJohn Comments this month Past shows hpr3708 (2022-10-19) "Insomnia as a Hobby" by TrumpetJohn. Robert St.Preux said: "Insomnia as a hobby" (2026-08-30 00:56:59) hpr3766 (2023-01-09) "ACER Nitro 5 laptop review" by Bookewyrmm. wevaba6950 said: "A refreshing contrast between enterprise gear and low-power hardware" (2026-08-10 09:19:47) candycanearter07 said: "re: a refreshing contrast..." (2026-08-12 02:54:05) hpr4581 (2026-02-23) "Sharp Intake of Breath City (A.K.A.) How I learnt to stop worrying about the fork bomb" by not_toby. Windigo said: "Fantastic episode" (2026-08-08 16:51:00) hpr4655 (2026-06-05) "Tips for Glasses" by norrist. Archer72 said: "Glasses and age" (2026-08-06 11:41:39) hpr4676 (2026-07-06) "HPR Community News for June 2026" by HPR Volunteers. Archer72 said: "hpr4657 :: UNIX Curio #8" (2026-08-02 19:29:26) hpr4677 (2026-07-07) "UNIX Curio #10 - Checksums and Hashes" by Vance. Whiskeyjack said: "Checksums and HPR4677" (2026-07-31 00:37:40) hpr4678 (2026-07-08) "High Resolution Elapsed Time in Shell Scripts" by Whiskeyjack. Archer72 said: "Reply to Whiskeyjack and candycanearter07 " (2026-08-03 10:12:47) hpr4692 (2026-07-28) "Noise Music Tutorial 2: Using Audacity to Make Noise" by TheDUDE. Windigo said: "Audacity for noise music" (2026-08-06 16:09:59) candycanearter07 said: "re: Audacity for noise music" (2026-08-12 18:55:18) This month's shows hpr4696 (2026-08-03) "HPR Community News for July 2026" by HPR Volunteers. Archer72 said: "Amateur Radio Field Days" (2026-08-02 11:50:11) Archer72 said: "hpr4673 First contact" (2026-08-03 10:16:09) candycanearter07 said: "re: mic issues" (2026-08-03 22:21:42) Th3Dud3 said: "response to Kevin not being able to get cream ale" (2026-08-06 00:12:38) hpr4697 (2026-08-04) "Correcting the Dates of Files" by Vance. Jim DeVore said: "Useful episode!" (2026-08-04 10:53:12) Vance said: "Modifying metadata" (2026-08-07 01:44:51) Henrik Hemrin said: "Exif in digiKam" (2026-08-08 19:20:13) candycanearter07 said: "useful!" (2026-08-10 16:08:18) hpr4698 (2026-08-05) "ID3 Tags and Vorbis Comments" by Whiskeyjack. xmanmonk said: "Great episode!" (2026-08-05 15:19:01) candycanearter07 said: "quirks in hpr" (2026-08-05 15:52:18) Whiskeyjack said: "Reply to xmanmonk in HPR4698 - ID3 Tags" (2026-08-06 00:12:26) Whiskeyjack said: "Reply to candycanearter07 in HPR4698 ID3 tags" (2026-08-06 00:28:48) hpr4703 (2026-08-12) "Ebooks and Audiobooks" by Ahuka. candycanearter07 said: "useful!!" (2026-08-12 02:30:58) Archer72 said: "Audiobooks and Audible" (2026-08-12 09:06:40) Jack said: "Misleading" (2026-08-12 17:05:21) hpr4705 (2026-08-14) "Free Software Is Wasted On You Teens" by Trollercoaster. Archer72 said: "Brilliant! " (2026-08-03 14:08:08) Trollercoaster said: "One left in my six pack" (2026-08-14 07:53:38) old guy said: ":-)" (2026-08-14 09:24:15) Trollercoaster said: "old guys together" (2026-08-14 13:14:48) candycanearter07 said: "good satire again" (2026-08-14 21:42:55) Trollercoaster said: "Who's talking about satire?" (2026-08-15 07:54:33) Trollercoaster (our of character) said: "Woopsie" (2026-08-16 19:25:41) hpr4706 (2026-08-17) "Quirks and Customisations" by Lee. candycanearter07 said: "cool ep!" (2026-08-30 20:15:40) hpr4707 (2026-08-18) "UNIX Curio #12 - expr" by Vance. xmanmonk said: "Another great show" (2026-08-18 22:22:56) Whiskeyjack said: "HPR4707 Unix curio - dc" (2026-08-19 14:31:02) Vance said: "dc" (2026-08-20 04:47:32) Whiskeyjack said: "HPR4707 Unix curio - Stack Machines" (2026-08-21 16:00:48) Trollercoaster said: "Suggestion for Linux Curio" (2026-08-27 10:42:43) Whiskeyjack said: "Obscure X Window programs" (2026-08-27 16:16:15) candycanearter07 said: "re: Suggestion for Linux Curio" (2026-08-27 18:13:51) Archer72 said: "re: Suggestion for Linux Curio" (2026-08-28 10:07:31) Vance said: "Thanks for the ideas" (2026-08-28 16:39:28) Whiskeyjack said: "Reply to Vance on episode research" (2026-08-30 04:14:01) candycanearter07 said: "re: re: Suggestion for Linux Curio" (2026-08-30 12:06:31) hpr4708 (2026-08-19) "Programmable Logic Controls - Episode 1" by Whiskeyjack. Archer72 said: "Thanks you" (2026-08-08 10:49:34) Whiskeyjack said: "Reply to Archer72 on HPR4708 - PLCs Episode 1" (2026-08-08 17:11:10) Trey said: "Memories of Ladder Logic" (2026-08-19 13:01:41) Whiskeyjack said: "Reply to Trey on HPR4708 - PLCs Episode 1" (2026-08-20 02:02:44) Trey said: "Cyber in ICS" (2026-09-02 22:31:51) Whiskeyjack said: "Reply to Trey on Cyber in ICS" (2026-09-03 15:24:51) hpr4709 (2026-08-20) "Peertube: my two penneth" by Kevie. xmanmonk said: "Thanks for the episode" (2026-08-20 19:15:57) hpr4711 (2026-08-24) "Second-Hand Phone" by TrumpetJohn. candycanearter07 said: "interesting!" (2026-08-24 19:17:44) Whiskeyjack said: "HPR4711 - TCL Flip phone" (2026-08-24 22:22:11) hpr4712 (2026-08-25) "friedcamp interviews part 1: Wim van Gool" by Kristoff. Archer72 said: "Interview" (2026-08-26 23:11:49) Laindir said: "Fascinating interview!" (2026-08-26 23:18:33) hpr4716 (2026-08-31) "PocketMod" by TrumpetJohn. Kightlinger said: "I love PocketMods!" (2026-08-31 17:35:43) candycanearter07 said: "analog solutions" (2026-08-31 20:52:55) Mailing List discussions Policy decisions surrounding HPR are taken by the community as a whole. This discussion takes place on the Mailing List which is open to all HPR listeners and contributors. The discussions are open and available on the HPR server under Mailman. The threaded discussions this month can be found here: https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2026-August/thread.html Events Calendar With the kind permission of LWN.net we are linking to The LWN.net Community Calendar. Quoting the site: This is the LWN.net community event calendar, where we track events of interest to people using and developing Linux and free software. Clicking on individual events will take you to the appropriate web page. Provide feedback on this episode.