Re: [Hpr] Policy Change, Call to action for Host to Show ratio

[Klaatu]

I agree with minnix. Fewer rules make for easier compliance for the content 
creator.

If we want to maximize incoming content, we should take what we can, when we 
can, whenever the content provider wants.

If that means we have a week of just one host on a recording spree, that's OK. 
People control their own playlist. They can mix it up as they prefer. 

If we want to reserve the right to move episodes around as *we* see fit, then 
let's stop asking people to reserve episode numbers and just say that content 
gets scheduled as the scheduler sees fit.  

We get to make the rules. If people don't like how HPR operates, then they 
don't have to submit shows. There are lots of places to post stuff on the 
Internet. We're just one place. Let's make it easy for people to create 
content for HPR (and easy for HPR to publish daily, which is its stated goal.)

On Monday, May 15, 2023 7:51:44 PM NZST Ken Fallon wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Thanks to all who sent in shows, but we still need more shows. I am
> specifically looking for contribution from people who do not have
> 2023-??-?? as their "Last Show" on this page
> https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php
> 
> ---
> 
> The following is taken with permission from the HPR matrix room.
> https://matrix.to/#/#hpr:matrix.org
> 
> /From: minnix//
> //@Ken Fallon (PA7KEN, G5KEN): if the survival of HPR depends solely
> on new hosts, then you might as well fold the show. If the survival
> of the show depends on just getting shows period with a smattering
> of new hosts thrown in throughout the year, then it's good. If it
> were me I would encourage everyone, old and new hosts, to send in
> lots of shows. If you want the queue to be empty just to prove that
> HPR needs new hosts, I bet that's easily accomplished, but I don't
> see that changing the nature of reality, ie: it is what it is./
> 
> And my reply
> 
> if the survival of HPR depends solely on new hosts, then you
> might as well fold the show.
> 
> Well that was the position we had HPR in back in 2010, and while
> it's hard we managed to not miss a day since.
> 
> If the survival of the show depends on just getting shows period
> with a smattering of new hosts thrown in throughout the year,
> then it's good.
> 
> Yes this is a more realistic situation.
> 
> If it were me I would encourage everyone, old and new hosts, to
> send in lots of shows.
> 
> Excellent idea and thanks for volunteering ;-) One word of warning
> though is that some of the previous hosts do not like to be
> contacted. You may want to consider sending reminders on
> anniversaries, such as 5 years since the last show.
> 
> If you want the queue to be empty just to prove that HPR needs
> new hosts, I bet that's easily accomplished, but I don't see
> that changing the nature of reality, ie: it is what it is.
> 
> Well it's the difference between "@SGOTI and @Archer72 seem to be on
> a recording spree" and "What another Emergency Show. I need to send
> in some shows." Same reality but different effect.
> 
> The two week rule is intended to make queue management a easier, as
> it will tackle the feast and famine of the submissions.
> 
> Call for shows work, but there are problems with it.
> 
> First they only reach a tiny fraction of the community here and on
> the mailing list, which are probably the same people anyway. By
> filling the free slots with Emergency/Reserve shows, we
> automatically announce to the entire community that there were free
> slots not filled, and that we now need another Emergency/Reserve
> show to replace the one just posted.
> 
> Secondly the call for shows result in people going to the site to
> see what the situation now is. If one host fills all the slots with
> a series they have been working on, then the next person will see a
> filled queue and not bother submitting a show. Unfortunately that
> has happened on more than one occasion.
> 
> The two week rule, will spread out the slots which makes queue
> management a lot easier.
> 
> ---
> 
> This brings up the question, we have over 341 former hosts who have not
> contributed this year. Any ideas on how to get some of them active again ?
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
> https://kenfallon.com
> https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon
> 
> On 2023-05-12 11:14, Ken Fallon wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > First , *w**e need shows immediately* as there is an empty queue next
> > week, and the number of Emergency/Reserve shows are also dwindling. So
> > please finish that show you were thinking of submitting and send it
> > in. If you don't care when it's released please put "Use as Emergency
> > show" in the show notes for now.
> > 
> > ... hold music while you do that ...
> > 
> > I am concerned about the future of HPR, as a 

Re: [Hpr] Source Code for the HPR website.

[Klaatu]

I think what you are saying is that HPR requires a full rewrite.

I think what you are proposing is that we forget that the existing code 
exists, because it's not worth "saving", and instead develop new open source 
code to replace it.

If that's correct, then I agree. Let's not dwell on broken code that nobody 
loves, but move forward with new open source code that actually meets the 
site's requirements (and ideally makes the admins' lives easier).

-klaatu

On Sunday, June 26, 2022 2:16:21 AM NZST Ken Fallon wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I had a conversation with Alan Pope on mastodon about fixing some issues
> on the HPR website. He makes the valid point that if we don't release
> the code (because it's a mess), then it's not actually open source.
> https://mastodon.social/@popey/108476716097169705
> 
> Cruel but fair. Cruel but fair.
> 
> I contend that it would be crueler to release the current code due to
> the risk of eye damage that could occur.
> 
> So how to proceed ? I suggest we eliminate the problem by eliminating
> the code.
> 
> My intention has always been to have a massively multiplayer online
> mirroring service where anyone can have a complete instance of
> everything. With a combination of git, and rsync anyone would have
> everything needed to host their own complete version of the site.
> 
> We would still need to maintain the LAMP stack for the reservations and
> the processing workflow, but that code is a lot easier to sanitize and
> publish.
> 
> The site itself is made up of 3 parts
> 
>  1. Static pages, like header, footer, howto's etc
>  2. Dynamic pages derived from the Database
>  3. Media, audio, video etc
> 
> The media and show notes are covered under the Creative Commons License.
> 
> I would suggest releasing the code under the AGPL v3 or later, and
> publish it to our repo on https://repo.anhonesthost.net.
> 
> Thoughts ?
> 
> --
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
> https://kenfallon.com
> https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon





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Re: [Hpr] Policy Change: Removal of "by arranged permission" when posting to HPR

[Klaatu]

I'm in favour. Keep it simple,  keep it open. 

On 8 December 2021 5:30:46 PM UTC, Ken Fallon  wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>We require a license from the host submitting a show, as by default any 
>work is considered to be "Copyright all rights reserved'.
>
>We accept shows posted under any Creative Commons license[1], GNU Free 
>Documentation License, anything in the public domain, and anything under 
>a FLOSS software license.
>
>We do not post other copyrighted content[2], even if it is under a "fair 
>use" clause.
>
>We *do* allow shows "by arranged permission"[3], where the host has 
>explicit permission to submit the show. We have never had a show 
>submitted under this clause.
>
>I am now proposing that we remove that option, as even though that would 
>give us permission to host it it causes problems for our listeners.
>
>Our podcast is played in public spaces. As the content is Creative 
>Commons they don't need to pay national license authorities[4]. If we 
>play content that is not Creative Commons then they do.
>
>It also would prevent anyone from knowing the rights they have without 
>knowing the exact permission attached to that individual show, and been 
>able to interpret what it would mean to them if they reused it.
>
>This clause makes the whole question ambiguous because we flag our feed 
>Creative Commons but the individual show would not be.
>
>To be safe we would need to remove these shows from the main feed, and 
>make it so that you would only get these special shows if you explicitly 
>opt in for them. I don't see how this would benefit anyone as no one 
>would be subscribed to this feed.
>
>Proposed Change:
>
>Removal of:
>< If you are redistributing under another Creative Commons License or by 
>arranged permission please make note of the restrictions when you upload 
>your show. We can then signal that, so that others who redistribute HPR 
>content can filter your show out.
>---
>Replace with:
>> If you are redistributing under  another Creative Commons license, GNU Free 
>> Documentation License, 
>public domain, or FLOSS software license, then please signal that when 
>you upload your show. We do not post other copyrighted content, even if 
>it is made available under fair use, or by arranged permission.
>
>
>
>[1] http://hackerpublicradio.org/stuff_you_need_to_know.php#license
>[2] 
>http://hackerpublicradio.org/pipermail/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org/2019-May/014446.html
>[3] http://hackerpublicradio.org/stuff_you_need_to_know.php#permission
>[4] https://www.ppimusic.ie/using-music/do-i-need-a-ppi-licence
>

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Re: [Hpr] Possible cause and solution to subscriber attrition(trying again without encryption)

[Klaatu]

This sounds like a really good compromise. It seems like everyone agrees that 
less is more, in both loudness and length. And what a bonus that it makes 
processing easier.


On 20 October 2021 9:38:31 PM UTC, Ken Fallon  wrote:
>On 2021-10-18 20:33:48, Mike Ray wrote:
>> 
>> The length of the intro annoys me. TTS, followed by ad for AHH, followed
>> by horrible and raucous music.
>> 
>> There is a much softer version of the music which IMHO should be used.
>> 
>> 
>
>TL;DR http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3454
>
>Re: Hosts uploading intro and outro
>
> From a show processing point of view, we have never been able to 
>automate the posting process due to the fact that some people do and 
>some people don't add the intro and outro. Even if they are flagged 
>correctly in the upload form I sometimes forget and end up having to 
>reprocess files because they have two intros or none.
>
>For this reason I would suggest that hosts do not add the intro or outro.
>
>Re: Non musical feed
>
>While it's possible to do, I am *not* in favour of having a new feed 
>without music. We accept any audio format, "FLAC is best, we accept the 
>rest". That needs to stay. From a practical point of view a raw feed 
>would not be useful as the audio format and encoding would change from 
>day to day. We deal with that through our conversion scripts so you 
>don't have to.
>
>We already have different feeds for the Internet Archive, and the HPR 
>website AnHonestHost.com. Adding another feed would just complicate 
>matters and will increase processing time considerably.
>
>But
>
>I think we can simplify all into one.
>
>If we take a look at the possible makeup of a show we have 7 possible 
>sections. See.
>http://hackerpublicradio.org/media/theme-music/
>
>1. Show Synopsis
>This is the text to speech. I was in favour of it but everyone hates it. 
>It should go.
>
>2. Thanking our Hosting provider
>IA don't know we do this, and Josh never asked us to do this. In 
>speaking with him, unfortunately the mentions don't convert to clients. 
>So with his permission, I'd like to move that to the start of the 
>community news so that it's handled as a personal thank you from the 
>Janitors.
>
>3. HPR Introduction Music
>There are a lot of themes available, all long
>http://hackerpublicradio.org/media/theme-music/
>
>I do believe we need to add a theme to maintain the "HPR Brand", 
>otherwise we risk been considered an amalgamation feed.
>
>There is no need for it to be as long or as *LOUD* as it is
>
>4. The Show
>Left in obviously
>
>5. HPR Outro Music
>Again we can cover this information on the community news, and in the 
>metadata of the show.
>So we can drop it entirely
>
>6. Epilogue
>Sorry Pokey they need to go.
>
>7. Promos
>We never did any but if there are, we can do them as part of the 
>community news as well.
>
>-
>
>So in summary, I'd suggest dropping everything but a very short intro 
>and move the rest to the community news.
>
>As a proof of concept I just posted a show (we are very low on shows at 
>the moment - hint hint) and I used the first six seconds of 
>intro-ak-Maestraccio-cc-by-4.0.mp3 as the entire branding.
>
>The script to process reduced in size by 50%, as did the time to process 
>the files. I also suspect that automation of normalisation will be 
>easier as well.
>
>So your feedback is appreciated
>http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3454
>

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Re: [Hpr] Possible cause and solution to subscriber attrition(trying again without encryption)

[Klaatu]

We could make it a policy to request shows without music, and just resolve to 
attach the intro and outro ourselves (as we do already, as needed) for our 
Music feed. Then by default, we would be getting shows that would go straight 
to our Music-less feed.

Speaking as one of the hosts who "bakes in" the intro and outro music, I'd be 
happy to stop doing that in the interest of making separate feeds available.

-klaatu




On Monday, 18 October 2021 8:07:38 AM NZDT Ken Fallon wrote:
> Wow. I'm so glad anarch0re started this thread. I had no idea.
> 
> We do now keep the original unbranded audio and it's available on the
> Internet Archive. It would be possible to create an "unbranded feed"
> from that.
> 
> It may fix the problem for some shows, but there are still a lot of
> hosts that send in shows with the intro and outro already included.
> 
> On the main feed can switch the default outro to a quieter one. Tell me
> which you would like.
> 
> Ken.
> 
> On 2021-10-17 20:51:29, Jason Dodd wrote:
> > lol@To be honest unsubscribing from HPR sounds like a euphemism, like
> > "shuffling off this mortal coil"
> > 
> > That is kinda true for me, too.
> > 
> > I'm still firmly on the side of not caring much about production
> > quality.  Not again looking for an easy way to eliminate the jarring
> > change in volume.  But it't not something that would make me
> > unsubscribe.  That being said, hpr wouldn't make my top 100 list of
> > things to go to sleep to.
> > 
> > I think it's interesting that there are TV channels and various
> > 'profesional" streaming applications which have the same issue.  Maybe
> > this problem is harder to solve than it looks on the surface.  I
> > typically fall asleep to TV and it does irritate me when commercials are
> > so much louder than the show.
> > 
> > On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 2:18 PM Andrew Conway  > 
> > <mailto:nal...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > I am a nocturnal podcast listener mainly because it's the only time
> > I have to listen properly. I cannot work, code, write or even
> > exercise and listen to speech properly. Also my daytime podcast
> > bandwidth went down drastically when my daily commute ended some
> > years ago. (I imagine that's become much more common for people in
> > the last year or so.) This means that music that might wake me up
> > puts me off listening to particular podcasts and so the HPR theme is
> > a problem for me, but not so much that I would ever unsubscribe. (To
> > be honest unsubscribing from HPR sounds like a euphemism, like
> > "shuffling off this mortal coil" :)).
> > 
> > If a musicless feed existed, as klaatu suggests, or a more gentle
> > version of the theme was the outro's default, I would definitely
> > listen to more HPR shows. That said, I wouldn't want to create more
> > work for folk if I am only part of a small minority.
> > 
> > Andrew
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 17 Oct 2021, 18:41 Klaatu,  > 
> > <mailto:kla...@mixedsignals.ml>> wrote:
> > Interestingly, my own podcast, GNU World Order, has gotten a few
> > emails from
> > people over the years who say they fall asleep to podcasts, as
> > well.
> > 
> > Many people identify strongly with the "brand" of a podcast by
> > its intro and
> > outro music. However, other people find the almost subliminal
> > chatter about
> > tech soothing and relaxing.
> > 
> > We could consider releasing a special feed without music, but
> > that would not
> > guarantee a relaxing listen. An HPR host might add loud sound
> > effects or
> > music, or shout, or whatever, to their show independent of the
> > intro and outro
> > music.
> > 
> > I've been looking into ways of doing a no-music feed for my own
> > show, but so
> > far everything requires a bunch of extra steps that I'm not
> > willing to do
> > myself. The reason I'm able to release a show so often is that
> > most of the
> > posting process is automated, so I can afford no extra steps.
> > 
> > I believe the same is true for HPR.
> > 
> > Point is, this is something to consider, and if I come up with
> > an brilliant
> > ideas for separating musi

Re: [Hpr] Possible cause and solution to subscriber attrition(trying again without encryption)

[Klaatu]

Interestingly, my own podcast, GNU World Order, has gotten a few emails from 
people over the years who say they fall asleep to podcasts, as well.

Many people identify strongly with the "brand" of a podcast by its intro and 
outro music. However, other people find the almost subliminal chatter about 
tech soothing and relaxing. 

We could consider releasing a special feed without music, but that would not  
guarantee a relaxing listen. An HPR host might add loud sound effects or 
music, or shout, or whatever, to their show independent of the intro and outro 
music.

I've been looking into ways of doing a no-music feed for my own show, but so 
far everything requires a bunch of extra steps that I'm not willing to do 
myself. The reason I'm able to release a show so often is that most of the 
posting process is automated, so I can afford no extra steps. 

I believe the same is true for HPR.

Point is, this is something to consider, and if I come up with an brilliant 
ideas for separating music from voice in an easy way, I'll let the admins 
know.

-klaatu


On Monday, 18 October 2021 5:49:55 AM NZDT Ken Fallon wrote:
> Hi anarch0re
> 
> Thanks for getting in touch. I replied to the list but you can feel free
> to reply to me directly.
> 
> See my comments inline.
> 
> On 2021-10-16 23:39:05, anarchore via Hpr wrote:
> > Hi;
> > 
> > There was a community news show about a month ago during which the
> > producers remarked that there was a plateau in subscribers.
> > 
> > I have a suggestion that may improve this attrition rate... I and I'm
> > sure a lot of others listen to podcasts to wind down while going to sleep.
> 
> Ouch ! The community news is putting you to sleep. That hurts !
> 
> Joking aside I doubt that most people use HPR to go to sleep. The
> variety of shows on HPR is so different you would want to be on your
> guard when listening. For example I will only listen to a Dave Morriss
> or tuturto show if I'm wide awake - focused -  and at a computer with
> access to the shownotes. I'll only listen to klaatus shows if I have a
> cup of coffee beside me.
> 
> The purpose of HPR is not to put people to sleep, it's to get them up,
> thinking, hacking, & recording shows with a goal of Sharing Knowledge !
> 
> > The intro song is loud, low bitrate sounding trumpet chiptune fanfare,
> > which is fine.  The thing is, the shows are often recorded at a low
> > volume level so the volume must be adjusted upward to hear them... then
> > after being soothed by a soft spoken hacker voice, the blaring, loud
> > chiptunes are blasted again at the end of the show.
> 
> Fair point and you're not the only one that mentioned this.
> 
> We have several volunteers who will help us clean up the audio and help
> the host improve their setup. We will on occasion farm the poor audio
> out to auphonic.com to see if they can fix it.
> 
> However you don't mention which show in particular you are having a
> problem with. Or do you feel that this is a problem with all of them ?
> 
> Not knowing what shows are having issues we can't tell if it's a issue
> with the source audio, the processing or the transcoding.
> 
> If it's the Community News show then we can do something about it as it
> is directly under my control as I am the one producing it. I will ensure
> that the intro and outro of next months one is added and leveled
> manually. I would like you to give your feedback on the efforts afterwards.
> 
> If it's another show then can you get in touch with me directly so that
> we can see if we can address the issue.
> 
> If you do feel that the audio is poor, there is something that you can
> do to help the project out and that is to report it to us *before* it
> hits the main feed.
> 
> There is no need for any audiophile to suffer in silence. Just subscribe
> to the Future Feed and provide admin@hpr with feedback on the shows
> audio. If there are issues there we can try and fix them before it hits
> the main feed.
> 
> http://hackerpublicradio.org/syndication.php
> 
> > This has woken me up from sleep many times.  I can only imagine the
> > consternation from headphone users.
> > 
> > I'm sure this has led to many rage-unsubscriptions by those less level
> > headed than I.
> 
> I doubt that. The audio on HPR has been consistently variable since it's
> inception. We should be seeing a consistent rate of rage-unsubscriptions
> as well. The dip beg
> 
> I imagine most people skip the outro entirely.
> 
> > There is a much more mellow sounding intro that is the same tune at a
> > lower volume, that is used sometimes.   If there must be an outro song,
> 
> Yes there must be as we need to provide feed

[Hpr] HPR RPG asynchronous play

[Klaatu]

Hi RPG players (and RPG-curious),

Are you interested in "old school" Role-playing Games, like the ones they used 
to play back in the 80s?

I recently joined a game with several HPR friends, and we're playing 
asynchronously in an online forum. It's a highly flexible for scheduling 
(because you post whenever you want), and the [open source] forum software has 
mobile apps as well as web apps.

I've decided to run the AD 2nd Edition mega-dungeon "Rappan Athuk", and I'm 
inviting anyone on this list to play. No experience required. I'm happy to 
teach you what you need to know (including THAC0).

Email me off list for an invite code.

## Requirements: 

You must have either an AD (2nd edition) Player's Handbook (for example, 
https://www.dmsguild.com/product/16868/Players-Handbook-Revised-2e) or Swords 
& Wizardry (a backwards-compatible clone, available at https://
www.drivethrurpg.com/product/86546/Swords-and-Wizardry-Complete-Rulebook). 

Use the Player's Handbook if you want the authentic experience, or if you just 
happen to already own the book, as I do. 

Use Swords & Wizardry if you're lazy and appreciate an actually-well-written 
rulebook. This book is so much clearer than the original rulebook and I do 
highly recommend it. I'll be using the original rulebooks myself, but I have a 
copy of Swords & Wizardry and will work to actively ensure compatibility.

A character sheet. I've uploaded a minimal-ish character sheet here:
https://mixedsignals.ml/tank/2e-character-sheet.pdf

## What to expect:

Not much of a story. Just a deadly, arduous, unbalanced, enormous dungeon that 
will likely kill many, many of your characters.

Encumbrance, accounting, shared spreadsheets, cartography, starvation, and 
magic!

Old school Advanced D with all of its quirks and inelegant maths and 
confusing and over-complex combat rules.

Fun and friendly game play at your own pace.

...see you in the dungeon?

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Re: [Hpr] Regarding episode 3414 and COVID-19 disinformation

[Klaatu]

Content is frequently edited on HPR. Our shownotes team is very active in 
maintaining relevant shownotes, correcting errors, and so on.

Technically, we also prepend and append audio to episodes that require intro 
and outro sequences.

I think links to some country's disease control could be useful in the 
shownotes. After all, the show host *is* encouraging people to think 
critically about a disease, so providing a link to knowledgeable sources of 
information seems in line with what that episode is [technically] all about. 
I'm not convinced that the US's CDC is the best source of information, 
however. I propose the New Zealand government site, as NZ has been able to 
keep casualties and breakouts pretty low. 
https://covid19.govt.nz/health-and-wellbeing/about-covid-19/

On Saturday, September 18, 2021 10:29:47 AM NZST BK Navarette wrote:
> I thought content wasn't edited on hpr.
> 
> Brian-in-ohio
> 
> On 9/17/21 17:21, Joshua Knapp wrote:
> > Would it be possible to actually flag 3414 with the information to the
> > CDC or other reputable source of information?  Similar to how YouTube
> > and other services flag posts like this?
> > 
> > On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM Klaatu  wrote:
> > It is objectively true that people are dying from Covid-19, and if
> > that didn't
> > concern the Hacker Public Radio community, I'd be saddened and
> > disappointed in
> > all of us.
> > 
> > Most listeners of HPR are not on this mailing list.  I propose we
> > combat the
> > disinformation in 3414 with *several* episodes of correct
> > information. I
> > believe the best cure for ignorance is knowledge.
> > 
> > People already believe that "critical thinking" (read: ignoring
> > scientific
> > evidence and "doing your own research" even though you have no
> > access to Covid
> > patients or laboratories) will expose "the truth" behind Covid. 
> > Episode 3414
> > isn't introducing anybody to these ideas.
> > 
> > Episodes in response to it, however, could be the thing that gives
> > someone the
> > courage to stop all of their head-in-the-sand "critical thinking"
> > and to start
> > listening to the experts.
> > 
> > I'm happy to do an episode in response, and in fact I'll post one
> > later today.
> > I'd be happier still if anybody responding to this thread does the
> > same.
> > 
> > -klaatu
> > 
> > > brian-in-ohio
> > > 
> > > On 9/17/21 15:09, nihilazo via Hpr wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I have been wanting to contribute another episode to HPR for
> > 
> > years but
> > 
> > > > have not got around to it yet. However I am more skeptical to
> > 
> > lend my
> > 
> > > > voice to HPR after the publication of episode 3414, which spreads
> > > > anti-vaccine and conspiratorial ideas and promotes vitamin B3 as a
> > > > vaccine alternative (which has some benefits, as a preventative
> > > > alongside the vaccine, but is no replacement, and studies are
> > 
> > still
> > 
> > > > fairly preliminary).
> > > > I understand that usual HPR policy dictates that episodes are
> > 
> > not to
> > 
> > > > be edited or removed after they are uploaded but in the case
> > 
> > of this
> > 
> > > > episode I think it's irresponsible for Hacker Public Radio to
> > 
> > leave it
> > 
> > > > up, especially in the midst of a global health crisis.
> > > > Are there any plans to deal with this episode's potentially
> > 
> > harmful
> > 
> > > > content?
> > > > 
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Re: [Hpr] Regarding episode 3414 and COVID-19 disinformation

[Klaatu]

It is objectively true that people are dying from Covid-19, and if that didn't 
concern the Hacker Public Radio community, I'd be saddened and disappointed in 
all of us.

Most listeners of HPR are not on this mailing list.  I propose we combat the 
disinformation in 3414 with *several* episodes of correct information. I 
believe the best cure for ignorance is knowledge. 

People already believe that "critical thinking" (read: ignoring scientific 
evidence and "doing your own research" even though you have no access to Covid 
patients or laboratories) will expose "the truth" behind Covid.  Episode 3414 
isn't introducing anybody to these ideas.

Episodes in response to it, however, could be the thing that gives someone the 
courage to stop all of their head-in-the-sand "critical thinking" and to start 
listening to the experts.

I'm happy to do an episode in response, and in fact I'll post one later today. 
I'd be happier still if anybody responding to this thread does the same.

-klaatu




> 
> brian-in-ohio
> 
> On 9/17/21 15:09, nihilazo via Hpr wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have been wanting to contribute another episode to HPR for years but
> > have not got around to it yet. However I am more skeptical to lend my
> > voice to HPR after the publication of episode 3414, which spreads
> > anti-vaccine and conspiratorial ideas and promotes vitamin B3 as a
> > vaccine alternative (which has some benefits, as a preventative
> > alongside the vaccine, but is no replacement, and studies are still
> > fairly preliminary).
> > I understand that usual HPR policy dictates that episodes are not to
> > be edited or removed after they are uploaded but in the case of this
> > episode I think it's irresponsible for Hacker Public Radio to leave it
> > up, especially in the midst of a global health crisis.
> > Are there any plans to deal with this episode's potentially harmful
> > content?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Nico
> > 
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Re: [Hpr] Article by hedorah on HPR

[Klaatu]

On Tuesday, April 27, 2021 12:37:29 AM NZST Thaj Sara wrote:
> While I
> appreciate Klaatu's response, I don't know that adding more to the
> post-upload workflow would really work.  That being said I am always
> available for those who want to talk to someone about improving the audio
> quality and/or trying to fix a recording that is already made.  The biggest
> caveat to that last part is audio is very much garbage in, garbage out.
> You can only fix things so much if the initial recording is not great.
> 

I should clarify: my off-the-cuff idea was that a volunteer would consult with 
a prospective host to help them prepare good audio input ("do you have a mic? 
is it powered or unpowered?  where are you recording?" etc)  and then to 
assist with post production. 

Librevox, a web project that records and releases public domain books as audio 
productions, has a really interesting volunteer onboarding process that, at 
the very least, is worth looking at. You have to introduce yourself in their 
forum and announce your intention to record a book, then you must submit an 
audio clip of a standard phrase at a specific bitrate and  in a specific 
format, 
which is critiqued by their moderators. This process is repeated until the 
moderators are happy, and THEN you get to read your chapter or book or 
whatever. 

I'm not saying HPR should necessarily go this route, I'm just brainstorming.

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Re: [Hpr] Article by hedorah on HPR

[Klaatu]

The question raised by this blog post feel valid. I think the things to 
consider are:

* How do we encourage increased quality without also excluding those for who 
good audio quality is difficult to achieve?

A proposed answer: maybe we have volunteers to help "produce" shows, rather 
than to generate content? In other words, if we aim for 1 show a week, then 
instead of $JANITOR feeling the best way for $JANITOR to contribute is by 
pumping out 3 episodes to fill slots, $VOLUNTEER would instead "foster" in a 
new host, with consultation on how to achieve good audio quality, etc. 

* How do we reduce frequency of shows without also making a new host wait for 
months before their show goes live (an excellent de-motivator).

Proposed answer: commit to 1 show a week, but allow for spontaneous 
"impatient" bonus episodes.

* Fewer episodes per week doesn't guarantee that $LISTENER is going to 
suddenly be more interested in each episode, or even that $LISTENER will feel 
the audio quality is "good enough". The world wide audience is _huge_, and 
each person has their  own requirements for  what they put in their ears, and 
these requirements can change with mood, weather, or whatever else. 

Just my thoughts. I personally enjoy the daily release schedule, but I 
wouldn't be surprised if I also enjoyed a weekly release too.

-klaatu

On Sunday, April 25, 2021 9:39:26 PM NZST nstr wrote:
> On 21-04-24 20:02, BK Navarette wrote:
> > Funny, why does the blog writer not do  show? Give an example of quality.
> > Or if they are shy use espeak or a volunteer to read i out, I'd be
> > willing to help with either.
> > 
> > Brian-in-ohio
> 
> Hello, I'm the author of the post.
> 
> I regret writing this post in hindsight. 'Quality' was a bad choice of
> words. I also enjoy the DIY rawness of HPR and I certainly don't want it
> to be more polished, in some professional sense. I've should have
> replaced 'quality' with 'to my subjective interest' or something along
> those lines.
> 
> The main point was to bring up the question of perhaps keeping empty
> slots empty. As a non-contributing listener it's not my place to try to
> impose my ideas on the project. Therefor I choose to post it on a
> personal blog rather than, for example in this mailing list.
> 
> As for the reason I'm not submitting a shining example of a quality
> show I've been a listener since at least hpr0980 :: Broadband for Rural
> North and I've considered this many times and attempted it a few but I'm
> terrible at podcasting and after this I don't want to be known as the
> asshole who complained about HPR quality but still submits shows.
> 
> It was not my intent to offend anyone and I regret my choice of words.
> I have huge respect for all of the contributors and I want to apologize
> to all of you. I'm sorry.
> 
> All the best
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> 
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Re: [Hpr] Article by hedorah on HPR

[Klaatu]

I don't think an apology is necessary.  Your post generated healthy 
introspection, and was itself both respectful and kind. 

I think it's great that you're a listener and now, by way of constructive 
criticism, you are also a contributor. Keep spreading the word!


On 25 April 2021 9:39:26 PM NZST, nstr  wrote:
>On 21-04-24 20:02, BK Navarette wrote:
>> Funny, why does the blog writer not do  show? Give an example of
>quality. Or
>> if they are shy use espeak or a volunteer to read i out, I'd be
>willing to
>> help with either.
>> 
>> Brian-in-ohio
>> 
>
>Hello, I'm the author of the post.
>
>I regret writing this post in hindsight. 'Quality' was a bad choice of 
>words. I also enjoy the DIY rawness of HPR and I certainly don't want
>it
>to be more polished, in some professional sense. I've should have
>replaced 'quality' with 'to my subjective interest' or something along
>those lines.
>
>The main point was to bring up the question of perhaps keeping empty 
>slots empty. As a non-contributing listener it's not my place to try to
>impose my ideas on the project. Therefor I choose to post it on a
>personal blog rather than, for example in this mailing list.
>
>As for the reason I'm not submitting a shining example of a quality
>show I've been a listener since at least hpr0980 :: Broadband for Rural
>
>North and I've considered this many times and attempted it a few but
>I'm
>terrible at podcasting and after this I don't want to be known as the
>asshole who complained about HPR quality but still submits shows.
>
>It was not my intent to offend anyone and I regret my choice of words. 
>I have huge respect for all of the contributors and I want to apologize
>
>to all of you. I'm sorry.
>
>All the best

-- 
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Re: [Hpr] PDF files

[Klaatu]

Another option could be something like 

$ curl https://www.ahuka.com/gimp/patterns-and-gradients/ | \
pandoc --from html --to markdown | \
sed -e '1,/content role=\"main\"/ d' | \
pandoc --from markdown --output output.pdf   

If you know enough about pandoc and CSS, you could apply any number of styles 
during the PDF processing. Otherwise, the default formatting is pretty nice.

-klaatu

On Saturday, April 10, 2021 6:45:09 AM NZST Kevin O'Brien wrote:
> Ken has mentioned wanting PDF files for the tutorials I have done. While
> the ultimate solution may require more work, I have made a stop-gap
> solution by installing a WordPress plugin that puts a button on each page
> that says "Save as PDF". It works pretty well, but it does put a watermark
> on each page that says "Demo". I will figure out something better at some
> point, but anyone who wants a PDF can get one now. Just use the link in the
> show notes to get the page URL, and look on the bottom of the page. For
> blog posts, you have to go to the permaddress page for each post.
> 
> My longer range plan is to have a "book" for each collection of tutorials,
> such as LibreOffice Writer as one book, LibreOffice Calc as another, GIMP
> as a third, and so on. And I'll probably get an episode out of that process.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Kevin B. O'Brien
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[Hpr] March RPG Club

[Klaatu]

First Sunday of March, at 17:00 UTC, I'm going to be running a tabletop 
roleplaying game called Starfinder.  If you're reading this, then you're 
invited to join in. No experience required. As you can imagine, being 
contributors to an educational podcast like HPR, we're eager to teach new 
players!

If you don't own a copy of Starfinder yourself, please download a pre-generated 
character: http://mixedsignals.ml/downloads/Starfinder_characters.zip

The game will last weekly and end in early April, but you do not need to 
commit to showing up to every session. We consider 2 people quorum.

We play for 2 hours, on Mumble.

1. Download Mumble from https://www.mumble.info (it's also 
available for Android phones and tablets, just search your app store)
2. Install it.
3. Launch it.
4. Add a new server:
  Address: ch1.teamspeak.cc
  Port: 64747 
  Username: (choose a user name for yourself)

We'll be in the Gaming channel on the server.

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[Hpr] RPG Club

[Klaatu]

During the month of March, the HPR RPG Club is going to play Starfinder, a 
science-fantasy game set in the far future, based on D rules (the d20 
system).

No purchase necessary, no experience required. We're an inclusive group whose 
main goal is to have fun and make friends.

If you want to join in, let me know, and I can send you further details or 
discuss any questions you might have.

Resources:

Core Rulebook (this is only required to build your own character):
https://paizo.com/products/btpy9ssr?Starfinder-Core-Rulebook

Pre-generated characters (this way you don't have to buy the rulebook):
http://mixedsignals.ml/tank/starfinder_pregen.tar.gz

We play at 16:00 UTC Sunday
on the HPR Mumble server:
ch1.teamspeak.cc 
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[Hpr] D one-shot on Tuesday

[Klaatu]

I'm running a 5e one-shot with a new player and need to fill out the party.
9 February (Tuesday) at 17:00-19:00 UTC. 
Email me if you're keen.
-klaatu

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[Hpr] November HPR RPG Club

[Klaatu]

The HPR RPG Club has just concluded one month of Shadowrun 5e.  Our system 
review will be recorded next week and posted soon thereafter.

Next, we'll be playing Dead Earth, the classic 1990s post-apocalyptic (and GNU 
Free Documentation License) RPG. Because such a big part of the game is 
character building, we'll start out with a session dedicated to generating 
characters together.

As usual, the schedule is here in RSS form:
https://mixedsignals.ml/games/rpg.xml

Or cut to the chase with the iCalendar invite. Note that all times are in UTC:
http://mixedsignals.ml/games/hprpg.ics

Bring your lead overcoat!

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Re: [Hpr] Blind Dungeons & Dragons (and episode request)

[Klaatu]

Off the top of my head:

Set input to the "Monitor of " your desired input device

Fire off sounds using whatever app you want to use; I could see LMMS locally, 
or Gridsound.com in your browser, as being convenient tools for this.

I guess combining the streams of your voice and the Monitor soundboard is the 
tricky part. I'm not 100% sure how that would be done, as I haven't thought it 
through. Maybe just signing into your online game with 2 separate accounts and 
clients.



On Sunday, November 1, 2020 2:49:44 PM NZDT epicanis+...@dogphilosophy.net 
wrote:
> You know, this makes for an excellent excuse for me to an
> HPR-episode-request and/or request for pointers about something I've
> been trying to figure out.
> 
> Even for people with ordinary visual acuity, I still think more
> attention audio would be great for TTRPGs, especially ones run
> virtually. For example, it's doesn't seem to be uncommon for the DM to
> post a picture of a place the PCs have walked into (which might possibly
> have some visual clues of some sort in the details). What if the DM also
> had a "soundscape" prepared for locations, like low-whistling wind and
> very echo-y dripping-water sounds for the large cavern, or clinking of
> dishes and faint bardic music amid the walla-walla of background
> conversation in a crowded inn?
> 
> (And then, for example, if the DM has a "bonus clue" they want to offer
> to the players, they might push a button on a soundboard to insert a
> brief, faint but comprehensible snippet of conversation into the noise
> of the Inn, or if the PCs are being stalked through the caverns - an
> occasional out of place scuffing or shuffling noise, and if the players
> notice, the PCs notice).
> 
> Plus, of course, the potential for real-time audio effects applied to
> voices of NPCs, like perhaps a slight vocoder effect for a golem, or an
> unnaturally-deep pitch-shift for the Great Demon-Lord Doombelch, etc.
> 
> So, along those lines, lately I've been wondering how to construct a
> real-time combination of
> microphone/"filters"/soundboard/pre-recorded-audio-stream that could be
> applied to any online conferencing system. I feel certain this is doable
> (I know it's at least *possible* to define a "virtual" microphone with
> pulseaudio) but I haven't been able to figure out where to start.
> 
> Anybody willing to record an episode (or just point me at some
> appropriate resources) on ways one might put together something that
> works like that? Can it be done in "pure" pulseaudio? Or maybe this is
> the kind of thing Jack is for?
> 
> Or maybe someone's already done this and I just didn't notice it in the
> HPR archives...
> 
> On 10/29/20 3:43 AM, Andrew Conway wrote:
> > Hi Mike
> > 
> > I play D with Klaatu's HPR group and I've been amazed at how
> > effective RPGs can be audio only and online. In some ways it is like
> > the old saying about radio: the pictures are better than TV!
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Re: [Hpr] [HPR} Blind Dungeons *& Dragons

[Klaatu]

I'm up for a one-shot game, for sure.  I could make a 2 to 4 hour session on 
UTC Saturday anywhere from 16;00 and later [UTC]. 

I've extracted the text, and converted all tables to bullet lists, from the 
System Reference Document (SRD) of the Player's Handbook. I discuss this with 
McNalu in episode http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3120

The "drawback" (if you call it that) is that I've added some open game content 
to fill out missing character options, which causes my SRD to diverge from the 
official Player Handbook. For instance, the Player's Handbook offers Path of 
the 
Berserker and Path of the Totem Warrior for Barbarians, but they only release 
Path of the Berserker as part of the SRD. So my version offers Path of the 
Berserker and a third-party Path of the Shaman instead. Not really a big deal 
unless you're playing with someone adamantly opposed to third party content.

Here's the Git repo to that document: 
https://notabug.org/notklaatu/5srdnd

The document is 5e_SRD.md 

That may or may not be of use to you.

-klaatu

On Saturday, October 31, 2020 2:12:20 AM NZDT Mike Ray wrote:
> Klaatu,
> 
> This is all great stuff.
> 
> I was not able to reply directly because I currently have some kind of
> enigmail error on TBird, which stops me replying to anybody with a key.
> Need to sort that out. So this is a new message with the subject
> hopefully set right.
> 
> I have created an account on dndbeyond, after sending them an email and
> asking them if their materials are accessible.
> 
> I have bought the Monster Manual and the Dungeon Master's Handbook, and
> I can not only confirm that both are indeed accessible, but that both
> are beautifully formatted for me to access with a screen reader.
> 
> For example, the Monster Manual is well indexed with all the monsters
> falling under alphabetical order and I can go to, say, Goblins directly
> and see their stats.
> 
> So if I was making a campaign, I can easily copy and paste monster stats
> into a serial order text document for me to follow on a laptop or my iPad.
> 
> It's been great seeing monster names I have not heard or seen for over
> forty years, like carrion crawlers and gelatinous cubes.
> 
> The 5th editition rule book I found online and converted into text with
> the help of the great Kurzweil 1000 OCR app on Windows. The rule book
> was a PDF of scanned images making up each page, but OCR was not a
> problem. It has not formatted tables correctly, but I can extract what I
> need.
> 
> I've also joined a very big community on Facebook dedicated to 5e D,
> and the folks on there also seem to think being blind is no barrier.
> 
> Certainly I had already kind of accepted the idea of players rolling my
> dice for me, and don't think there is any impediment there.
> 
> I look forward to another episode on this subject from you.
> 
> Perhaps if this becomes something of a discussion, we can have a small
> 'game-ette' on Zoom or, preferably, Jitsi, and make an episode from it.
> 
> Anybody else who is up for that could also join in.
> 
> I have not generated any characters yet, have to get on to that.
> 
> Next problem is how to stop buying dice on Amazon, but that's another story.
> 
> It's also very easy to write dice applications in Python and Javascript
> of course.
> 
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[Hpr] RPG invitation [was: Blind Dungeons & Dragons]

[Klaatu]

On Saturday, October 31, 2020 3:36:53 AM NZDT Jason Dodd wrote:
> If you keep this up, I'm going to buckle down and join a game.
> 
> 

You are more than welcome to join in, as is anyone on or adjacent to this 
mailing list. 

My public drop-in sessions are announced here. We play different systems on a 
rotating basis, but if it's [some RPG] you're looking for, this is a place to 
start:

http://mixedsignals.ml/games/rpg.xml

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Re: [Hpr] Blind Dungeons & Dragons

[Klaatu]

Mike, I played D 3.5 and Pathfinder with a blind player for years. I've 
admittedly never run a game whilst blind, but I've run sessions with no 
materials, so it's definitely possible to DM without looking at books or die. 

I will record an HPR episode with more detail and thought, but here's a quick 
summary:

D core rulebooks are available as audio books.

D Beyond is apparently accessible to blind users. [Untested]

Thoughts about what traditionally is made possible by vision:

* No adventure module necessary: Make up an adventure in your head, on the fly. 
Reacting to players is what makes you a player yourself, otherwise you're just 
a referee, and that's boring.

* You need to know, or at least have a feel for, monster stats. You can have 
players read stats and features for you (assuming one of them has a Monster 
Manual), or you can memorize stats from the audio version, or you can just 
invent your own -- although making stuff up that's fair takes some practise. 
People say players shouldn't know the stats of monsters, but I've never played 
a game of D without at least one player knowing a monster's stats _from 
memory_ better than I do. It just doesn't matter.

* Tell your players to buy some graph paper and map their progress through a 
town or dungeon. I don't know about you, but I don't have a cartographer 
following me around in real life giving me directions, so don't think a DM is 
obligated to map everything out for the player characters.

* Theater-of-the-mind instead of battle maps. I don't want to bog down my 
analogue game with technology, so I don't tend to use mapping software in my 
online games.  Combat can get fuzzy as a result, but stay flexible, don't be 
too strict about movement speed, describe the combat layout frequently to keep 
everyone on the same page, and it works out fine.

* Have players manage initiative order and damage.

* Have players roll your die. As a DM, I never conceal rolls from players, so 
it doesn't really matter whether I roll or not. Just tell a player to roll a 
d20 for you, or a d6 for damage, or whatever. Frankly, there's a certain 
sadism to this, too. Players have to roll to inflict pain upon each other or 
themselves. It can be more fun than the DM rolling.

* Alternatively, you can just "pre roll" your dice.  Generate a list of random 
numbers, and progress through these rolls in whatever accessible way you 
prefer.

That's it! It's not at all a major shift, but a slight adjustment.

If you ever want me to run you through a one-shot game and talk through the 
process, let me know. 

HPR episode forthcoming.

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Re: [Hpr] RPG Club

[Klaatu]

On Sunday, September 20, 2020 11:22:05 PM Cobra Two wrote:
> I have the latest Shadowrun book.

I only have 5th Edition. I've heard there are some pretty big differences 
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[Hpr] RPG Club

[Klaatu]

Hi fellow hackers,

tl;dr - subscribe to my gaming RSS feed 

http://mixedsignals.ml/games/rpg.xml

to get updates on when I'm holding online RPG sessions you can join.

## Back story:

Months ago, I invited everyone to some online tabletop RPG games I was 
running. It's worked out really well (heck, one of the games is still going), 
but I think it's time for a little something extra.


## The plan:

I want to start an RPG Club. Anyone reading this is invited (even if you've 
been forwarded this email and don't know what HPR is). 

As with HPR itself, all are welcome, regardless of {ethnicity, gender, sexual 
orientation, politic, religion, and so on}. I believe these games are 
appropriate for ages 13 and up. 

The club will aim to play a different RPG each month (or so). That means we'll 
do relatively short, introductory-style games once a week for 2 hours.


## Benefits to HPR

At the end of each month, I'd like to record an HPR episode reviewing the game 
system we just played. Yes, this is directly inspired by the HPR Book Club.


## Game systems I intend to try:

Shadowrun 
Swords & Wizardry
Pathfinder 1e
Pathfinder 2e
Starfinder 
Castles & Crusades
Dead Earth
Mythic D6
OpenD6
Mythos & Madness
D 2e (Dragonlance specifically)
D 5e
Dungeon Raiders
Murder Hobos
Ironsworn
D4Core
...to name a few


## Action requested 

If you're interested, subscribe to this RSS feed: 
http://mixedsignals.ml/games/rpg.xml

This alerts you of upcoming game times, where to meet and when, and so on.

Please do email me to sign up. I can probably handle 5 or 6 players, but not 
more than that.


## Contact info 

If you have questions or complaints about what timezone I'm in, feel free to 
email me. I can't control timezones or my work schedule, but I'm eager to 
accommodate as much as possible.


That is all.


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Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

[Klaatu]

This is great context. Thanks for this, Mike. 

I'm on board.

On Monday, August 24, 2020 05:25:07 PM Mike Ray wrote:
> Hello guys and gals,
> 
> I'm currently working on a project using Template::Toolkit, and finding
> Dave's show notes on this subject very useful.
> 
> I have a small favour to ask with reference to writing show notes and
> accessibility for those of us using screen readers.
> 
> All the screen readers I use have 'landmark' navigation keys.
> 
> Typically one can press a particular key and jump between HTML tags.
> 
> For example, I can jump from link-to-link using NVDA in Windows with the
> 'k' key.
> 
> And here is the accessibility bit.
> 
> If the page is sprinkled with this kind of thing:
> 
> You can find the instructions for feeding elephants  href="page">here
> 
> If I jump to that link, my screen reader says 'here'.  Well, what is here?
> 
> Better to write it:
> 
> You can find the instructions for feeding elephants
> here
> 
> Markdown allows that kind of thing too.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Mike


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Re: [Hpr] Content Query

[Klaatu]

On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 10:21:45 PM yann...@frenchguy.ch wrote:
> As a content maker, I'll always produce content for my own channels first.
> I've never seen HPR as being an original content publisher. Which explains
> my mistake of rebranding some of my original mistake and publishing it on
> HPR after it was originally published on another channel, and also explains
> why I've been silent for a while now : I will always publish on my channels
> first, and by doing so, I will not be able to post that content to HPR. If
> I ever produce content that is HPR-compliant in the future, I'll gladly
> post it then. Until then, I'm a silent lurker.
> 
> Yannick, the french guy from Switzerland.
> 
> 
> Ya

I don't believe you're in violation of any HPR rule, Yannick. I appreciate the 
content you post, and your participation in the community call.  Maybe you're 
referring to an interaction you've had privately with HPR admins.

I think we as a community do need to think about what qualifies as abuse. I 
don't think Yannick is abusing HPR, for instance, but I do acknowledge that 
someone could do what Yannick is doing for a result that would look and feel 
like an abuse of HPR.

If Yannick didn't mirror some of his content on HPR, I wouldn't ever have 
heard him, because I didn't know he existed until I heard him on HPR. So 
there's value in mirroring some content some of the time.

-klaatu

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Re: [Hpr] Content Query

[Klaatu]

On Thursday, July 23, 2020 07:36:01 PM Ken Fallon wrote:
> Hi Marcus,
> 
> If you create material and post it first on HPR then it meets the
> requirements you mention. That means once you upload it to the HPR
> server you can publish it anywhere else you like.
> 
> You can ping the janitors at admin@hpr for more technical questions, as
> this list goes to the community.
> 
> That said, this question (and three other queries I have had off the
> mail list) does bring a fundamental question as to what HPR is. Are we a
> Content Publication Network like youtube, or are we a Podcast that
> random people contribute to ? Or to put it another way, is the host
> addressing the Internet in general or the HPR Audience ?
> 
> I would like to hear the opinions of the community on this please.
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have some ideas and wanted to provide some shows.  I had a question
> > about the interpretation of produced for hacker public radio.
> > 
> > "For this reason we are only releasing material created exclusively for
> > HPR."
> > 
> > Can I do the show for HPR and then share the show on another community
> > online radio channel later?  If it's CC-BY-SA I'd assume so but wanted
> > to ask before I started working on my ideas.
> > 
> > Thank you very much,
> > 
> > Marcus

There seem to be 3 use-cases. Created content for:

0. ...HPR and post only to HPR
1. ...HPR and post first to HPR, then post elsewhere
2. ...multiple targets, one of which is HPR

Based on what Stank Dawg has said in response to this thread, 0 and 1 are 
easily within the original intent of HPR.

2 seems to require a bunch of parameters to define. On the surface, I think 
it's fine, but then again it could be abused. To better define expectations, 
I'd 
like to know what we would classify as abuse. 

The things that comes to my mind as abuse:

* A big corporate-style podcast deciding to mirror a show on HPR just to boost 
their own signal.
* Any condition resulting in more days a week of mirrored content than of 
original content (produced for HPR). 
* A media blitz targets every possible outlet, including HPR, in an attempt to 
air content on a massive scale. The content may qualify as being of interest 
to hackers, but HPR is being used as a small piece in a larger campaign.
* An AI generates unique tech content and posts to HPR. It's valid content, 
but is rote and uninteresting.
* Someone seeks to silence the voices of HPR by occupying all available slots 
with content that appears to be "of interest to hackers".
* Someone posts disinformation. As this can sometimes be up for debate, it may 
or may not always qualify as abuse, but ideally the community will eventually 
flag repeat offenses and deal with the content accordingly.

Not abuse:

* A content creator posts audio of programming tutorials to HPR, and 
video+audio to youtube, knowing that the audiences are different crowds
* A podcaster doesn't have money for hosting, and so posts their tech podcasts 
to HPR, and points to the media in their own RSS feed. Whether or not the 
podcaster acknowledges HPR, the head and tail of each show identifies HPR as a 
significant "sponsor".
* A big corporate-style podcast decides to mirror an episode or two on HPR, 
because they believe the content is especially relevant to our network. This 
is done sparingly, maybe once a month. Should they be contacted by HPR, the 
podcast staff responds, interacting with the HPR community on a personal level 
to explain why they feel HPR is an appropriate outlet for their CC BY-SA 
content.
* A content creator produces content for HPR, but is uninteresting and boring 
to listen to. Most of our audience skips their episodes.
* A content creator produces content for HPR, but they speak in a heavy accent 
and most of our audience cannot understand what they're saying, or the audio 
quality is poor.


I don't know the best way to codify something like this. On one hand, I do 
think it's important to have this established officially. On the other hand, I 
don't think everyone submitting a show needs this level of detail. 

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Re: [Hpr] Work (or avoid work) from home chat on Mumble.

[Klaatu]

With long options, for users who prefer mnemonic hints:

$ date --utc --date "12:00 EST" 
$ date --date "12:00 EST"  #defaults to your $TZ setting


On Wednesday, March 18, 2020 08:52:17 AM Ken Fallon wrote:
> $ \date -u -d "12:00 EST"
> Wed Mar 18 17:00:00 UTC 2020
> $ \date -d "12:00 EST"
> Wed Mar 18 18:00:00 CET 2020
> 
> On 2020-03-17 17:16, Thaj Sara wrote:
> > Announcing the ‘hopefully’ only COVID-19 Self Distancing Work Stream
> > Live.  
> > 
> > 
> > The idea is to have a live chat on the HPR mumble server during a
> > portion of the day for people to tune into as they work (or avoid
> > work).  The intent is to treat this like the HPR New Years stream and
> > record it for release on HPR (because let’s face it we all owe Ken a
> > show or two). 
> > 
> > 
> > My plan is to join the room around 12:00 EST each day and start the
> > recording (I’ll be running a bit late today).  If someone wants to join
> > earlier and start recording please feel free. If you do just let me know
> > and I can send you a way to get me the recordings.  I’ll take
> > responsibility for editing and posting the shows once we are finished.
> > We’ll see if anyone is interested and shows up. 
> > 
> > 
> > If you join show notes can be found here:
> > http://thaj.dnsdojo.com:9001/p/HPRWorkLive
> > 
> > 
> > The HPR Mumble server is:
> > 
> > Server: ch1.teamspeak.cc  
> > 
> > Port: 64747
> > 
> > 
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Re: [Hpr] Stuck at home? Wanna play D?

[Klaatu]

OK, I'd say we've reached critical mass, so I'm moving this off-list now. Any 
stragglers can email me directly.

Based on times you provided, and my own schedule, it seems we have two obvious 
choices:

Wednesday 16:30-18:30 UTC

or

Thursday 20:00-22:00 UTC

Tell me your preference, or pitch a better, but precise, time if you want.

Plan on 3 or 4 or 6 sessions over the course of as-many weeks. If at the end 
of that, we're in a worse global state, we'll re-assess andwell, probably 
play more often, if nothing else!

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Re: [Hpr] Harassment on HPR

[Klaatu]

I agree with the proposed patch.

Do we have more information about the harrassment that took (or is taking?) 
place? I don't mean names or anything specific,  just wondering what we're 
dealing with. Mean comments? Threatening emails? What level are we at here? 

If discussing it publically would betray confidence, then disregard my 
question. 

On 15 December 2019 1:56:54 AM NZDT, Ken Fallon  wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I have had disturbing reports that multiple hosts have been harassed
>after posting shows to HPR. After further investigation I have no
>reason
> to doubt that these reports are anything but genuine.
>
>This has been a bit of a shock to me, as HPR has always seemed like a
>well-regulated community. I for one don't condone harassment or
>offensive behavior especially against people who have made the effort
>to
> contribute to the network. I believe that this is the view of the HPR
>Community in general, but I would like confirmation.
>
>Therefore I formally propose the following policy change.
>
>Modify http://hackerpublicradio.org/about.php#free_culture as follows:
>
>< Hacker Public Radio is dedicated to sharing knowledge
>---
>> Hacker Public Radio is dedicated to sharing knowledge in a welcoming
>community that offers positive feedback and encourages respectful
>debate.
>
>I would appreciate your active response on this issue.

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Re: [Hpr] Klattu???

[klaatu]

I think if Klaatu cared about doxing at this point, he'd have a lot to 
learn about keeping idents separate. There's a heck a lot of overlap 
these days.


'sall good.

On 2019-10-28 16:38, cobra2 wrote:

Klaatu probably didn't want a dox. Too late I know.

On October 28, 2019 9:28:30 PM UTC, Jon Doe  
wrote:

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 4:06 PM Kevin O'Brien 
wrote:


Well played!


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z wil...@zwilnik.com
http://google.me/+kevinobrien
http://www.google.com/profiles/Ahuka5656
http://about.me/zwilnik
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be

afraid of their people.” - Alan Moore, *V for Vendetta*
*Public Key = F6283E7A <https://pgp.mit.edu/>*



On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 4:43 PM Klaatu 

wrote:



Byline says it's by some guy named Seth, a daring beat reporter who

I

happen to know. I can duck into this nearby phone booth and contact

him.


On 29 October 2019 6:42:38 AM NZDT, Kevin Wisher



wrote:


Is this written by our famous community member?




https://opensource.com/article/19/10/how-community-saved-artwork-creative-commons




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Re: [Hpr] Klattu???

[Klaatu]

Byline says it's by some guy named Seth, a daring beat reporter who I happen to 
know. I can duck into this nearby phone booth and contact him.

On 29 October 2019 6:42:38 AM NZDT, Kevin Wisher  wrote:
>Is this written by our famous community member?
>
>https://opensource.com/article/19/10/how-community-saved-artwork-creative-commons

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Re: [Hpr] Passing of 5150

[Klaatu]

I'm in shock. He and I just connected on Mastodon this past month.

He'll be missed.

On 8 September 2019 10:42:10 PM NZST, Ken Fallon  wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>It is again my sad duty to inform you that another of our hosts and
>friends, 5150 AKA Donald Grier has passed away.
>
>- http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=131
>- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=14256928219
>- https://davsvo.com/2019/09/06/rest-in-peace-don/
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>
>Ken Fallon
>http://kenfallon.com
>http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=30
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Re: [Hpr] Series Idea

[Klaatu]

I think this is of interest to hackers. Certainly is to this one, anyway.

I agree with your solution to defining 'free'. If you can find it in a place 
that claims to be doing due diligence in determining that the film's creators 
intend it to be available for $0 then it's good to go. And if some contrary 
contributor decides to review something less legal, it's just a review, so 
while not in the spirit of the series, it's not a risk to HPR.

On 26 August 2019 8:15:32 AM NZST, lostnbronx  wrote:
>On 8/25/19, Nigel Verity  wrote:
>
>> How strictly do you feel the term "free" should be interpreted? I'm
>sure
>> most of us know how to get hold of movies for free as in beer, even
>if they
>> are not necessarily 100% legitimate in terms of all the copyright
>> legalities.
>
>That's a good question. I guess I mean both free as in beer, and free
>as in freedom. Either Public Domain, or some sort of free license.
>Archive.org is a good source for content like this, but it's not the
>only one.
>
>Since HPR won't be hosting or distributing the films, I don't believe
>we're looking at any issues concerning copyright.
>-- 
>http://www.cavalcadeaudio.com/
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Re: [Hpr] Should we reject a show with copyrighted fair use clips in it ?

[Klaatu]

This demonstrates the inferiority of non Creative Commons content.  We are all 
left to our own interpretation of "fair use" (some say there is legally no such 
thing at all). 

I believe we must reject the episode on the basis that we could be placing our 
hosting provider at risk. If we want to encourage the episode host to go rogue 
and post it on his/her own server, then we can do that. Or we can encourage the 
host to use CC-licensed material.

We must protect our hosting provider and the volunteers who might be seen as 
beibg legally responsible.

Don't like it? Push CC licensing (this is the route I prefer), or set up a 
pirate server yourself (and continue to empower those using copyright as 
cultural blackmail). 



On 23 May 2019 8:50:44 PM NZST, Ken Fallon  wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Under safe harbor provisions, we as volunteers are usually insulated
>from any copyright issues that may arise in the shows. "We do not vet,
>edit, moderate or in any way censor any of the shows on the network, we
>trust you to do that."
>
>This we got by accident because "This is a long standing tradition
>arising from the fact that HPR is a community of peers who believe that
>any host has as much right to submit shows as any other."
>http://hackerpublicradio.org/stuff_you_need_to_know.php#not_moderated
>
>In the show notes associated with hpr2829 on 2019-06-06, the host
>included the following text "For all included materials: If anyone
>feels
>they have right to any material in this show please let me know and I
>will comply."
>
>This violates the HPR upload policy
>http://hackerpublicradio.org/stuff_you_need_to_know.php#permission
>
>"Never include content, for example music, in your show that you do not
>have permission to redistribute. Try to avoid using any content in your
>show that can not be redistributed under a Creative Commons
>Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. If you are redistributing
>under another Creative Commons License or by arranged permission please
>make note of the restrictions when you upload your show. We can then
>signal that, so that others who redistribute HPR content can filter
>your
>show out."
>
>As it was clear that they were not in compliance, I contacted the host.
>The host has been very helpful and has already removed some of the
>content but commented "There are still 2 audio clips included. I claim
>I
>can use them on the basis off fair use principles."
>
>While the host may be correct, if they are not, then it is me and not
>the host that will be held responsible for posting it. I do not want
>that responsibility.
>
>Under the current HPR rules I am allowed to reject this submission.
>
>Before I do, I would appreciate as much feedback as possible on this
>topic so that we can gauge the opinions of the HPR Community as a
>whole.
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>
>Ken Fallon
>http://kenfallon.com
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Re: [Hpr] Error and comment

[Klaatu]

An HPR episode on this topic would be amazing. If you're too busy, i'd be happy 
to read your email into a recorder and release the show in your name.

On 16 April 2019 1:10:29 PM NZST, Mike Ray  wrote:
>
>I got an error when I tried to post a comment about the latest podcast
>about TTS.
>
>I don't have the error code now as I pasted it into an email to admin
>and the email bounced.
>
>I suspect it was because my comment was too long, here it is:
>
>
>Condescending and sarcastic.
>
>Oh isn't text-to-speech such a laugh?
>
>I get really, really annoyed when people criticise eSpeak.
>
>Anybody who complains about it sounding robotic obviously was not
>around
>thirty years ago.
>
>eSpeak's author, Jonathan Duddington, in my humble opinion, deserves a
>Nobel prize.
>
>He has probably done more for blind and visually impaired computer
>users, like me, all over the world, than any other individual or
>organisation.
>
>In fact it is hard to name any single person who has had such an impact
>on any group of users, apart perhaps from Linus Torvalds and Richard
>Stallman.
>
>1. It is Open Source.
>2. It is tiny, the memory footprint is small.
>3. It is snappy and can speak really fast, which is what we (blind
>people) use when we get used to it, speeds that would make your hair
>curl.
>4. It probably has more language support than any other free and Open
>Source synthesiser.
>5. It can run in a mode where it can return rendered speech, in the
>form
>of PCM, to a calling program, so it can be used in other programs. I
>don't think any other synth can do this.
>6. It can even return phonemes, a mode which I have used more than once
>to provide a kind of 'fuzzy search' in a database.
>
>I regularly write and maintain library code, and application code, in
>C,
>C++ and/or Python, as well as Perl, and many of these code libraries
>have in excess of 100k lines.
>
>Including, incidentally, a library which used a combination of eSpeak
>and OMX to render TTS directly on the GPU of a Raspberry Pi when 'they'
>broke the ALSA driver on the Pi, which made the speech stutter and
>crash
>the kernel, and refused to fix it for about four years.
>
>If I spent all my time bitching about how robotic eSpeak is I would
>never get any work done.
>
>How much time do you spend when you should be writing code, worrying
>about your wallpaper or the colour of your screen's background?
>
>Or do you just not notice it after a while?
>
>Well, after spending years writing code when I can't even see the Sun
>when I stare directly at it, I can tell you I never notice what eSpeak
>sounds like.
>
>I would probably be equally at home working with flite, festival, or
>svox pico (which you missed).
>
>In addition, eSpeak is in use in NVDA, the free and Open Source Windows
>screen reader which is currently giving the multi-hundreds of pounds
>commercial offerings a real problem, and providing cash-strapped blind
>users a chance.  Although now the Windows Narrator is catching up, I
>still prefer NVDA and eSpeak.
>
>MaryTTS is bloated.  There was some excitement around it a few years
>ago, but it has more or less faded away in the minds of the blind and
>VI
>community, since it is so bloated and, as far as I know, nobody has
>ever
>made a successful screen reader from it.
>
>Even if there was one, it would probably make a Raspberry Pi choke.
>Whereas eSpeak runs snappily and happily on a 256k Raspberry Pi
>first-gen.
>
>The 'holy trinity' of the Linux GUI, as far as blind and VI users are
>concerned, is:
>
>1. Orca, the GTK screen reader, written in Python, and a work of art.
>2. speech-dispatcher, written in C, a TTS 'server' program which Orca
>connects to to send text and get speech from it.
>3. eSpeak, although there are speech-dispatcher modules also for flite
>and festival, eSpeak is the best one IMHO.
>
>In the console:
>
>1. SpeakUp, kernel modules including speakup and speakup_soft which
>make
>a console mode screen reader.
>2. espeakup, the SpeakUp to eSpeak connector.
>3. eSpeak.
>
>eSpeak is gold dust.
>
>
>
>
>-- 
>Michael A. Ray
>Analyst/Programmer
>Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
>
>"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but
>when
>there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery
>
>
>https://cromarty.github.io/
>http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/
>http://www.raspberryvi.org/
>
>
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Re: [Hpr] Static Site Generators - NOT a flat file CMS

[Klaatu]

That's a great option.  I've used hugo, snd i recall liking it but yesh i think 
it had weirdness with markdown. If Jekyll avoids that, id take a look at that.

On 4 April 2019 8:25:27 AM NZDT, "Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)" 
 wrote:
>On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 02:38 Ken Fallon  wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Do any of you have a recommendation for a Static Site Generators that
>> just publishes html files.
>>
>> For example takes a page, adds a header and footer from somewhere and
>> publishes the combined page.
>>
>
>I think most of them would be able to be used like that. The ones I
>have
>come close to are ikiwiki, Jekyll, Hugo and Styx, and basically,
>although
>they ship with more advanced frameworks, themes and functionality, ans
>support various markups, in the end it boils down to what you
>described.
>Header, body, footer is simply a barebones theme.
>
>Probably Jekyll is the simplest, with the least configuration to do.
>And
>HTML is valid markdown, so you don't have to worry about that either.
>IIRC
>it doesn't support markdown syntax inside html syntax, so you wouldn't
>even
>need to worry about any unexpected interference.
>
>-- 
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Re: [Hpr] Static Site Generators - NOT a flat file CMS

[Klaatu]

Podwrite, which i use for gnuworldorder and Commons & Chronicles, does exactly 
that. Its UI or UX or whatever is a little rough, but im happy to walk you 
through it.

On 4 April 2019 7:36:34 AM NZDT, Ken Fallon  wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Do any of you have a recommendation for a Static Site Generators that
>just publishes html files.
>
>For example takes a page, adds a header and footer from somewhere and
>publishes the combined page.
>
>
>-- 
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>
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>http://kenfallon.com
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[Hpr] starfinder one-shot

[Klaatu]

Hey everybody. Thaj and Lostnbronx and me are going to play a one-shot of 
Starfinder online on Feb 16 at 19:00 EST.

If you want to join in, shoot me an email (off list) and I'll give you more 
details.

In preparation, you'll want to download MapTool:
https://www.rptools.net/downloadsw/

You also need a level 1 character, but if you don't have one or aren't sure 
how to build one, I can provide a build for you.

The game may or may not actually become an HPR episode; it depends on how 
entertaining we are.

As usual, no experience necessary.

To keep traffic low, please don't respond to this message, whether you can or 
cannot make it, on the mailing list. Respond to me only.

Cheers.

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[Hpr] Kind awk word

[Klaatu]

I'd like to publicly thank b-yeezi and Dave Morriss for their amazing 
series on awk.


tl;dr: I learned awk from their HPR series and have used it every day 
this week. It has changed my life.


Long version:

I have to confess that I've had the O'Reilly "Sed and Awk" book on my 
bookshelf for over 5 years (in fact, it's one maybe 6 books I brought 
with me from the US to New Zealand when I moved). Tried to read it 
several times, got basically nowhere.


And yet at least once a fortnight, I'd encounter some situation that 
would make me think "I'll bet this would be really easy with awk. I 
should really learn awk."


Still, no dice.

This has gone on for at least FIVE YEARS.

On Monday of this week, however, I had to write a vitally important 
script for work. I knew this script was a perfect use case for awk, so I 
downloaded the awk series, followed along, and by the end of the day, 
I'd written my script. And yesterday, I wrote a converter script for 
some RPG resources I'd had lying around for the past year, waiting for 
manual conversion to docbook.


I've been using awk every day this week, and don't see myself putting it 
aside...ever. Thank you for your series, guys. It's improved my Linux 
experience, which I was pretty sure had already reached a pinnacle. 
Nope, it just keeps getting better.


And I owe it ALL to HPR. <- cue the outro.


-klaatu

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Re: [Hpr] Klaatu's Community play RPG

[Klaatu]

0. Yep, the rules say to roll 3d6. Welcome to 1st Edition...but let me 
put it this way, if you want to assign your attributes after rolling 
them, I'm not gonna question you on it.


1. The "revised" edition that Lostnbronx has posted is only different in 
layout. He hasn't changed the wording of anything


I'm happy/excited to see interest in the game!

Keep in mind that if you've never played and are curious about it, 
you're welcome to join in, even if you only end up sticking around for 
20 minutes. And I'm sure an experienced player will be happy to drop out 
to the lounge with you to help you build a character, if you have no 
idea what that's all about.



If you have questions and don't want to clutter up this mailing list, 
you can contact me directly:


Email: kla...@member.fsf.org

Mastodon:  @kla...@mastodon.xyz

IRC: notklaatu (on freenode)


-klaatu



On 2018-01-15 07:00, Sambong wrote:

I haven't read the revised version, but the oruginal had a 3d6 roll
per attribute... Are we employing reroll, or roll everything than
assign which attribute, or any other "grandma" rules... I made one of
each class by rolling specific attributes and taking what i get... Got
a fighter with less strength than my cleric...

On January 14, 2018 10:53:23 AM MST, x1101 <x1...@gmx.com> wrote:

Pardon me for being a bit thick, but I don't see anywhere here telling
me *how* to make a character.

I picked a class (wizard) and then spells to go with it.

Do I need to roll for attributes or something?

On Jan 13, 2018, lostnbronx <lostnbr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Klaatu suggested I offer this revised edition of the core rules for
"Dungeon Raiders" to the HPR community, for the convenience or
preference of anyone planning on playing in the game on UTC: Wed, Jan
31 01:00 to 08:00.

These are the same rules, but I tweaked the layout a bit, changed the
cover, and removed the interior art. The Creative Commons Zero 
license

of the original version made this possible, and, of course, this
version is released under the same license.

Grab that from here:

http://gopher.info-underground.net:70/lostnbronx/Dungeon-Raiders_revised-edition-d03.epub

I'll leave it up on my server until after the game.

Once again, the original rules can be obtained for free (as in beer
and freedom) from:

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=99366

NOTE: you will have to create an account in order to download from
them. Not so, from me above.

I hope to see you all there!


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<hpr-requ...@hackerpublicradio.org> wrote:



   1. Community play RPG. Save the date. (Klaatu)



Hi all.

My plans to run a community, free-form RPG during the New Years call
never came to fruition, mostly due to scheduling, but also for the
realisation that the New Years Eve call is, as they say, what it is.

The

New Years Eve call cannot be tamed. It cannot be molded. It is free,

and

that is beautiful.

## NEW PLAN!

I'll be in Boston for a week, later this January, so my timezone is

less

of a barrier. If you want to play an RPG, I'll be on the HPR Mumble
Server on this day:

UTC: Wed, Jan 31 01:00 to 08:00
EST: Tue, Jan 30 20:00 to 03:00

* We'll be crawling a HUGE dungeon without a story (unlike the

series

Thaj, Lobath, and I did on HPR), so you can pop in or pop out

whenever

is convenient for you. It won't affect the game at all.

* No experience is required or expected. I'm happy to teach new

players.


* This is a game, and will be recorded (possibly released, possibly
not), Some chat is expected, but too much off-topic chatter should

be

taken to another channel.


## Here is what you need to do to prepare:

0. Download "Dungeon Raiders", a public domain clone of D 1st

Edition,

from http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=99366. It's

$0,

but you can also support the publisher by throwing in a buck or two.

1. Create a character:
a. Choose a class (epub page 6 to 9)
b. If you're a magic user, review your spells (epub page 14+)

2. Get some dice or a dice roller app (or learn the random module of
Python, or similar)

3. Show up ready to play!


See you there!


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Re: [Hpr] mumble room request

[Klaatu]

Hi HPR.

I'd like to request a room on the Mumble server. All other rooms on
there currently appear to be named after specific shows, but I'm likely
to use it for several shows (HPR, information-underground, GNU World
Order, Chronicles & Commons, and who-knows-what-else?), so I was
thinking of calling the room "slackermedia".

Approved or rejected?

Also, who's the person with the power to create such a room?

Cheers.

- klaatu


PS: my original message, sent errantly to Ken Fallon. I was hoping this
would be a dark, backroom deal made between admins, but Ken insisted on
transparency. Geez.


On 01/02/2018 11:16 PM, Ken Fallon wrote:
> On 2018-01-02 05:14, Klaatu wrote:
>> Hey Ken,
>>
>> I'd like to request a "slackermedia" room on the mumble server.
>>
>> Why: I want a space that record stuff, that isn't the main HPR room. I
>> feel the HPR room is a surprisingly high traffic room, which is cool,
>> but when I'm recording an interview or a multi-host show, I prefer less
>> random traffic.
>>
>> Possible?
>>
>> If not, it's OK. I will survive.
>>
>>
>> -klaatu
>>
> 




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[Hpr] Community play RPG. Save the date.

[Klaatu]

Hi all.

My plans to run a community, free-form RPG during the New Years call
never came to fruition, mostly due to scheduling, but also for the
realisation that the New Years Eve call is, as they say, what it is. The
New Years Eve call cannot be tamed. It cannot be molded. It is free, and
that is beautiful.

## NEW PLAN!

I'll be in Boston for a week, later this January, so my timezone is less
of a barrier. If you want to play an RPG, I'll be on the HPR Mumble
Server on this day:

UTC: Wed, Jan 31 01:00 to 08:00
EST: Tue, Jan 30 20:00 to 03:00

* We'll be crawling a HUGE dungeon without a story (unlike the series
Thaj, Lobath, and I did on HPR), so you can pop in or pop out whenever
is convenient for you. It won't affect the game at all.

* No experience is required or expected. I'm happy to teach new players.

* This is a game, and will be recorded (possibly released, possibly
not), Some chat is expected, but too much off-topic chatter should be
taken to another channel.


## Here is what you need to do to prepare:

0. Download "Dungeon Raiders", a public domain clone of D 1st Edition,
from http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=99366. It's $0,
but you can also support the publisher by throwing in a buck or two.

1. Create a character:
a. Choose a class (epub page 6 to 9)
b. If you're a magic user, review your spells (epub page 14+)

2. Get some dice or a dice roller app (or learn the random module of
Python, or similar)

3. Show up ready to play!


See you there!



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Re: [Hpr] Dropping the Call in Numbers

[klaatu]

On 2017-12-12 05:09, Ken Fallon wrote:

Hi All,

I would like to propose dropping the option to use the call in numbers.
As over the years this option has only ever been used by two hosts.

At the time there was no easy upload option on the site, I believe the
need for it has diminished, and it only adds to the admin overhead when
we need to be focused on other work.

Currently we are having issues with the workflow in multiple areas.
Firstly the UK number has expired, the HPR FTP server is not working
with Active FTP making it difficult to get the shows.

Please share your comments.

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I say drop it. While it was maybe a neat option to have, if it's not 
getting used and generates more work, then let's ditch it. Unless 
someone on this list or elsewhere volunteers to maintain it...


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Re: [Hpr] Separate channel RPG

[Klaatu]

On 12/10/2017 03:37 PM, Joshua Knapp wrote:
> A separate channel might not be a bad idea, that way those that want to
> just chat don't feel obligated to have to play.
> 
> Long detour --
> 
> The site would still be hosted with ANHH, but moving the downloads would
> help with the strain that seems to be caused by some people trying to
> download the entire archive all at the same time ( may be a little
> exaggerated, but you get the idea ) .  
> 
> Kicking in a few bucks would actually help with bandwidth costs on this
> end too, and would relieve some of the strain caused by some
> people trying to download the entire archive all at the same time. ( see
> what I did there? )
> 
> It would also make it easier to cover other costs of stuff I'd like to
> with HPR's server.
> 
> The sponsorship my company has done over the years hasn't really yielded
> a lot in the terms of ROI, but we keep doing it because honestly, I like
> the concept of HPR and want to continue supporting it.
> 
> That being said occasionally we get stuff like people thinking it's cool
> to try and hack the site, DDOS the site, or inadvertently consume all
> the bandwidth for the server allowed by downloading multiple (10s of)
> streams at once.  All these cause issues unfortunately, some bigger
> issues than others. 
> 
> So, not trying to sound greedy, but if people are looking to kick in a
> few bucks, getting hosting plan with HPR's coupon or just kicking a few
> bucks in with paypal (I could make a page people could donate for HPR
> directly) would be a great help. 
> 
> On Dec 9, 2017 5:36 PM, "Fifty OneFifty"
> <fiftyonefi...@linuxbasement.com
> <mailto:fiftyonefi...@linuxbasement.com>> wrote:
> 
> If we do run it in another room, we should record both.  Also, if we
> are shifting our hosting to Archive.org, it wouldn't hurt if we each
> threw some bucks their way.
> 
> 5150
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Josh,

I think you should put up a link somewhere so people can donate if they
would like to do so. There are differences between not asking for money
and quietly providing an avenue for people to throw money at you because
they want to.

I don't exactly practise what I preach, but at least in theory I think
it's a good idea to have some avenue for people to support you. It might
not make much of a difference, but even if all I can do is buy you a cup
of coffee to make that late night debugging session a little less
unpleasant, I'd like to be able do that much.

-klaatu



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Re: [Hpr] Fwd: Podcast Awards Nominee Info

[Klaatu]

I feel like a community acceptance would be appropriate . I'm happy to edit if 
people get me clips of them saying "on the behalf of the hacker public radio 
community podcast, thank you."

Just record a clip on your cell phone and send the URL to kla...@member.fsf.org



On 16 August 2017 5:32:58 AM NZST, Ken Fallon  wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Anyone want to make a acceptance speech video for us ?
>
>Ken,
>
>
>
> Forwarded Message 
>Subject:   Podcast Awards Nominee Info
>Date:  Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:30:19 +
>From:  Podcast Committe 
>Reply-To:  Podcast Committe 
>To:k...@fallon.ie
>
>
>
>Podcast Awards Nominee Info
>View this email in your browser
>
>
>
>  Congratulation Nominee
>
> 
>
>First and foremost congratulations on making the slate for the 12th
>annual Podcast Awards. The process is now in the voter's hands. I have
>some very specific instructions for you. The deadlines for the
>following
>submissions are “fixed” and it is critical that you mark the due dates
>in your calendars!
>
>Each nominee is required to submit an original winning acceptance
>speech
>video for each show/category your show is nominated for, These videos
>should be reflective of your audience's participation as if you have
>just received an Oscar.  No red carpet event this year so we can only
>hope for that in the future.
>
>*This submission is critical as outlined in the rules if you do not
>submit an acceptance video and have won you will forfeit.*
>
>You may ask why, well it’s simple we have had show’s win in the past,
>and then not show up to the live event it's bad for us and worse for
>the
>listeners we have a box of unclaimed trophies. Honestly, I want you to
>get yours!
>
>Your acceptance video will be played immediately after your category
>has
>been announced. So please remember we have had as many as 50,000
>listeners watching. While your videos will be pre-produced they will be
>run as if live so consider that in your submission.
>
>*Video Due Date is September 23rd 2359 EST (Late Submission Not
>Accepted
>Unless Someone Died, Mother Nature event etc.)*
>
>-The video shall be in .mp4  HD format @ 720 or 1080 (prefer 1080)
>-Not a second Longer than 90 Seconds
>-Media Naming Conventions Category-ShowName.mp4  Example:
> ARTS-MYSHOWNAME.MP4
>-No Profanity this is a G rated event!
>-Please Thank Your Audience, Mom etc.
>- Upload Link:https://www.dropbox.com/request/lV5dBRmo2B6UD2R5Tvpq
>
>
>_I do not have time to email 200 of you to acknowledge your video has
>been received or is missing. But I will send out an email on the 20th
>with a hit list of who's video's have not yet been submitted._
>
>*-*
>
>*Trophies
>See Images at bottom of Page*
>
>All winning shows will be awarded a trophy to be delivered 4-6 weeks
>after the awards ceremony.  Only the People’s Choice winner will
>receive
>the large trophy.  All other categories will receive the smaller trophy
>but you can upgrade to the larger trophy for $100.00
>
>If you do not want to upgrade your trophy, winners need not do anything
>further. We have your shipping address on file as part of your podcast
>application which we will verify by email. Winners will be provided an
>email a link on Sept 30th to optionally order the larger trophy. You
>can
>only order “one” at the $199 price above. You must place your order NLT
>than October 10th
>
>*Additional trophy pricing*
>
>-Winning shows are able to order additional exact copy trophies for
>your
>team.  The large trophies are $250 and the smaller trophies are $150.00
>which includes shipping to addresses in the United States and Canada.
> Link to order will be provided on Sept 30th. You must place your order
>NLT than October 10th no exceptions and absolutely no late orders. We
>send the order in on October 11th
>
>-Shows that do not win are allowed to order a Nominee Trophy embossed
>with your category and show name to recognize your show having made the
>12th Annual Podcast Awards slate. The large trophies are $250 and the
>smaller trophies are $150.00 which includes shipping to addresses in
>the
>United States and Canada. Link to be provided on Sept 30th. You must
>place your order NLT than October 10th no exceptions and absolutely no
>late orders. We send the order in on October 11th
>
>*Note:  The trophies are not a profit center we only have added $10.00
>for shipping!
>
>You may have questions, but please try to hold off we will provide
>awards ceremoy times and details later. Your primary focus now is
>getting the acceptance video created.
>
>Large Trophies 10.5 Inches Tall
>Small Trophine 7.5 Inches Tall
>
>The Trophies are manufactured by the same company that creates the
>Country Hall of Fame bullets.
>
>Large
>
>
>Small
>*
>
>

Re: [Hpr] call for RPG players

[klaatu]

On 2017-07-27 22:43, kla...@mixedsignals.ml wrote:

Fellow HPRers:

I don't see this message in the mailing list archive, so I'm resending.

I plan on running a short campaign of a tabletop RPG over Mumble, and
then publishing the recorded sessions to HPR. The intent is to
introduce HPR listeners to what an RPG game is like, and hopefully to
give us all a fun story to listen to.

I anticipate 10 episodes, each 2 hours in duration.

I'll be DM, but I'm looking for 3 to 4 willing players.

The game is "Interface Zero", an Open Game Licensed cyberpunk setting
using Pathfinder rules and a few custom mods of mine. We'll do an
unrecorded initial session once I've gotten enough players, in which
I'll help you build a character and get familiar with the rules and
structure of the show.

I plan on playing on [New Zealand] Sunday mornings (10 AM) which is
*probably* your Saturday evening. I hope to record 5 sessions of 4
hours each (cut into 10 2-hour eps).

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, email me
off-list at kla...@hackerpublicradio.org

Should I, by chance, get too many responses, preference goes to people
who have never played a tabletop RPG before. My ideal cast is a
diverse group in every sense, so anyone and everyone is welcome to
respond.

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A few people have alerted me that kla...@hackerpublicradio.org is not 
working.


kla...@member.fsf.org or whatever shows as the sending address in the 
message both work, instead.


Sorry for the fake-out.

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[Hpr] call for RPG players

[klaatu]

Fellow HPRers:

I don't see this message in the mailing list archive, so I'm resending.

I plan on running a short campaign of a tabletop RPG over Mumble, and 
then publishing the recorded sessions to HPR. The intent is to introduce 
HPR listeners to what an RPG game is like, and hopefully to give us all 
a fun story to listen to.


I anticipate 10 episodes, each 2 hours in duration.

I'll be DM, but I'm looking for 3 to 4 willing players.

The game is "Interface Zero", an Open Game Licensed cyberpunk setting 
using Pathfinder rules and a few custom mods of mine. We'll do an 
unrecorded initial session once I've gotten enough players, in which 
I'll help you build a character and get familiar with the rules and 
structure of the show.


I plan on playing on [New Zealand] Sunday mornings (10 AM) which is 
*probably* your Saturday evening. I hope to record 5 sessions of 4 hours 
each (cut into 10 2-hour eps).


If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, email me off-list 
at kla...@hackerpublicradio.org


Should I, by chance, get too many responses, preference goes to people 
who have never played a tabletop RPG before. My ideal cast is a diverse 
group in every sense, so anyone and everyone is welcome to respond.


Thanks!

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Re: [Hpr] Amateur radio round table?

[Klaatu]

On 07/01/17 09:24, h...@saner.net wrote:
> On 01/06/2017 12:14 PM, Klaatu wrote:
>> Translate that to HAM (I'm making this up because I don't know):
>> 0. Contact your local HAM licensing person, get trained.
>> 1. Get a Foobar 6000SUX radio from www.ham.com
>> 2. Tune in to frequency to 1337 hz
>> 3. Announce your call sign
>> 4. Profit!
>>
>> I believe if an HPR episode started with THAT, it would be invaluable to
>> not just current HPR listeners, but HPR listeners for years to come.
>>
>> Just an idea!
>>
>> -klaatu
> 
> 
> That isn't a bad idea, but there are some difficulties. In particular,
> the process of becoming a HAM is not exactly the same in all countries
> (at least I don't think it is). I could do the show you recommend and it
> would be pretty accurate for someone in the US wanting to become a HAM.
> I don't know how useful it would be for someone in another country. And,
> truthfully, I don't know if the differences would be significant enough
> to matter. I'd need to do some research to find out.
> 
> So. I am willing to make such a show and will start working on it, with
> the understanding that what I say might be somewhat US centric. If then
> others could do the same show focused on another country or region, over
> time we might get the topic covered well, and we would fulfill Ken's
> primary theme of... more shows please ;-)
> 
> Regarding the idea of a round table type of discussion. I'd be willing
> to participate in such a thing.
> 
> Steve
> 

I'd be elated if someone could at least provide a general overview.
Abstract it as needed, to allow for localized exceptions, but the
process, surely, must still be the same?

0. Investigate your local laws for amateur radio by contacting your
local amateur radio group.
1. Learn about power regulation in your local area so that you do not
accidentally purchase gear that is illegal in your region.
2. Obtain your license by contacting your local FCC equivalent. We're
not sure what that would be outside of the US and Canada, but do some
research online to find your country's broadcasting regulation office.
3. Once licensed, buy your gear. We recommend the Foobar 6000SUX because
it's affordable and low-powered. If you can't find that in your country,
look at the specs of the Foobar 6000SUX here: http://hams'r'us.com and
see if you can find something similar.  But from this point forward,
we'll assume you have the Foobar 6000SUX.
4. Once your Foobar arrives, plug it in. You'll want a bigger, better
antenna, but for now we'll just use the inbuilt antenna on the Foobar
itself. Tune to 99.1 FM or some local radio station, just to make sure
your unit is working. Now tune to 1337 hz on the 8080 magic spectrum and
see if you can contact Cthulu.
5. Have fun!


Something like that. Of course,  I clearly have no idea what I'm talking
about here, so maybe I just don't understand the true complexity. But
then again, I do understand stuff like servers and GlusterFS, and I've
written articles on setting up those. A myriad options exist, but in my
experience, there's always a way to limit scope, and provide, if nothing
else, an example of how to get started.


Again, just an idea that I'm pitching out of purely selfish "I keep
saying I want to learn but so far can't be bothered to actually teach
myself" lazy motives.

Either way, the roundtable sounds great and I look forward to listening in!

-klaatu

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Re: [Hpr] Amateur radio round table?

[Klaatu]

On 05/01/17 23:41, Michael wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> with Ken repeatedly asking for certain topics, I wonder if it would make
> sense to do a kind of round table session on mumble. Where we can just
> meet and talk about, including but not limited to, amateur radio. If we
> have a whole group of people, they can augment their answers or correct
> things right in place. Anyone interested could join in with their
> questions or be it just Ken sitting there and hitting a big buzzer each
> time we come across a term in the conversation that he thinks needs
> explanation for the rest of the audience.
> 
> hw?
> 
> Regards,
> Michael (Mirwi)
> 
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I'm not a HAM so I wouldn't be of much use at a roundtable on the topic,
but since this is a "requested topic", I figure I may as well add to the
resquest with an idea (or rather, an additional request).

One thing that I've found frustrating is that nobody has ever sat down
in front of a microphone or keyboard and told people EXACTLY how to get
started.

For instance, here's how to make a bowl of cereal:

0. Get any bowl.
1. Pour some Lucky Charms into it.
2. Pour milk into it.
3. Eat it with a spoon.

This is not EVERY way to make cereal. It's the Ubuntu way. It tells me
exactly what to do, without even mentioning that you could serve cereal
in a mug, or that there are different brands of cereals, or that you can
invent your own by combining granola (*mueslix) with some dried fruit,
or whatever.


Translate that to HAM (I'm making this up because I don't know):
0. Contact your local HAM licensing person, get trained.
1. Get a Foobar 6000SUX radio from www.ham.com
2. Tune in to frequency to 1337 hz
3. Announce your call sign
4. Profit!

I believe if an HPR episode started with THAT, it would be invaluable to
not just current HPR listeners, but HPR listeners for years to come.

Just an idea!

-klaatu


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Re: [Hpr] Lord D

[Klaatu]

Yes, sending it straight to me is perfect.

Thanks, Lostnbronx


-klaatu



On 09/12/16 09:27, lostnbronx wrote:
> Now that just sucks.
> 
> I'll put together something in the next couple of days. Klaatu, should
> we send our clips directly to you?
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[Hpr] Requesting Lord Drachenblut Eugolies

[klaatu]

Hey everyone. Knightwise just told me in IRC that Lord Drachenblut, a
longtime friend of Hacker Public Radio and all its many iterations and
Bin Rev well before that, has lost his battle with cancer.

Lord Drachenblut was a good friend, and it's just such a huge loss that
he's gone.

I am going to record a few thoughts in his honour and post it as an
episode, but it would be cool if anyone else who knew Lord Drachenblut
wanted to do the same. I'm happy to collect the recordings, edit them
together, and post.

I don't have a deadline, but let's shoot for 14 days or so?

Cheers. Go go hug a loved one.

-klaatu

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Re: [Hpr] first update

[Klaatu]

Hey Clinton. Thanks for doing this!

It's easier for everyone involved if you arbitrarily decide when your
show should air. It's not, strictly speaking, necessary; you could just
email the show to us or email a link to it, and let us decide, but then
it's us making the arbitrary decision. Either way, it's arbitrary and
someone has to punch in the date, so it scales better if the person
submitting the show does that.

I don't know if you have been here yet:
http://hackerpublicradio.org/calendar.php

It's a nice submission form that lets you choose a date, confirm your
email, and then send in the show. Couldn't be easier.

I'm looking forward to hearing the show!

-klaatu


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> So I've uploaded my first show (how to run conferences).
> 
> I'm not sure if I should be expecting any feeback on the audio quality or
> the format that I uploaded in? Or if there are any other issues that I
> don't even know about..
> 
> Is there a way of flagging shows to say that I don't really care when it's
> published?
> 
> cheers!
> 
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Re: [Hpr] Topic request

[Klaatu]

Somewhere...I forget where or whenbut at some point, Nido did a
really great overview of that very topic. I am almost SURE it was recorded.

I'll ask Nido next time I see him in IRC.

-klaatu

On 02/20/2015 10:09 AM, Mike Ray wrote:
 Hello,
 
 I'd like to request a topic.  I'd like to hear somebody do a show about
 the Gnu automake system.
 
 Automake is what is used to create great cross-platform build and
 install scripts with the familiar:
 
   ./configure
   make
   sudo make install
 
 sequence.
 
 What file feeds which program which produces what files which feed into
 what, hugely complex.  And it's usually explained with graphical
 diagrams, no good to me.
 
 Mike
 
 


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Re: [Hpr] New year's post mortem

[Klaatu]

I agree with both of these ideas.

-klaatu

On 01/09/2015 12:10 PM, Kevin Wisher wrote:
 My suggestion would be to cut it back to 12-16 hours and move it to another
 date that is not on a holiday. As far as the accessibility issue, I'll have
 to defer to those who can better advise on what needs to be changed.
 
 On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Fifty OneFifty 
 fiftyonefi...@linuxbasement.com wrote:
 
 While it's fresh in our minds, I thought we might go over what we'd
 like to do different next year.  I truly did not mean to monopolize
 the show (I heard it called the FiftyOneFifty New Year's Eve Special
 on tllts last night).  What does anyone think of going back to the
 original 12 hr format?  At the risk of offending our round the world
 listeners,  until about 9-10am my time, there was usually just me and
 one other person talking, and participation dropped of after midnight
 in California (sorry JRullo, we may have to leave New year's in Hawaii
 to the after show).

 What else could we do differently?  I know there were some
 accessibility issues in Mumble (Jonathan tells me he solves them with
 menu shortcuts).  If we want to do something, we have a year to come
 up with an accessibility how-to, contribute accessibility friendly
 code, or find a different platform.

 5150

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Re: [Hpr] New year's post mortem

[Klaatu]

At the risk of sounding like a spoil-sport, I think the whole show could
be far less jump on and chat and a lot more focused. If people want to
jump on and chat with friends, they can do that any time. But instead we
have 12 or 24 or 26 hours of attention-grabbing HPR time and I think we
are not leveraging that at all.

I really like the LinuxLUGCast format:

people join the call.

for person in room {
 person contributes a small (or not small) talk.
 all other people ask questions about the talk.
 person answers questions.
}

That, to me, works really well. If we could iterate through that, maybe
with a station break at the top of each hour for the Happy New Year
announcement and a refresh of ok, who's in the room right now?
introduction, then we would end up with an hour long show of useful
content, 12x over (or 24 or 26 or whatever).


In other words:

I think it'd be neat if the HPR NYE show was a virtual Un-Conference
rather than an Evening Out at the Pub. Not that evenings out at the pubs
are a bad idea; I just don't know if we need to use the HPR brand and
the New Year event as an excuse to prod people into going to the
[virtual] pub with one another.


Just an idea!

-klaatu






On 01/09/2015 11:43 AM, Fifty OneFifty wrote:
 While it's fresh in our minds, I thought we might go over what we'd
 like to do different next year.  I truly did not mean to monopolize
 the show (I heard it called the FiftyOneFifty New Year's Eve Special
 on tllts last night).  What does anyone think of going back to the
 original 12 hr format?  At the risk of offending our round the world
 listeners,  until about 9-10am my time, there was usually just me and
 one other person talking, and participation dropped of after midnight
 in California (sorry JRullo, we may have to leave New year's in Hawaii
 to the after show).
 
 What else could we do differently?  I know there were some
 accessibility issues in Mumble (Jonathan tells me he solves them with
 menu shortcuts).  If we want to do something, we have a year to come
 up with an accessibility how-to, contribute accessibility friendly
 code, or find a different platform.
 
 5150
 
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Re: [Hpr] New year's post mortem

[Klaatu]

No, it wasn't bad at all, and it's always fun. But I think that in terms
of utilizing the event, we are doing it poorly. People can jump on and
hang out any time; it feels like it would be smarter to use it as a time
to trick people into giving us a whole big dump of shows :-)

And in terms of re-listenability, I personally think that the NYE show
has zero potential. I can't imagine why anyone would want to listen to a
show of people just hanging out not really talking about anything. Then
again, people are strange so maybe I'm wrong!

-klaatu






On 01/09/2015 12:52 PM, Jason Dodd wrote:
 I like the show as is but would probably also like an unconference,
 too.  Was the show this year bad?
 
 I thought the specific point was to be pub like for new year.  If it's
 shifting to another day it wouldn't be the same, which might not be
 bad.  Do you think we'd be able to get speakers for an unconference
 during the holiday season?
 
 
 On 01/08/2015 06:14 PM, Mike Ray wrote:
 Hello,

 Please excuse the top-posting...

 Here's my tuppence worth.  I listened to about five or so hours worth in
 all.  Much of which was very entertaining.  I happened to catch the bits
 where Jonathan and another chap I don't know were talking about
 syntax-highlighting for blind programmer's and I was screaming
 'Emacspeak, Emacspeak' at my computer.

 But this was the first time I have tried to use mumble and failed
 miserably.  Both on Windows and Linux.  I'm keen to hear how Jonathan
 has done it.  I think Qt is forever moving forward with accessibility so
 maybe later this year it will be more usable.  There's supposed to be a
 lib which should make writing a client easy so if I can get my head
 round that maybe I'll have a crack at writing a GTK client.

 Now I have to admit to finding some of what I heard a little like
 overhearing a chat in a pub.  But I know the content can only be as good
 as those who join in.

 Not sure there is really enough stuff to fill 26 hours though, and to
 justify the amount of work it makes for the obvious, yourself and Ken
 mostly I guess :)

 Don't worry about hearing it referred to as the 5150 show, your efforts
 are much appreciated.

 Mike



 On 08/01/2015 22:43, Fifty OneFifty wrote:
 While it's fresh in our minds, I thought we might go over what we'd
 like to do different next year.  I truly did not mean to monopolize
 the show (I heard it called the FiftyOneFifty New Year's Eve Special
 on tllts last night).  What does anyone think of going back to the
 original 12 hr format?  At the risk of offending our round the world
 listeners,  until about 9-10am my time, there was usually just me and
 one other person talking, and participation dropped of after midnight
 in California (sorry JRullo, we may have to leave New year's in Hawaii
 to the after show).

 What else could we do differently?  I know there were some
 accessibility issues in Mumble (Jonathan tells me he solves them with
 menu shortcuts).  If we want to do something, we have a year to come
 up with an accessibility how-to, contribute accessibility friendly
 code, or find a different platform.

 5150

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Re: [Hpr] Fwd: Mailbird says Hallo from Bali

[Klaatu]

I wonder if mailbird filters out spam sent by mailbird. If so, I'll
consider using it.

-klaatu


On 11/04/2014 07:41 PM, Ken Fallon wrote:
 Got this through the emails. Anyone interested it taking up the challenge ?
 
 Ken
 
 
  Forwarded Message 
 Subject:  Mailbird says Hallo from Bali
 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:34:36 +0800
 From: Christin Baumgarten c...@getmailbird.com
 To:   ad...@hackerpublicradio.org
 
 
 
 Hallo Hacker Public Radio Team,
 
 I hope you guys had a great week so far.
 My name ist Christin and I am part of the Mailbird team here in the
 paradise Island of Bali.
 
 *What is Mailbird?:*
 Mailbird is the best Email client for Windows and designed to improve
 the email experience for users. New and already known features support
 the increase in the users productivity with the aim to reach the so
 called inbox zero faster than ever.
 We are very proud of our Best Email client for Windows awards by* IT
 World *and* PC World.*
 
 *Who is Mailbird:*
 Our highly motivated team of Mail-Ninjas are spread out all over the
 world in Java, Bali, India and Dennmark.
 Mailbirds *CEO Andrea Loubier*, who is half american and half filipino,
 founded Mailbird in 2012 after participating Project Getaway.
 
 *What exactly do I want:-):*
 We are currently running an amazing one month *Hackathon* here in Bali
 and are planning, coding and developing everything in preparation of
 releasing our new *Contacts Manager* and the launch of *Mailbird
 2.0* before the end of this year.
 My question to you now:-):
 Would you see a possibility to either test or mention Mailbird in one of
 your upcoming shows. Maybe our talkative and very sympathetic CEO Andrea
 Loubier could even present the software.
 
 I am looking forward to your feedback and to connecting!
 Please let me know if you require any further information.
 
 Happy Halloween to your entire team and have an awesome weekend:-)!
 
 Talk to you soon,
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Re: [Hpr] OLF brief report

[Klaatu]

It's neat living in New Zealand and all, but MAN do I miss the tech
conferences.

I'm jealous, but also extremely grateful that you recorded stuff. I look
forward to hearing it!

-klaatu


On 10/27/2014 12:09 PM, Kevin O'Brien wrote:
 First, Randy Noseworthy recorded Ken Starks' closing keynote, and asked
 me to upload it to HPR, which I just did. Ken is, as he put it,
 recovering from cancer therapy. They got the cancer, but his voice is
 very weak. But I think Randy did a good job on it, and you will want to
 hear from one of the real heroes of Open Source,
 
 Second, I got a chance to meet Sigflup, and sit in on a talk she gave at
 OLF.
 
 Third, I will, when I get some time, write up and record a show of my
 own experience of OLF to share with you all.
 
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Re: [Hpr] Next two AudioBookClub books

[Klaatu]

Well that's annoying. Let me know if you can't get it to work.

-klaatu

On 07/21/2014 01:32 PM, Patrick Dailey wrote:
 I can extract the whole thing (it takes a while), but none of the files
 play on my sansa clip rockbox. I was going to try re-encoding the files
 with audacity. I'll let you know how that goes though.
 
 On Jul 20, 2014 1:49 PM, David Whitman davidglennwhit...@gmail.com
 mailto:davidglennwhit...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 I don't seem to get but a few chapters of Revolution Radio when I
 extract the .tar. Anyone else having this problem?
 
 
 On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Patrick Dailey pdaile...@gmail.com
 mailto:pdaile...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 We decided to assign the next /two/ AudioBooks at once. This is
 because we pushed the recording of the July show back by a week
 (thus shortening the time we all have to listen to the next
 one), and our desire to review a particularly long AudioBook in
 September. We figured that if we picked a short book for August
 we could also get a head start on September's book. Hopefully
 that's a little clearer than it feels to me.
 
 We're really excited about these two books, because both are
 authored by HPR community members. August's AudioBook will be
 Revolution Radio by Seth Kenlon, and September's will be Street
 Candles by David Collins-Rivera aka Lostinbronx.
 
 Revolution Radio: http://aesdiopod.com/books/
 
 Street Candles: http://www.cavalcadeaudio.com/stardrifter.html
 
 The next recording (Revolution Radio) will be
 2014/08/12T23:00:00+00:00
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Times), or August 12th
 2014 7:00pm Eastern US.
 
 The one after (Street Candles) will be 2014/09/09T23:00:00+00:00
 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Times), or September 9th
 2014 7:00pm Eastern US.
 
 The mumble server is ch1.teamspeak.cc http://ch1.teamspeak.cc
 port 64747 room HPR.
 
 I've been using Google Calendar for this, because it's good at
 localizing the time. If you'd like an invite to the event, or
 if you'd like me to add you to the AudioBookClub mailing list
 just let me know.
 
 -- 
 Thank You,
 pokey
 
 
 
 
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Re: [Hpr] Fwd: Migration in the future (To my company).

[Klaatu]

I quite like the new intro, and the idea that it comes at the head of
the show. I think the sponsors of HPR *should* be given a spotlight.
They make the show possible, without any of the usual baggage that comes
with sponsorship. Amazing group of people.

-klaatu


On 07/17/2014 04:52 PM, Ken Fallon wrote:
 Hi All,
 
 Can you get back to me asap as there are some shows in the queue that
 have yet to be posted but need the new intro.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Ken.
 
 On 2014-07-15 13:08, Ken Fallon wrote:
 Cool. In fact the idea was that we would have as many people as
 possible record the text for the ourto so that it would reflect the
 fact that this is a community podcast network. That way the hosts
 can pick which ever one they like.
 
 But the first step is to agree on the text.
 
 Is there anything that should be removed ? Is there anything that
 should be added (Mail list, Comments, etc) ?
 
 quote You have been listening to Hacker Public Radio at
 hackerpublicradio dot org
 
 We are a Community podcast network that releases shows every
 weekday Monday through Friday.
 
 Today's show, like all our shows, was contributed by an HPR
 listener like yourself.
 
 If you ever thought of recording a podcast then click on our
 contribute link to find out how easy it really is.
 
 Hacker Public Radio was founded by the Digital Dawg Pound and the 
 Infonomicon Computer Club.
 
 HPR is a part of the Binary Revolution at binrev.com
 
 Unless otherwise stated today's show is released under a: Creative 
 Commons, Attribution, ShareAlike, 3.0  License /quote
 
 Ken.
 
 On 2014-07-15 06:26, StankDawg wrote:
 I have recorded most of the putrid in the past and would be glad
 to do it again. Just let me know.
 
 Sent from my iPhone.
 
 On Jul 14, 2014, at 6:53 PM, cati...@yahoo.com 
 mailto:cati...@yahoo.com cati...@yahoo.com 
 mailto:cati...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 We should do a plug for our sponsor/hosting provider.

 If the text-to-speech intro would help community members who
 are blind, low vision, dyslexic, driving, having a migraine, or
 just busy, I'm OK with that part of the proposal, too.

 If I am feeling like an uncharitable troll on a given day, I
 can find my fast forward button. On most days, I would happy to
 have a way to know what's coming up without having to squint at
 the ticker on my Sansa Clip Zip.

 This all sounds fine to me. I just need more hours in the day,
 and more sleep.

 Charles in NJ

 Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
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 *From: * Kevin O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com
 mailto:zwil...@zwilnik.com; *To: *
 hpr@hackerpublicradio.org
 mailto:hpr@hackerpublicradio.org; *Subject: * Re: [Hpr] Fwd:
 Migration in the future (To my company). *Sent: * Mon, Jul 14,
 2014 7:08:34 PM

 By all means, we should. As my friend Door-to-door Geek says,
 support the people who support you.

 Regards,

 On 7/14/2014 2:13 PM, Ken Fallon wrote:
 Hi All,
 
 I got this email last week and Josh, the real HPR admin, is
 starting a new hosting business and as such he will be bringing
 HPR hosting along with him.
 
 I recorded an interview with him yesterday to get more details
 and it turns out he has been footing the bill for HPR Hosting for
 a while now. So apologies for the interview turning into an
 advertisement but we owe this guy. Their main selling point is
 honest hosting and their site is http://AnHonestHost.com. We have
 a discount code of HPR15 on shared hosting. Spread the word and
 the code, the fact you get a daily episode is testament to their
 work.
 
 We will of course be including a thank you to our An Honest Host,
 but I'd like to put it at the front rather than the end. Think
 the Linux Outlaws intro. This would be added automatically during
 conversion so Josh can can keep the news fresh and you don't need
 to add it. Something like: quote HPR is proudly sponsored by
 AnHonestHost.com
 http://AnHonestHost.com. Use the discount code
 HPR15 for 15% off all shared hosting at AnHonestHost.com
 http://AnHonestHost.com
 /quote
 
 As we will be adding this anyway it will also allow us to add 
 text-to-speech blurb between the sponsor mention and the intro,
 so people can decide if they wish to listen to it or not. This
 was discussed a long time ago and it descended into a debate on
 how much people hate text to speech. Something like: quote It
 is Monday July the 14th and this is HPR episode 1551 entitled 
 Bitcoin Mining. It is hosted by Scyner and is 8 minutes long.
 The Summary: This is a short summary of what steps I took to get
 a set and forget bitcoin mining station going /quote
 
 Da da. Da. Da, da da da d etc.
 
 Therefore the outro also needs to be rerecorded. I want to make
 sure the text we include is correct from the start. Currently it
 is (without the advertisement)
 
 quote You have been listening to Hacker Public Radio at
 hackerpublicradio
 dot org
 
 We

Re: [Hpr] Article of interest

[Klaatu]

NICE!!! this is a really great article, plus it's nice to see one of
our own getting in the spotlight!

Nice going Kevin!!

-klaatu



On 07/02/2014 12:40 AM, Kevin O'Brien wrote:
 Bit self-promoting of me, I know, but it also promotes HPR so you might
 find it of interest.
 
 http://opensource.com/life/14/6/hacker-public-radio
 http://opensource.com/life/14/6/hacker-public-radio
 
 -- 
 Kevin B. O'Brien
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Re: [Hpr] Backup shows

[Klaatu]

Not really concerned about people hearing shows before release. I mean,
if someone wants the shows all at once, early, then I hope they enjoy
their binge!

-klaatu


On 03/07/2014 10:56 PM, Ken Fallon wrote:
 On 2014-03-07 09:04, Klaatu wrote:
 My MUD show was specifically done for backup purposes. I protest to
 it being released when not absolutely necessary.
 
 -klaatu
 
 100% clear.
 
 What are your feelings on people been able to listen to the shows
 before they are used ?
 
 Ken.
 
 
 
 


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