Hacker Public Radio

Hacker Public Radio

Hacker Public Radio is an podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday. Our shows are produced by the community (you) and can be on any topic that are of interest to hackers and hobbyists.

Episodes

  1. 22H AGO

    HPR4479: Who is the Algernon for Whom are the Flowers?

    This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. What is it? Flowers for Algernon is a short science fiction story. Originally that. It was later developed as a novel. How did I come unto it? I know I have heard the title years before. So, when I saw it recently at the entrance on the bookstore, in a beautiful hardcover, I gave it a view. I did not decided to buy, but it stayed with me, specially for having few pages. I knew nothing of the plot, I only recognized the title, vaguely, as something I heard before as a praised work — and Isaac Asimov, who handed Keyes the Hugo Award for this short story, in 1960, as Best Novelette of 1959, "praised it lavishly" (source: Arthur Bruce Evans, of DePauw University.  Daniel Keyes's Works ). I then, weeks or months later, searched about.and discovered it was originally a short story. And available online. In the moment of the interest aroused (soon before producing this.HPR episode), I was more than happy with the immediate possibility of reading, instead of having to wait to buy the book or letting it stay until the next visit to the Public Library of Paraná (that is, of my state in Brazil), that might have a copy. The first lines won me, so I kept reading, in two "seats", two moments, on the phone. It is 26 pages long. Now, to the story. The plot (Here starts a full revelation of the plot, if you want to stop listening.) (No personal written notes here, comment made directly to audio — so, more stuttered as I tried to find the ideas and words; thanks for the patience!) Curiosity: The Simpsons "As well as cinematic and stage adaptations, the book inspired a musical, starring Michael Crawford, and an episode of The Simpsons. In the episode, called Homr, Homer Simpson discovers that a crayon lodged in his brain has been responsible for his stupidity. On its removal, Homer becomes clever, only to have the crayon re-inserted after becoming distanced from family and friends. Aired in 2001, the episode won an Emmy for outstanding animated programme." (Source: BBC. Flowers for Algernon writer Daniel Keyes dies at 86 . June 18, 2014.) Ending... the author The author, Daniel Keyes, died on June 15, 2014, aged 86, from complications of pneumonia, at his home in Boca Raton (Florida, USA). His only wife, Aurea Georgina Vazquez, whom he married in 1952, had died one year, one month and one day before, on May 14, 2013.They had two daughters. Links: Wikipedia page for the story Flowers for Algernon: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_for_Algernon Only that. Thanks for the opportunity to share! Provide feedback on this episode.

  2. 1D AGO

    HPR4478: YouTube Subscriptions 2025 #6

    This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. I am subscribed to a number of YouTube channels, and I am sharing them with you. Links: https://www.youtube.com/@GaliaSocial https://www.youtube.com/@GamerGrampz https://www.youtube.com/@GeographyByGeoff https://www.youtube.com/@GetawayGuru https://www.youtube.com/@HarboWholmes https://www.youtube.com/@HarrysMovingMedia https://www.youtube.com/@healthcaretriage https://www.youtube.com/@herlock2527 https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryHit https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryMatters https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryRespawned https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryTime https://www.youtube.com/@howstuffworks https://www.youtube.com/@HubbleESA https://www.youtube.com/@HungryPassport https://www.youtube.com/@InsideCruise https://www.palain.com/ Provide feedback on this episode.

  3. 2D AGO

    HPR4477: doodoo 3 a deuce plus 1

    This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Wow, I sure hope I didn't say "a link will be in the show notes" because I recorded this a few weeks ago. doodoo source Doodoo is a single user webapp with a server written in python and a ui of html,javascript, and css. Provide feedback on this episode.

  4. 3D AGO

    HPR4476: Does AI cause brain damage?

    This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Quick-Glance Summary I walk you through an MIT experiment where 54 EEG-capped volunteers wrote essays three ways: pure brainpower, classic search, and ChatGPT assistance. Brain-only writers lit up the most neurons and produced the freshest prose; the ChatGPT crowd churned out near-identical essays, remembered little, and racked up what the researchers dub cognitive debt : the interest you pay later for outsourcing thought today. A bonus “switch” round yanked AI away from the LLM devotees (cue face-plant) and finally let the brain-first team play with the toy (they coped fine), proving skills first, tools second. I spiced the tale with calculator nostalgia, a Belgian med-exam cheating fiasco, and Professor Felienne’s forklift-in-the-gym metaphor to land one mantra: *scaffolds beat shortcuts*. We peeked at tech “enshittification” once investors demand returns, whispered “open-source” as the escape hatch, and I dared you to try a two-day test—outline solo, draft with AI, revise solo, then check what you still remember. Net takeaway: keep AI on a leash; let thinking drive, tools navigate . If you think I’m full of digital hot air, record your own rebuttal and prove it. Resources MIT study MIT Media Lab. (2025). Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt. https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/ Long term consequences (to be honest - pulled these from another list, didn't check all of them) Clemente-Suárez, V. J., Beltrán-Velasco, A. I., Herrero-Roldán, S., Rodriguez-Besteiro, S., Martínez-Guardado, I., Martín-Rodríguez, A., & Tornero-Aguilera, J. F. (2024). Digital device usage and childhood cognitive development: Exploring effects on cognitive abilities. Children , 11(11), 1299. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11592547/ Grinschgl, S., Papenmeier, F., & Meyerhoff, H. S. (2021). Consequences of cognitive offloading: Boosting performance but diminishing memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , 74(9), 1477–1496. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8358584/ Ward, A. F., Duke, K., Gneezy, A., & Bos, M. W. (2017). Brain drain: The mere presence of one's own smartphone reduces available cognitive capacity. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research , 2(2), 140–154. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/691462 Zhang, M., Zhang, X., Wang, H., & Yu, L. (2024). Understanding the influence of digital technology on cognitive development in children. Current Research in Behavioral Sciences , 5, 100224. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266724212400099X Risko, E. F., & Dunn, T. L. (2020). Developmental origins of cognitive offloading. Developmental Review , 57, 100921. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32517613/ Ladouceur, R. (2022). Cognitive effects of prolonged continuous human-machine interactions: Implications for digital device users. Behavioral Sciences , 12(8), 240. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10790890/ Wong, M. Y., Yin, Z., Kwan, S. C., & Chua, S. E. (2024). Understanding digital dementia and cognitive impact in children and adolescents. Neuroscience Bulletin , 40(7), 628–635. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11499077/ Baxter, B. (2025, February 2). Designing AI for human expertise: Preventing cognitive shortcuts. UXmatters . https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2025/02/designing-ai-for-human-expertise-preventing-cognitive-shortcuts.php Tristan, C., & Thomas, M. (2024). The brain digitalization: It's all happening so fast! Frontiers in Human Dynamics , 4, 1475438. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-dynamics/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2024.1475438/full Sun, Z., & Wang, Y. (2024). Two distinct neural pathways for mechanical versus digital memory aids. NeuroImage , 121, 117245. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811924004683 Ahmed, S. (2025). Demystifying the new dilemma of brain rot in the digital era. Contemporary Neurology , 19(3), 241–254. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11939997/ Redshaw, J., & Adlam, A. (2020). The nature and development of cognitive offloading in children. Child Development Perspectives , 14(2), 120–126. https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdep.12532 Geneva Internet Platform. (2025, June 3). Cognitive offloading and the future of the mind in the AI age. https://dig.watch/updates/cognitive-offloading-and-the-future-of-the-mind-in-the-ai-age Karlsson, G. (2019). Reducing cognitive load on the working memory by externalizing information. DIVA Portal . http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1327786/FULLTEXT02.pdf Monitask. (2025). What is cognitive offloading? https://www.monitask.com/en/business-glossary/cognitive-offloading Sharma, A., & Watson, S. (2024). Human technology intermediation to reduce cognitive load. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association , 31(4), 832–841. https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article/31/4/832/7595629 Morgan, P. L., & Risko, E. F. (2021). Re-examining cognitive load measures in real-world learning environments. British Journal of Educational Psychology , 91(3), 993–1013. https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjep.12729 Podcast episodes that inspired some thoughts Felien Hermans (NL) Tech won't save us Screenstrong Families Provide feedback on this episode.

  5. 6D AGO

    HPR4475: The true audio file for walking tune to(wards) a friend

    This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. The sheet music for the piece can be found on Fred's musescore page. Provide feedback on this episode.

  6. SEP 25

    HPR4474: Hacker Poetry - 001

    This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. The first episode of Hacker Poetry! Episode 001, in which three poems by an anonymous hacker are read by Major Ursa. Note: The host has confirmed that the show is compliant with the fact that HPR is a podcast and not a podcast hosting platform/distribution network. Provide feedback on this episode.

  7. SEP 24

    HPR4473: HPR Beer Garden 2 - Session IPA

    This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Kevie and Dave have a discussion about the Session IPA (sub)style of beer. They also review a couple that they purchased from their local retailers: Dave tries out Crystalline Waters by Cervesa Espiga , whilst Kevie samples Island Life Session IPA by The Orkney Brewery . Connect with the guys on Untappd: Dave Kevie The intro sounds for the show are used from: https://freesound.org/people/mixtus/sounds/329806/ https://freesound.org/people/j1987/sounds/123003/ https://freesound.org/people/greatsoundstube/sounds/628437/ Provide feedback on this episode.

  8. SEP 23

    HPR4472: Cheap Yellow Display Project: Introduction to the Cheap Yellow Display

    This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Hello, again. This is Trey.     Several months ago, I heard Paul Asadoorian mention the Cheap Yellow Display on his podcast, Paul's Security Weekly ( https://www.scworld.com/podcast-show/pauls-security-weekly ). I didn't think much of it at the time, but then I heard it referenced again, and again. Then, finally, it was described, and I became interested.    "Cheap Yellow Display" is the term used for the ESP32-2432S028R. Since this is somewhat challenging to say, and to remember, and since the board is yellow, and it can be obtained for as little as $12 USD, it has been given the nickname "Cheap Yellow Display". I will abbreviate this as CYD for the remainder of this episode. It is an ESP32 (with built in WiFi & Bluetooth) on a development board with one or more USB connectors, a MicroSD slot, a limited selection of GPIO pins, an RGB LED, a speaker, a light sensor, and best of all, a 2.8-inch (71mm) TFT touchscreen LCD display.    The CYD runs on 5 volts DC. I am including some photographs of the CYD in the show notes.          RandomNerdTutorials has produced a very good writeup about this board on their website ( https://randomnerdtutorials.com/cheap-yellow-display-esp32-2432s028r/ ).    Brian Lough (AKA WitnessMeNow) has been building a community for the CYD on his GitHub site ( https://github.com/witnessmenow/ESP32-Cheap-Yellow-Display ) where he has instructions, examples, tutorials, downloadable tools, and much more.     Beginning back in the 1970s, my father and I built electronics projects together. And I have had a love for doing so ever since. Over the last few years, I have built several Arduino based gadgets on different platforms, including a couple which run on breadboards sitting beside me on my desk (I will share more about one of those later).      A common use for the CYD among hackers is to leverage the built in WiFi & Bluetooth radios to compromise wireless networks or devices. The Marauder project is a prebuilt image which can be loaded directly to the CYD to use it as a wireless hacking tool. Fr4nkFletcher's Github repository ( https://github.com/Fr4nkFletcher/ESP32-Marauder-Cheap-Yellow-Display ) is one place where you can download the Marauder tool. There are also video games, clocks, photo slideshows, and more, which have already been coded for you, and are available on the internet for download.    What would you do with a CYD? What could you build? What problem might you solve? What fun project might you come up with?    For myself, the CYD intrigued me, but it did not yet jump out at me as something I had a need for. Yet.    What would change my mind? What would set me on a quest to obtain some of these devices and learn to develop code for them? What problem did I wish to solve?    Tune in again, in a couple weeks, to learn the answers some of these questions and more in my next episode in this HPR series.  Provide feedback on this episode.

  9. SEP 22

    HPR4471: Ti-82 Makes Music and Password Manager

    This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. The TI-80 is a graphing calculator introduced by Texas Instruments in 1995 to be used at a middle school level (grades 6 to 8). It offered advanced capabilities that had previously only been available in high-end scientific calculators to students learning pre-algebra and algebra, and was designed to be affordable for schools. Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-80 https://zadig.akeo.ie/ https://rmccurdy.com/.scripts/downloaded/HoustonTracker%202%20%20Windows%2011%20Tutorial%20TI-82%20Silverlink.zip Provide feedback on this episode.

  10. SEP 19

    HPR4470: HPR is twenty years old today.

    This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Links to the clips hpr0001 - Introduction to HPR by StankDawg & Enigma (Dec 31, 2007) hpr0720 - Interview with Mark (deltaRay) about CLI Magic by Klaatu (May 6, 2011) hpr0853 - Pat Volkerding of Slackware Linux chats with Klaatu (Nov 8, 2011) hpr0788 - Bitcoin howto, JWP (Aug 9, 2011) hpr3439 - Linux Inlaws S01E40: The One with the BSDs (Oct 10, 2021) hpr0870 - Computer Memories by Deltaray (Dec 12, 2011) hpr1037 - How to solder series, Mr X (2012-2013) hpr1322 - Kevin O'Brien/index.html"> - Ohio LinuxFest 2013 a.k.a Ahuka, by Ken Fallon (Aug 27, 2013) hpr1642 - First Time at Oggcamp by Al (Nov 18, 2014) hpr1690 - Arduino Introduction by Klaatu (Jan 23, 2015) hpr1874 - Fireside chat with droops by Ken Fallon (Oct 8, 2015) hpr1890 - A short walk with my son by thelovebug (Oct 30, 2015) hpr2182 - why say GNU/Linux by spaceman (Dec 13, 2016) hpr2503 - My journey into podcasting by thelovebug (Mar 7, 2018) hpr2673 - Ohio Linux Fest Podcaster Roundtable by Thaj Sara (Oct 31, 2018) hpr1703 - Open Source CD Rippers, Kevie (Feb 11, 2015) Provide feedback on this episode.

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Hacker Public Radio is an podcast that releases shows every weekday Monday through Friday. Our shows are produced by the community (you) and can be on any topic that are of interest to hackers and hobbyists.

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  • Creator
    Hacker Public Radio
  • Years Active
    2008 - 2025
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) License
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