This starts our look at the details of playing Civilization III. In this episode we look at the Early game, which sets the stage for everything that follows. Then we look at Revenue and Resources. Links: https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_resources_in_Civ3 https://www.palain.com/gaming/civilization-iii/playing-civilization-iii-part-2/

This will probably be one I'll get a lot of comments on, but I've looked at the marketing proposition of HPR in light of some of the challenges we face. To prevent us dipping into the reserve queue and seeing a slow but steady decline in both audience and hosts.. Maybe its time to give HPR a bit of a makeover.

I talk about what's in my bag

Shout out to Noodles thanks again for responding to my previous post #4045 it was awesome to get feedback. Being able to upgrade my 2010 Macbook which is an Apple device and how impressive that was. Sadly that upgradability is a thing of the past.

I will talk about information feeds from web sites delivered to my computer device. I use the term feeds and by that I mean both RSS feeds and Atom feeds, the two feed protocols which are very similar. I believe it is very likely you as listener to Hacker Public Radio know about feeds. Not unlikely you even know the technical details far better than I do. Nowadays many of us use feeds very often without thinking of them as feeds, when we subscribe to podcasts. But feeds have been around for...

I have been struggling with my body weight since I was 35, and I’m now 60. I know that not all listeners are familiar with the kilogram as unit of measurement, but we can use the BMI (Body Mass Index) formula to discuss this. It should be somewhere between 22 and 25 and mine has been 33 for a long time. A very long time. No matter what I tried. Yes, I tried some diets but they only work if you keep doing them. So if something does not become normal or easy than at some inevitable point you...

Introduction This is the start of a short series about the JSON data format, and how the command-line tool jq can be used to process such data. The plan is to make an open series to which others may contribute their own experiences using this tool. The jq command is described on the GitHub page as follows: jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor …and as: jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice and filter and map and transform structured data with...

Laptop: Estarer Messenger Resistant Briefcase Computer Grey Power bank INIU High Speed Flashlight Powerbank Compatible

MPV resources Awesome mpv resources on Github MPV folder history on Github My github MPV History using Lua on my Github page hpr3133 :: Quick tip - Using MPV with Youtube links I give a quick tip on shortcut keys for watching Youtube or other video sites in MPV hpr3133 :: Quick tip - Using MPV My MPV History excerpt My MPV History excerpt

https://docs.google.com/document/d/17z3i5VlRzEn2tYPfb-Cx0LYpdKkbL-6svIzp7ZQOvX8 Resume Update Tips I use Kagi.com pro $300 / year but you get access to much more Search+AI but not plugins like ChatGPT so if you MUST have ChatGPT plugins you will need OpenAI Premium account but if you don't I high recommend Kagi.com Pro account with access to Assistant Beta !!! Land a Job using ChatGPT: The Definitive Guide! https://youtu.be/pmnY5V16GSE?t=192 Extensive Resume...

Charleston, South Carolina is a classic Southern city which had a past as a wealthy city, in large part due to slavery, and was active in the American Revolution before becoming the starting place of the Civil War. Links https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvQKR https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvQY6 https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvS82 https://www.palain.com/travel/rv-trip-2022-2023-southeast-us/charleston-south-carolina/

Home Automation, The Internet of things. This is the first episode in a new series called Home Automation. The series is open to anyone and I encourage everyone to contribute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_automation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Home automation or domotics is building automation for a home. A home automation system will monitor and/or control home attributes such as lighting, climate, entertainment systems, and appliances. It may also include home security such...

This was an unscheduled recording I made after my GPS failed part way into a long cross country trip. I did not make any notes. :( Effectively, this is a "Back in my day" old man rant.

Just me explaining why I think the robots will take our jobs.

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The programs and software I mentioned in this episode: XFCE Monad Gnome Firefox XFCE Terminal KiTTY Cool Retro Term GIMP Gnumeric Thunar Hypnotix Flameshot Mousepad Inkscape pavucontrol (Pulse Audio) pipewire keepassxc Blender FreeCAD SimpleScreenRecorder VirtualBox KVM Rhythmbox Gramps qv4l2 (Webcam control) Godot Krita Arduino IDE nerd-dictation Yoshimi Carla Audacity Rosegarden Hydrogen VCV Rack 2 Stardew Valley Steam Minecraft SimCity 2000 SimCity 3000 Warzone...

In this episode I go through the pros and cons of running Linux when you switch over from a Windows machine. I'll cover topics like: Speed Simplicity Configuration Games Updates and much more. Links YouTube video

Shownotes: postmarketOS website: https://postmarketos.org/ pmOS image download page: https://postmarketos.org/download/ pmOS wiki page for PINE64 PinePhone: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/PINE64_PinePhone_(pine64-pinephone) JumpDrive: https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive JumpDrive images (does not currently support PinePhone Pro!): https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Jumpdrive/releases Explanation of "pine64-pinephone-charging" image:...

More man-talk. Sgoti talks about using bidets and other things. Good heavens! Tags: mens health, bidets, fiber Source: hellotushy: We’re a team of toilet crusaders, fighting for clean bums and reduced global wastefulness. Supporting source: hellotushy: TUSHY Classic 3.0 Source: metamucil: Metamucil is the only leading fiber supplement that contains natural psyllium fiber. Supporting source: metamucil: Metamucil Real Sugar Orange Smooth Powder. Supporting source: wikipedia: Dietary fiber...

Test Driven Development Demo with PyTest TDD Discussed in hpr4075 Write a new test and run it. It should fail. Write the minimal code that will pass the test Optionally - refactor the code while ensure the tests continue to pass PyTest Framework for writing software tests with python Normally used to test python projects, but could test any software that python can launch return input. if you can write python, you can write tests in PyTest. python assert - check that something is...

This starts our look at the details of playing Civilization III. This was a great advance on Civilization II, and we will see how this happens as we look at the Cities, and at the terrain types on the tiles. Links: https://www.civfanatics.com/ https://civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Apolyton_Civilization_Site https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Sid_Meier%27s_Civilization_III/Terrain https://www.palain.com/gaming/civilization-iii/playing-civilization-iii-part-1/

Below are some links relating to things I discuss in the episode. Note I haven’t included my actual Python code for fear that it would be in breach of the copyright used by HPR as it is based on the output from ChatGPT. If you would like a copy of the code then place contact me via email at [email protected] requesting a copy of the code. Related links Wikipedia article about the Raspberry pi Link to PiFace control and display add on board for the Raspberry pi In my episode I repeatedly...

Today I Learnt more Bash tips Sgoti talks about supplying options to bash scripts Tags: Bash tips, TIL, getopts #!/bin/bash # License: GPL v3 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without...

Getting started with the digiKam photo management software. In hpr4071 I talked about my migration from Adobe Photoshop Elements and Lightroom to digiKam. Today I will give you some suggestions to getting started with digiKam, based on my experience and my opinion. You find the digiKam website at https://www.digikam.org/. On the documentation page you find a good and exhaustive documentation. The big user manual can be read online or downloaded as an epub book. I suggest you browse the manual...