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

2023-05-15 Thread 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

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

2022-06-25 Thread Klaatu
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 Pop

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

2021-12-08 Thread Klaatu
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_n

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

2021-10-20 Thread Klaatu
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 > -- Klaatu ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org

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

2021-10-17 Thread Klaatu
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

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

2021-10-17 Thread Klaatu
me 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

[Hpr] HPR RPG asynchronous play

2021-09-22 Thread 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

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

2021-09-17 Thread Klaatu
t; > > 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

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

2021-09-17 Thread Klaatu
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 anothe

Re: [Hpr] Article by hedorah on HPR

2021-04-26 Thread Klaatu
cific 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. -klaatu __

Re: [Hpr] Article by hedorah on HPR

2021-04-25 Thread Klaatu
quirements 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: >

Re: [Hpr] Article by hedorah on HPR

2021-04-25 Thread Klaatu
;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

Re: [Hpr] PDF files

2021-04-09 Thread Klaatu
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 w

[Hpr] March RPG Club

2021-02-17 Thread Klaatu
) We'll be in the Gaming channel on the server. -klaatu ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org

[Hpr] RPG Club

2021-02-07 Thread 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

[Hpr] D one-shot on Tuesday

2021-02-05 Thread 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 ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo

[Hpr] November HPR RPG Club

2020-11-01 Thread Klaatu
your lead overcoat! -klaatu signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org

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

2020-11-01 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] [HPR} Blind Dungeons *& Dragons

2020-10-30 Thread Klaatu
hird 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 n

[Hpr] RPG invitation [was: Blind Dungeons & Dragons]

2020-10-30 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Blind Dungeons & Dragons

2020-10-29 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] RPG Club

2020-09-21 Thread 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 between 5 and 6. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[Hpr] RPG Club

2020-09-20 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Note about accessibility in show notes

2020-08-24 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Content Query

2020-07-28 Thread Klaatu
uld 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 signature.asc Description:

Re: [Hpr] Content Query

2020-07-26 Thread 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

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

2020-03-18 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Stuck at home? Wanna play D?

2020-03-17 Thread Klaatu
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! -klaatu signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: [Hpr] Harassment on HPR

2019-12-16 Thread Klaatu
o 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. -- Klaatu __

Re: [Hpr] Klattu???

2019-10-28 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Klattu???

2019-10-28 Thread 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? >

Re: [Hpr] Passing of 5150

2019-09-08 Thread 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. > >-

Re: [Hpr] Series Idea

2019-08-25 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Should we reject a show with copyrighted fair use clips in it ?

2019-05-23 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Error and comment

2019-04-15 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Static Site Generators - NOT a flat file CMS

2019-04-03 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Static Site Generators - NOT a flat file CMS

2019-04-03 Thread 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

[Hpr] starfinder one-shot

2019-02-15 Thread 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

[Hpr] Kind awk word

2018-03-08 Thread Klaatu
or 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 ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hac

Re: [Hpr] Klaatu's Community play RPG

2018-01-14 Thread Klaatu
e 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 201

Re: [Hpr] mumble room request

2018-01-02 Thread Klaatu
king 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 tran

[Hpr] Community play RPG. Save the date.

2017-12-31 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Dropping the Call in Numbers

2017-12-11 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Separate channel RPG

2017-12-09 Thread Klaatu
. 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 m

Re: [Hpr] Fwd: Podcast Awards Nominee Info

2017-08-15 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] call for RPG players

2017-07-27 Thread 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

[Hpr] call for RPG players

2017-07-27 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Amateur radio round table?

2017-01-06 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Amateur radio round table?

2017-01-06 Thread Klaatu
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

Re: [Hpr] Lord D

2016-12-10 Thread 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 dir

[Hpr] Requesting Lord Drachenblut Eugolies

2016-12-07 Thread klaatu
a loved one. -klaatu -- kla...@sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org ___ Hpr mailing list Hpr@hackerpublicradio.org http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org

Re: [Hpr] first update

2015-11-22 Thread Klaatu
in the show. Couldn't be easier. I'm looking forward to hearing the show! -klaatu On 11/22/2015 07:57 PM, Clinton Roy wrote: > 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 tha

Re: [Hpr] Topic request

2015-02-19 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] New year's post mortem

2015-01-08 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] New year's post mortem

2015-01-08 Thread Klaatu
! -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

Re: [Hpr] New year's post mortem

2015-01-08 Thread Klaatu
-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

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

2014-11-04 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] OLF brief report

2014-10-27 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Next two AudioBookClub books

2014-07-21 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Fwd: Migration in the future (To my company).

2014-07-16 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Article of interest

2014-07-02 Thread 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

Re: [Hpr] Backup shows

2014-03-07 Thread 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