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A regularly published podcast by a self-described hacker, curmudgeon and hacktivist about the practice and profession of programming drawing on over a decade of professional experience and a lifetime spent hacking, the intersection of politics and society with technology and anything else clever, elegant or ...

A regularly published podcast by a self-described hacker, curmudgeon and hacktivist about the practice and profession of programming drawing on over a decade of professional experience and a lifetime spent hacking, the intersection of politics and society with technology and anything else clever, elegant or funny that catches my mind as a die hard technology geek.

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    TCLP 2013-02-11 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. Just a reminder of a couple of events coming up: Shmoocon, SoCal Linux Expo, and NorthEast Linux Fest. This week’s security alerts are Mozilla to enable click to play for Firefox plugins and Lucky Thirteen attack on SSL yields contents of some encrypted cookies. In this week’s news, privacy visor block facial recognition software, researchers set record with million core computation, geeks as the new guardians of civil liberties, and Edward Tufte was a phone phreak. Following up this week, what little can be done now that the DMCA exemption for carrier unlocking has expired and Ouya game console to be carried by big retailers. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

    Feb 12, 2013 Read more
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    TCLP 2013-01-29 How This Hacker Sees History (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. I have booked my travel for North East Linux Fest. If you are interested, the list of speakers has gone up, including myself. The organizer, Jonathan Nadeau, has a project he is trying to fund you should consider, Sonar. The hacker word of the week this week is fried. The feature this week is a contemplation of the experience and phenomenon of history. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

    Jan 30, 2013 Read more
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    TCLP 2013-01-21 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, I talked about an idea proposed by Marvin Ammori, Internet Freedom Day, met with no small success. As part of the celebration, Marvin also released a preview of his forthcoming book. This week’s security alerts are Nokia found decrypting proxied web data and Mozilla’s new security testing framework, Minion. In this week’s news, Ubuntu for phones revealed, programming literacy done right, the future of programming, and finding the beauty in Doom 3′s source code. Following up this week, JSTOR’s initially limited but free offering and the five next battles likely after defeat of SOPA. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

    Jan 21, 2013 Read more
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    TCLP 2013-01-14 No One Told You How Hard It Would Be (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. This episode is a bit different, really all I could muster after a weekend coming to grips with the news that Aaron Swartz took his own life on Friday at the age of 26. Please understand that this is all a bit raw for me and I will be back next week with a normal episode. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

    Jan 15, 2013 Read more
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    TCLP 2013-01-07 Interview: Randy Chertkow on the IBSG, 2nd Edition (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. Thank you to Sarah for her very generous year end donation. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is an interview with Randy Chertkow, co-founder of Beatnik Turtle, to discuss the new 2nd edition of the book he co-authored, the Indie Band Survival Guide. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

    Jan 8, 2013 Read more
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    TCLP 2012-12-17 A Function of Time (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. A final reminder that you are invited, as am I, to join the Hacker Public Radio online new year’s celebration. The hacker word of the week this week is freeze. The feature this week is a reflection on how I am trying to view a major milestone, that turning forty isn’t about a particular time in my life but the overall functioning of my life for which time is just an input. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

    Dec 18, 2012 Read more
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    TCLP 2012-12-10 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. Here are the details of the Hacker Public Radio new year’s party. This week’s security alerts are researcher owns network when victim simply opens email and new possible SHA1 weakness. In this week’s news, Cambridge to open a center to study long term risks of AI, MIT’s latest re-configurable robot, kickstarting a more realistic movie about hackers, and a new tool for running Os X binaries on Linux. Following up this week, six strikes regime delayed until next year and UK ISPs block and then unblock The Pirate Bay’s perfectly legal promo site. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

    Dec 10, 2012 Read more
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    TCLP 2012-12-03 How This Hacker Sees Parenting (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. Listener feedback this week is from Kevin, who I also had on the show in August to talk about Ohio Linux Fest. He wrote to share a post he made on the topic of ebooks that is well worth the read. The hacker word of the week this week is fred. The feature this week is a new installment in the How This Hacker Sees.. series on the subject of parenting. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

    Dec 4, 2012 Read more
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    TCLP 2012-11-26 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. The call for papers for the North East Linux Fest, to be held March 16 & 17 at Harvard University near Boston, is now open. Visit the site and register to submit your proposal. This week’s security alerts are a call to fix the trust mechanism for SSL and the German government advocates to put the control of trusted computing in users’ hands. In this week’s news, the history of the first British laptop, Google opens the plans for its book scanner thought not the first open book scanner design, an AI successfully pinpoints human reactions to abstract art, and a student is suspended for refusing to wear a school issued RFID enabled badge. Following up this week, appeals in both book scanning cases and an explanation of the deal for a Linux UEFI secure boot option. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

    Nov 27, 2012 Read more
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    TCLP 2012-10-28 How This Hacker Sees ebooks (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

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    This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. As I explain in the intro, this podcast is the first produced entirely on my brand new system, from ZaReason. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is a new installment in the How This Hacker Sees.. series (which still wants for a dedicate bumper and music) on the subject of ebooks. In it, I mention EPUBReader, O’Reilly Media, No Starch Press, Manning, Baen, Tor, HBR, and Story Bundle. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

    Nov 13, 2012 Read more
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