HPR4729: Living under a rock
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HPR4729: Living under a rock

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 17, 2026
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This show has been flagged as Explicit by the host. Living under a rock Living under a rock and feeling completely out of touch with everyone else. I rarely buy new items unless I have to due to me being a tight Scotsman however recently I have bought a few new items and their performance surprised me somewhat and made me feel a little like I’ve been living under a rock. I thought this would make a good topic for an HPR show. SSD 256GB...

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This is Hacker, Public Radio Episode 4729 for Thursday 17th September 2026. Today's show is entitled, Living Under a Rock. It is hosted by Mr X, and is about 19 minutes long. It carries an explicit flag.

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The summary is, some new things are much better than I expected it may feel like I've been living under a rock. Hello and welcome, Hacker Public Radio audience. My name is Mr. X and welcome to this podcast. As usual, I'd like to start by thanking the people at HPR for making this service available

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to solve on these here in Tertubes. HPR is a community-led podcast provided by the community for the community that means you can contribute too. It's very easy to send in a show just pick up a recording device an mp3 player a phone hit the record button send in they've gone to a great deal of effort to make it as easy as possible and once you send your first show in you might

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