Best Jaron Swab Podcasts (2024)

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How To Increase Your Internet Privacy Using Only Your Mind 13:24

3y ago13:24

13:24

In this episode we talk about how to level up your privacy online using only your mind. Having the correct mindset will get you 80% of the way to internet privacy. Reaching 100% is extremely difficult and likely impossible. However, if you start with the right mindset you'll get much closer than if you only used tools like a bandage. But don't worr…

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How To Run OpenBSD On 10 Year Old Tech 18:51

3y ago18:51

18:51

In this episode we talk about running OpenBSD on a top of the line laptop from 2011. We also cover files to edit for a Linux replacement, how to connect to WiFi without extra software, and one tweak that will speed up any workstation running OpenBSD. Plus, tips and tricks to get the most out of your old hardware in as little time as possible. OpenB…

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Which Programming Language Is The Best To Learn First 8:02

3y ago8:02

8:02

In this episode we chat about programming languages. Specifically, which is best to learn first depending on what part of the "stack" you plan to work within. Each area has a different core language that is most popular. Learning which one to choose, and focus on, is a big step in building your skills fast. The faster you learn the faster you can s…

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Which Linux Distro Is The Best For The Beginner & Expert? 9:00

3y ago9:00

9:00

In this episode we talk about with Linux distribution is best for you. We cover Ubuntu, Manjaro, and the two distros they spun out of. Plus, what I use and why I use it. Click here for the show notes. Don't forget, head over to hackerculture.us and sign up so you never miss and episode. This podcast is ad-free. Support the show at: hackerculture.us…

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How To Remove Google From Android 6:28

3y ago6:28

6:28

How to remove Google from your Android phone is easier than you might expect. What's often holding people back is where to find the right information. In this episode, we talk about how to remove Google services from your Android phone. For most people, LineageOS is the way to go because they have a large list of supported devices. But they also co…

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How To Not Ruin Your Tech When You Overclock 6:40

3+ y ago6:40

6:40

In this episode we talk about over clocking your PC and how to do it the right way. You spent your hard earned money on those computer parts so why not get the most out of them while keeping longevity high?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Bitcoin is the Real Meme Coin 6:47

3+ y ago6:47

6:47

In this episode we chat about why Bitcoin is not good money and what cryptocurrency is good money.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Store Your Dotfiles The Right Way 9:57

3+ y ago9:57

9:57

Tired of your spaghetti symlinks file and needing to update it after every file you create? Try this approach and have a simple and sane dotfile directory.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Time to Use A Real Chat App 10:49

3+ y ago10:49

10:49

As a kid in the mid 2000s I fell in love with chat apps. But what is the best app for real hackers today?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Plain text is always better... 10:52

3+ y ago10:52

10:52

In this episode we talk about why plain text files are better for efficiency in your workflows.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Ditching Linux For OpenBSD?! 14:06

3+ y ago14:06

14:06

In this episode we chat about OpenBSD vs. Linux and why I started to dabble in OpenBSD on my X200--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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It's Time To Be Your Own Platform 12:19

3+ y ago12:19

12:19

In thin episode we talk about how it's easier than ever to be your own host and platform. Now is the time to take back the web and decentralize it as it was meant to be.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Automating Youtube-DL for Copyright Free Music 10:15

3+ y ago10:15

10:15

In this episode we chat about a shell script I wrote called "audiodl" and how it simplified my process of saving music from an online source to my computer.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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How to do Open Source as a Business 8:20

3+ y ago8:20

8:20

In this episode we talk about my plan to pivot my Internet based company to allow me to write open source code full time. There are three ways that may work and I'm going to try them all.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Finally De-Googled & Social Feed Free 11:47

3+ y ago11:47

11:47

In thin episode we talk about how home-y a Google free Android device feels. As well as my new site at swab.dev--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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DWM or Bust! 9:20

3+ y ago9:20

9:20

In this episode we tank about tiling window managers and how much I missed DWM.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Google Free Again? Not so fast kiddo... 10:55

3+ y ago10:55

10:55

In today's episode I talk about the long hard road to being Google free again on my Android device.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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How To Get Your First Programming Job... Even If You Don't Know How To Code! 14:13

4y ago14:13

14:13

Programming is becoming an essential skill as times change due to the ever increasing use of computer technology. In this episode we talk about why you should learn to code even if you don't want to be a programmer, how to land your first programming job, and what language you should start with. For courses and books by me visit linktr.ee/jrswab --…

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How Every Hacker Can Increase Their Security Over Night 11:53

4y ago11:53

11:53

In this episode we talk about 2FA. What it is, why you need it, and what are the best options out there. https://linktr.ee/jrswab--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Gitea 7:42

5y ago7:42

7:42

Gitea is a fork of Gogs; both of which are a self hosted Git solution putting you in full control of your repos. Join us at chat.jrswab.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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ubPorts & Ubuntu Touch 7:15

5y ago7:15

7:15

I got a free Nexus 5 so I decided to load up Ubuntu Touch. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Debating on Using Emacs... 13:19

5+ y ago13:19

13:19

As a hacker I am always out to learn new skills and recently it has been Emacs. I love Vim though so this is a touchy subject... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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How to Play Dwarf Fortress in the Terminal 14:41

5+ y ago14:41

14:41

The following instructions are for Arch Linux without Xorg (so essentially terminal only arch or what you get after a fresh Arch Linux install). If you are using Ubuntu server or another distro, the steps should be close to the same. But not exact so please do your research. You may get lucky and just have to edit the config file. --- Support this …

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How To Block Ads On Your Entire Network 20:07

5+ y ago20:07

20:07

Many people use an ad blocker like uBlockOrigin to block ads from tracking us around the web but this only works on the devices it is installed on. We can do one better and prevent them all across any network in our control. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/support…

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Matrix: Decentralized Communication 20:24

5+ y ago20:24

20:24

"Welcome to Matrix: An open network for secure, decentralized communication." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Webapps Sandboxed Revisited 16:00

5+ y ago16:00

16:00

Last week we talked about a new app I found called Webapps Sandboxed. This week I talk about what it was like using it for as many apps as possible. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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How To Increase Android App Privacy 17:41

5+ y ago17:41

17:41

"The idea behind it is to provide a secure way to browse popular webapps by eliminating referrers, 3rd party requests, insecure HTTP requests, etc. It accomplishes this by providing a sandbox for multiple webapps. Each webapp will run in it's own sandbox, with 3rd party requests blocked, and all external links opening in an external default web bro…

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How To Type Unicode With Any Keyboard! 14:46

6y ago14:46

14:46

"Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation, and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems. The standard is maintained by the Unicode Consortium, and as of June 2018 the most recent version, Unicode 11.0, contains a repertoire of 137,439 characters covering 146 modern and historic sc…

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A Technology Nerd's Notion Review 13:50

6y ago13:50

13:50

Then I was browsing YouTube at the end of the night to relax before bed and came across a video talking about note-taking applications that are both cross-platform and robust. This is where I heard about Notion again. I can't remember where I first heard about it, but the first time I chose not to give it a go. After that first video, I looked up s…

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How To Mine Monero With AMD Graphics On Linux 17:29

6y ago17:29

17:29

One day awhile back I chose to learn about a cryptocurrency that previously I knew nothing about. The pick was Monero, a coin (at the time) ranked thirteenth by market cap on coinmarketcap.com and eighth by price. What I found interesting about this coin was the mining algorithm, CryptoNight. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com…

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You Need To Stop DNS Leaks 21:03

6y ago21:03

21:03

My mind has been on the Domain Name System (DNS) server for about a week now. I've been mulling over whether VPNs are necessary and what level of trust should be placed in a DNS provider. It's evident not to trust your ISP's DNS since some companies have been caught manipulating the data or using you DNS metadata to sell to other companies. Both of…

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You VPN Is Not Enough 23:46

6y ago23:46

23:46

A VPN is an encrypted tunnel between your computer and the internet at large. They exist to allow employees access to internal intranets of a company to do work remotely. That's it. They are merely a tunnel and not a means to keep your data/metadata private. Any VPN provider you use can see what you access, how often, and for how long. It's not har…

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Drop Patreon Use Liberapay 15:22

6y ago15:22

15:22

Patreon is able to shut down the income of a creator that is flagged by a random user. This is, at times, warranted by the content of the creator but is a very slippery slope. Instead of leaving this source of funding to a company that takes a cut and can shut you down without notice; creators should use a donation platform that respects their priv…

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Don't Miss Out on Grav: the Open Source CMS! 17:54

6y ago17:54

17:54

Grav is a web-based CMS in much the same way that WordPress is web-based. You set up an account on your server and then log in to create posts, pages, upload media, or add plugins. But, it's much more tailored to the kind of person I am than WordPress.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/support…

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I'm Rethinking RSS 14:22

6y ago14:22

14:22

After some thinking about the current state of social media and mass email lists, RSS came to mind, and it's actually a much better alternative for privacy. No data collection, no feed manipulation, no email newsletters. It's like someone from the future went to the past and gave us the answer to subscribing to creators without giving our away ever…

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All about BitShares - The Original Decentralized Exchange 17:14

6y ago17:14

17:14

In this episode we talk about the original decentralized cryptocurrency exchange called BitShares. Why risk the hacking and government shutdown of the old exchange paradigm when you can use the future?!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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From Google Free To OnePlus 6T 18:23

6y ago18:23

18:23

For the past year, I was using the OnePlus 3T without any Google apps or services. Now I picked up the OnePlus 6T and am figuring out a balance between extreme privacy and convince.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Programmer Dvorak 18:08

6y ago18:08

18:08

--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Secure Scuttlebutt 17:08

6+ y ago17:08

17:08

Secure Scuttlebutt is "a database of unforgeable append-only feeds, optimized for efficient replication for peer to peer protocols." This may be my way to decentralize Archivatory.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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The Official XMPP Server Is Live! 15:06

6+ y ago15:06

15:06

Join us over at hc-general@hackerculture.us! Need an XMPP account? No problem, just us Pidgin or Finch to sign up and start chatting with us today!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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Learning To Master RegEx 22:07

6+ y ago22:07

22:07

In this episode, we chat about Regular Expressions and a great tool to learn how to use this powerful tool wisely. Let me know if you can make this shorter -> `([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3}`--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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IPFS To The Resue! 18:53

6+ y ago18:53

18:53

IPFS, Better Than HTTPWhen we download a file from the internet, we access a traditional server and request to have the data we need. Then the server sends this file over the internet to us little by little until the entire file is in our possession.This process takes time and resources at a much higher rate than using a peer-to-peer service like I…

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Linux System Administration 001 18:14

6+ y ago18:14

18:14

In this episode we talk about a book that I am using to study up on Linux System Administration. My goal is to same day work as a sysadmin and filling in the gaps of me knowledge will be important to land that first Linux job.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/support…

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Let's Learn Bash! Tutorial 003 11:59

6+ y ago11:59

11:59

The previous episode in this series covered a few basic commands that we use most often in both the terminal and in Bash scripts. Today we will stay with this trend as we progress into more ways to manipulate what our computer does. If you have never used Bash, go back and listen over those posts.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify…

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Let's Learn Bash! Tutorial 002 14:39

6+ y ago14:39

14:39

Welcome back to the bash tutorial series. If you have not listened to the first episode in the series and you have never used bash please check that out before continuing. There are basic commands and terms we cover there that may make this section easier to follow.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supp…

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Let's Learn Bash! Tutorial 001 12:39

6+ y ago12:39

12:39

This is a start to a series all about bash and scripting for the terminal. There are lots of commands to cover but today is all about the basics.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hackerculture/supportBy Jaron Swab

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How To Get Healthy As A Technology Enthusiast 12:13

6+ y ago12:13

12:13

Us geeks, nerds, and technology lovers spend most of our day in front of a computer. We wake up and head the work where we spend eight hours on a computer to pay the bills. Then we come home and turn on our own laptop or desktop to relax with some games, code a project, or create content for the web. All this time adds up and we find ourselves over…

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Powerful Effects Of Ergonomic Technology 10:15

6+ y ago10:15

10:15

While this podcast is all about a technology of some sort this episode needs the attention of the nerd community. We spend all day on our computers coding, blogging, and consuming knowledge. This leads to many problems over time that even myself deal with now. It is best to keep ergonomics in mind when updating our work space.--- Support this podca…

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YaCy: How To Search The Internet In Freedom and Privacy 8:37

6+ y ago8:37

8:37

We mentioned YaCy in the past episode titled "Peer-To-Peer: Our Only Hope." Today we are getting more in-depth with YaCy and why it is essential. We, as internet users, need to be mindful of who is using our data and how. Does it benefit us to give up our information and privacy?--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hack…

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VPNs Are Awesome And You Should Be Using One 9:04

6+ y ago9:04

9:04

VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. It is virtual since the computer acts like it is on another network when on your normal connection. The private part is where this matters to you. The VPN has end-to-end encryption so while you are connected to the VPN the data is jumbled and unreadable to any onlooker.--- Support this podcast: https://podcas…

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