<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:13:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@doctorcrowd/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Peer-to-Peer money in a historical context - Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Reinvent Money 2015]]></title><description><![CDATA[Money is an ancient technology. In this presentation, Andreas M. Antonopoulos examines the historical context of money as a technology and analyses the inflection points that lead to the most recent innovation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@doctorcrowd/peer-to-peer-money-in-a-historical-context-andreas-m-antonopoulos-reinvent-money-2015</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@doctorcrowd/peer-to-peer-money-in-a-historical-context-andreas-m-antonopoulos-reinvent-money-2015</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[doctorcrowd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 08:23:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eLJgRwNJsE9p7CG1czBdgJ1K4M5tgRNNaz2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HD Maps for Self Driving Cars - Podcast with David Rumsey and Wei Luo]]></title><description><![CDATA[The need for ultra high definition maps for self driving cars is creating a new kind of map - the High Definition or HD map - with resolution down to a few centimeters. 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We are focusing on two platforms to bring our customers and partners together.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/artificial-intelligence/@doctorcrowd/how-baidu-will-win-china-s-ai-race-and-maybe-the-world-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/artificial-intelligence/@doctorcrowd/how-baidu-will-win-china-s-ai-race-and-maybe-the-world-s</guid><category><![CDATA[artificial-intelligence]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[doctorcrowd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:31:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZtSQpnK1sq5pvJubNTVMNQ88ycKDJDkRnm62e84KxLyo7jK3dfTDcZTqhTg7BBfVyufHj76d58?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is backpropagation and what is it actually doing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Great intuitive video on what #backpropagation is and how it works behind the scenes to train neural networks. 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