<?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>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:22:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@galotta/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How Coindesk's #fakenews got my hyped for no reason: Germany *will* tax you for buying coffee with bitcoin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pixabay Hey guys, yesterday I came across a quite interesting article by Coindesk headlined Germany Won't Tax You for Buying Coffee With Bitcoin. Referring to a recently published directive by the German]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@galotta/how-coindesk-s-fakenews-got-my-hyped-for-no-reason-germany-will-tax-you-for-buying-coffee-with-bitcoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@galotta/how-coindesk-s-fakenews-got-my-hyped-for-no-reason-germany-will-tax-you-for-buying-coffee-with-bitcoin</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:54:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsKQG7nhCXMsgXxUQHwtJm4rGgDFSP27G8NseWvEiMeFygtHW6U36KbC4EWpyfcT2dG1CgV934VB2noge6DTGPm7cuWn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curious Mathematics: Hedgehogs, why cyclones exist and why 3-dimensional humans can't have nice hair]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pixabay Hey guys, do some of you happen to have short to medium long hair? If so, I am inclined to presume that at least some of you have been pondering about the following issue: Why is there always]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@galotta/curious-mathematics-hedgehogs-why-cyclones-exist-and-why-3-dimensional-humans-can-t-have-nice-hair</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@galotta/curious-mathematics-hedgehogs-why-cyclones-exist-and-why-3-dimensional-humans-can-t-have-nice-hair</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 19:10:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsKQG7nhCXMsgXxUQHwtJm4rGgDFSP27G8Nsde3D6yXhFW5myCxxnAkeMX3FM8ymRTg3CCkJgJC3ze52hCPkSMb8KkFp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety of lichen - in response to @dber]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey guys, this is just a short post in reference to @dber's recent airport adventures. Upon reading his last post about the indigenous lichen of Geneva airport I realized that most them appeared vaguely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@galotta/variety-of-lichen-in-response-to-dber</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@galotta/variety-of-lichen-in-response-to-dber</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2018 13:15:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdjurqmumPgt6j6in3Gm4RnnGgdYz7uXYCmPYZWafz4RqjfvL1zWA4AzzoBxA4LJ7JNnpPsPvbvL5Dx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[There and back again - A steemSTEM meetup at CERN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good evening to you, After an truly amazing weekend with the steemSTEM community on our meetup an CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, I finally managed to peruse through my own pictures. In the hope of contributing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@galotta/there-and-back-again-a-steemstem-meetup-at-cern</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@galotta/there-and-back-again-a-steemstem-meetup-at-cern</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdxe3TWH71nbpUxg632XFxAda4atB35j4HEh2ssQ5FjhBErb6Mn8qPAGpcE1ZQQe2WQLZkmWjKT29r6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The significance of mathematics - and why it can prove its own incompleteness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey guys, the recent steemSTEM meetup offered so many nice and enlightening conversations about different topics that I even got to discuss mathematics for a while (usually a total buzz-kill but not here]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@galotta/the-significance-of-mathematics-and-why-it-can-prove-its-own-incompleteness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@galotta/the-significance-of-mathematics-and-why-it-can-prove-its-own-incompleteness</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:06:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXB6DfixgRs18hVdqwooFTPVzUC54j2BtdmZYVgd4vgy6FmU88rqNrD75w5ycKtQRucfFjvU8T8VFQcprdPpqAt11AHX8A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemSTEM Meetup - Things to visit in Geneva]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey guys, the SteemSTEM meetup is coming up and the last time I presented some attractions outside of the scientific domain to discover in the vicinity of lake Geneva. Now let's see which characteristic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@galotta/steemstem-meetup-things-to-visit-in-geneva</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@galotta/steemstem-meetup-things-to-visit-in-geneva</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:10:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNuAjEYBiJy8C1yFbhebnLfxaNuC6yCr3wdmHpaatTrZCWeqJwqtoU3GuLQys6UfaqmoykbcY743BspPWdjU6hVdKGHtE5HHfthEf24op13ZjRaivF3wyZtVrQqnH2zbFduPWYAHA49Dzy6cT4QXFrx62?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SteemSTEM Meetup - Historic things to visit around Geneva]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pixabay The first SteemSTEM meetup is imminent to take place next week in and around Geneva, Switzerland with a particular focus on a trip to the CMS detector of the LHC particle accelerator below CERN.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@galotta/steemstem-meetup-historic-things-to-visit-around-geneva</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@galotta/steemstem-meetup-historic-things-to-visit-around-geneva</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi5xsGsUDYUN1LNu9Qi8onYittfhSMCpK247Cb8urzgEdezt1Z6fib5mSNYRxAL2NKFVZDPHSD4QMPygCYoMwSYn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Polybius Bank to establish headquarters in Brussels, Belgium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pixabay Hey guys, after a long period of medial absence an interesting piece of information with respect to Polybius Bank has emerged earlier today. Being a generally quite weakly represented and possibly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ico/@galotta/polybius-bank-to-establish-headquarters-in-brussels-belgium</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ico/@galotta/polybius-bank-to-establish-headquarters-in-brussels-belgium</guid><category><![CDATA[ico]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 19:23:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXB6DfixgRs18hVdqwooFTPVzUC54j2BtdmZYWemLc89mHmxpDpTp9gJcckgtooQ6Bix3HLgvekUCG77v3spGHBfDdh6UN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitconnect finally collapses - Texas State Securities Board issues 'Emergency Cease and Desist' order]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coinmarketcap.com, Bitconnect, taken on Jan 17 2018 Hey guys, on an eventful day of an unfortunate but hopefully not critical general market correction of cryptocurrencies a very particular story appears]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@galotta/bitconnect-finally-collapses-texas-state-securities-board-issues-emergency-cease-and-desist-order</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@galotta/bitconnect-finally-collapses-texas-state-securities-board-issues-emergency-cease-and-desist-order</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 01:05:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8e3Q7SiAwyhshZBRJkaZPzAwXAxfYHS4L1WQMjRMFAWdGdUBw5x4GoA5Y7jWcauVF8nzhsmUJu6qpF1DyPoxj3txvuSuuS9ihuf79WJm2FY5vA5br44SMuXas95AAYJ69RfwJuSFfHxq2D2NwqwpQrErBPJ21gdwVkgF24rz2jHj7UdEEE3uuhKrd36yQizigXJ8z5bAFdkRu5R1RzaZfBqm8wCBLN47v3X33UEymrcbkbcuxi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom in life - Epictetus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pixabay By our very nature we are inclined to measure contentment by the proportion of our satisfied desires. But there are two inequivalent facets of being content: You can have everything you want -]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@galotta/freedom-in-life-epictetus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@galotta/freedom-in-life-epictetus</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[galotta]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2018 15:01:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQyotRPt1Hd7fPufGf1WCpCvB7qBKbTkSDkBor13k9zZYxPWE2sGbVLc3hzLFvNAi2C65jPZSvJXduUkboXWugvA4ipK1EfXB8xZ6YwTGrL1RFukxDmHnSFSmQGdLYQYHmCycYLkBAj8DL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seneca: The greatest obstacle to living (and crypto)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pixabay “The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy. In anticipation of tomorrow it loses today. You are arranging what lies in Fortune’s control, and abandoning what lies in yours. 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