<?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>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:51:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@greer184/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Death Of An Optimist: A Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[The soft waves gently tickle the ears with their melodic frequency, the distant warm glow of the sinking sun presses the face. It was a glorious day, but now it was time to say goodbye. Happen to stumble]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@greer184/death-of-an-optimist-a-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@greer184/death-of-an-optimist-a-review</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2024 02:23:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCUgdJrjhVmFWuz3PgPbL8WHy488como17JnJSt76VXZCcZq6qkuX9PNj72qsvjq7BZejYJhYDXkBYF1svJKmxLsLRp2dyhjeSf1cc6QmE8fpyU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Message Authentication using Schnorr Signatures in Rust]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, I'm going to briefly go over how digital signatures work, how to use them to authenticate messages, and then providing an example using Schnorr Signatures in Rust. The reason for covering this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@greer184/message-authentication-using-schnorr-signatures-in-rust</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@greer184/message-authentication-using-schnorr-signatures-in-rust</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-169321]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2021 23:00:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn9mZ7eQmT2b8kmwyXkuxz49TvTQEqPgoWMrkrDK68nDfunK1JgHELARqQsAQtmwZRH3hsMeqrtH9jBS9gj16gezsYTY5sCJUsWAE7Nf64kryno5PU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building a "Decentralized" Application in Rust]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past six months, I have been primarily focused on developing software in my free time outside my full time development job as a software engineer. The focus of this programming has been thinking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@greer184/building-a-decentralized-application-in-rust</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@greer184/building-a-decentralized-application-in-rust</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-169321]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:55:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqpx5c7Zikd2HFMqywJNqDeZVr22vYLLq3mmDMvC912rHdW2MVG9BYiBezr1zKVJtvqzhsTqY3SQWAuixW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Search of the Meaning of Ethereum]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the fun of watching euphoric rises and exciting terror of trying to catch falling knifes in order to optimize that perfect dip buy have returned to the crypto space, things have changed since my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/in-search-of-the-meaning-of-ethereum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/in-search-of-the-meaning-of-ethereum</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpL4zJww5jRKFUVqtFf61CRs9DiJpTunPyky3yjVvVU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Blockchains and Men]]></title><description><![CDATA[I briefly want to speak about some thoughts about blockchains, data privacy, social networks, centralized trends, and Wannabe Web 3.0. More than anything I'd like to provoke discussion on this topic because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@greer184/on-blockchains-and-men</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@greer184/on-blockchains-and-men</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 00:15:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBBQkN3tCkeqGDncZiRLVNg5Jyv5RiCGf2FwTABcit1xhrWVdGad7XxVWJJwzUgGj4B6N1TqU1tgN2Za6CBqZA31x2UcN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Can Only Fight Gravity So Long]]></title><description><![CDATA[A balanced stone sits on its perch soaking in the sun, Frozen in time, mocking the sand, so high, the only one, It's power, mystique, a magnificent treat, confident and wrong The balance is weak, beneath]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@greer184/we-can-only-fight-gravity-so-long</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@greer184/we-can-only-fight-gravity-so-long</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:35:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stuXpnvnU2ByoTTe7rtyo8v5uYk1kPymfyjguJmftL7537aywN4C3Mv5BkUZYNw3MyPZGDYBBjX7f2CfwR1nN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #12: Control]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the ability to project one's influence further than ever before with the power of the internet, people are freer than ever to tell me how the hell I should behave, what I should believe in, who I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-12-control</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-12-control</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 01:09:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #11: Dependence]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 2020 election is the most important election in my lifetime, they claim. It actually means less than ever before. In fact, if we really think about elections shouldn't really matter much at all. If]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-11-dependence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-11-dependence</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 02:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Requiem For Some Steem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow at 14:00 UTC, Steem will cease to exist. May we remember the years of decentralized content and cryptocurrency that it gave all of us. In it's place will remain either another Steem altcoin or]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@greer184/requiem-for-some-steem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@greer184/requiem-for-some-steem</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 23:55:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrU6KTuuW27Tq6en5JYHcVeXL6fAJ1RujUw3NULjf8Ndi8iaSVJKxRgGyUsUsdWCseMkMzhMhXfbj72spMaJ3xfwn4v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #10: A Failure to Fail]]></title><description><![CDATA[We live in some of the most prosperous times in the history of mankind, yet fear still dominates our perspective from day to day. It appears that we have perhaps developed an unhealthy relationship with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-10-a-failure-to-fail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-10-a-failure-to-fail</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 00:49:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #9: Deflation and Death by Debt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can anyone tame the unending printing of money? The more money you print, the greater the risk for inflating that currency due to there simply being a greater supply. Without a great cost to the creation]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-9-deflation-and-death-by-debt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-9-deflation-and-death-by-debt</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 23:25:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #8: The Partisan Game]]></title><description><![CDATA[My faith in democracy is pretty low right now. There's a lot of bullshit pedaling and unproductive narrative framing that seeks to elevate a group and ignore their flaws while magnifying the flaws of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-8-the-partisan-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-8-the-partisan-game</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 01:56:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #7: Spam]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a brief hiatus and recovering from drinking too much, I have returned to talk about spam. Spam takes many shapes and forms, but I'm going to focus on the delivery of unsolicited messages. While]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-7-spam</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-7-spam</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:21:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #6: Risk / Reward]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is actually not going to be about markets for the most part although it is very applicable there. Although some may consider some of the advice and thoughts here common sense, I like to understand]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-6-risk-reward</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-6-risk-reward</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:26:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #5: Side Effects]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last time I briefly explained my skepticism of ambitious optimists that overestimate their abilities and underestimate the difficulty and uncertainty of tasks that arise when "thinking big".]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-5-side-effects</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-5-side-effects</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2020 02:07:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #4: Thinking Small]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dream big. Shoot for the stars. Aim for the moon. A large part of American exceptionalism is rooted in unbounded ambition. But as someone who has struggled with procrastination and perfectionism in the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-4-thinking-small</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-4-thinking-small</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 23:48:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #3: Coronavirus Truthers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I drank a little too much and pulled my hamstring. Today, I tackle the issue that everyone has been preoccupied for the last few weeks. The Coronavirus. Or more specifically a new breed of armchair]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-3-coronavirus-truthers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-3-coronavirus-truthers</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 01:35:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #2: Betting on Chaos]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can't remember the last time I posted on back-to-back days, but here I am, collecting auto-votes like the selfish content creator you know I am. Yesterday I talked about politics. Today, I'm talking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-2-betting-on-chaos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-2-betting-on-chaos</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 21:25:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot the Rationalist #1: Politics as a Sport]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my first post on the new blockchain. Hopefully it won't be my last. I have thought much about how I would return to blogging regularly now that I don't have anything else to occupy my free time.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-1-politics-as-a-sport</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@greer184/shoot-the-rationalist-1-politics-as-a-sport</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 02:48:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQQfitmdxPPgLtSu1HuSyXtTCpRF9N1ZcMUXDB7ptaErKwFPGhzsT7nsiXa2AXZzXM5r7f1QUGCUH5LjojBBvWp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statheads Community Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Given that it is March and we're in prime basketball season, I thought now was a good time to launch a predictive modeling community. Predictive modeling combines data mining, statistics, and probability]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-162177/@greer184/statheads-community-introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-162177/@greer184/statheads-community-introduction</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-162177]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[greer184]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 19:56:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGLGMfvig9QShSZU5pqHX1YYALSbGqJBWXyN6qzEo6Wrv4LmXBU5BRSy3UCaeZUeeB8fNuiy2drEGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>