<?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 20:58:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@iobates/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin vs CBDC]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Central Bank Digital Currency and the promise of total subjugation of money. CBDC's are controlled by a central instance, the central bank that alone should be enough to make everybody very concerned,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@iobates/bitcoin-vs-cbdc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@iobates/bitcoin-vs-cbdc</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:04:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quick Tactic from a game.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just had a wonderful ending to a frankly bad game, I dropped pawns like I was paid to. But then my counter play turned out to be very good. We got to the following position White can only play Qf2, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/a-quick-tactic-from-a-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/a-quick-tactic-from-a-game</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:17:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g7293LJ3Vg8LGMxSXJbQHxtovyJAqw2j9RsivpZ42YcyswqLMruJhsCcQNQ3nUqFMLHngdXFvor1dciksK1RtBJNmNSBJPbGDH8Vx6iqhz9zEPwseHyjhtxy5HY8t2p8BEx8frXqE5ubfjMH4PSn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ads making a site useless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ads are a scourge on the internet, but in some cases it makes the site completely useless. While everybody probably runs adblock for the most part. I recently got a chromebook, I do not have adblock on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ads/@iobates/ads-making-a-site-useless</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ads/@iobates/ads-making-a-site-useless</guid><category><![CDATA[ads]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:14:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqkjbTG3wU4UwHzmkEMTxtSivazPGH2AxnJGjTt7raHNCisat1rbJZS34gCj4tqAe2Qhsfpcv9mVrnbPVuBgzC7LSW9eahhwZ9CSmrF8GGUx1XtJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having Started my fitness training I was a bit sore for a few days.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everything goes well, though I was a bit sore for a few days due to my fitness training. With my birthday coming up I decided to eat a bit other than just meat for the weekend, but I fully intend to follow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fitness/@iobates/having-started-my-fitness-training-i-was-a-bit-sore-for-a-few-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fitness/@iobates/having-started-my-fitness-training-i-was-a-bit-sore-for-a-few-days</guid><category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 20:46:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnivore diet 27 August 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Update for today, again no picture. Honestly it isn't much different. Had my Drumstick (Chicken) for breakfast and lunch, then some meat paddy and a some sausages + some Legumes. Plan is to start fitness]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-diet-27-august-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-diet-27-august-2024</guid><category><![CDATA[diet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:16:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnivore 26 August]]></title><description><![CDATA[The plan was to start training today, but that didn't happen, postponed to Wednesday. I had a simple meal plan today, 3 drumsticks well chicken thighs. And then there was a stew for dinner for dinner.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-26-august</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-26-august</guid><category><![CDATA[diet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:55:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hiring practice at IBM will destroy the company.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The current ideology at IBM will likely lead to the company loosing success and could lead to the destruction of the company. If you decide the workers you hire is not based on any measure of skill, only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tech/@iobates/hiring-practice-at-ibm-will-destroy-the-company</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tech/@iobates/hiring-practice-at-ibm-will-destroy-the-company</guid><category><![CDATA[tech]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:21:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnivore 25 august]]></title><description><![CDATA[Didn't get to take pictures today. I had a meatball for breakfast, and for lunch, then I ate a Frankfurter as well for lunch. For dinner, I had a stew with a high percent meat. Though I had a bit of a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-25-august</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-25-august</guid><category><![CDATA[diet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2024 21:31:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnivore 24th August 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[No picture today. Much the same as for eating as yesterday. Though A stew for tonight. Today is a short post.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-24th-august-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-24th-august-2024</guid><category><![CDATA[diet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:57:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnivore 23 August 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today carnivore. I had a drumstick, chicken leg for breakfast, and lunch. Then I had some pork chops for dinner. Not sure if there is any visible progress yet. Monday I will start on the training regime]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-23-august-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-23-august-2024</guid><category><![CDATA[diet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 21:43:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennAC314uRyQSNJe24kHTGFdx9QkxCoLZbheXmLAa3EubLo1SUhGuf2b7ABFoKWMP1jM3nRRMN4bWqzyHkQyo2febh57Zq1PhP12LN6cnF4LHHHNNp6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnivore diary for 22nd of August 2024. Some benefits from the diet as well.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I had a drumstick for breakfast. While it seems most people think turkey as the drumstick I should clarify I had the drumstick but it is a chicken not a turkey. The chicken makes for a smaller drumstick.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/carnivore/@iobates/carnivore-diary-for-22nd-of-august-2024-some-benefits-from-the-diet-as-well</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/carnivore/@iobates/carnivore-diary-for-22nd-of-august-2024-some-benefits-from-the-diet-as-well</guid><category><![CDATA[carnivore]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:28:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennAC314uRyQSNJe23on2ufohwtyGPGW5VSiT4pN5xKQDefroLnmS5LcjDhPuiGEf2rtsNKefiPPqvW9ffTWFJXUAYCYKDKDya2GkDN36AZosv4x9Dg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnivore Diary 21st Aug]]></title><description><![CDATA[Todays picture there, yes I could loose weight, and I have lost enough weight, but there is some way to go still. Today I started the day with a sausage, and coffee. Then I went to a small zoo, I had a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/carnivore/@iobates/carnivore-diary-21st-aug</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/carnivore/@iobates/carnivore-diary-21st-aug</guid><category><![CDATA[carnivore]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:45:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennAC314uRyQSNJe25gcEGyRvsYzLFcUSaf2nrkM6MoRANGwXoVEAUB85ihHqnX6JFh79CvNwu9wNq4hVSWXxJBXSygqVwGWnfdKTM936yJEua4Kgpe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carnivore Diary 20th of August 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[This might not be a everyday thing, but I think it would be a nice way to keep a dietry (diet and diary, I know it is not that good). This will be a short post about my diet, I started doing the carnivore]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-diary-20th-of-august-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/diet/@iobates/carnivore-diary-20th-of-august-2024</guid><category><![CDATA[diet]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:33:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gem from a blindfold game]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I have said I find blindfold play to be interesting, not that I am necessarily very good. But then even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while. First let me post the critical position as a problem.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/a-gem-from-a-blindfold-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/a-gem-from-a-blindfold-game</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 09:38:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g7293LJ3Vg8LGMxSXJbQHxtovyJAqw2j9RsivpZ42YcyswqLMruJhsCcQNQ3nUpDtBhqbbwFzvAweG9DHYAQ2qZkPSLb6TnKXY4JVinWTFCucPR91v5sU4L368VSYDcjUkPdJy7LcKNdpoZB3b8S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess problem, from a game]]></title><description><![CDATA[White intends to play Bxb8, and then play Qa4+ will white win a piece with this ? Or can black prevent the lose of a piece with some move? It is white to move.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-problem-from-a-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-problem-from-a-game</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:33:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g7293LJ3Vg8LGMxSXJbQHxtovyJAqw2j9RsivpZ42YcyswqLMruJhsCcQNQ3LWbUmt6gfdNtMrnWzsNZZUUakou66JuqT5KDeowr11DoMLkyyfMWE7WN6gB7setBhY1M9F3vZygVzFgAo5NDemVx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tracking pill use, a simple CLI tool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another tool I feel would be useful, while it is written for me you could find it useful as well. Granted there is no indication exactly "what" the pills are we track, I know what I am tracking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@iobates/tracking-pill-use-a-simple-cli-tool</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@iobates/tracking-pill-use-a-simple-cli-tool</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-169321]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:39:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[update to the unpacker, delete the archives when unpacking completes; it works but I think it has a few bugs.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my previous post in this community Here I wrote about a small program I had written to extract archives, and this was all the program did. I was not entirely happy with this. Though I did not go and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@iobates/update-to-the-unpacker-delete-the-archives-when-unpacking-completes-it-works-but-i-think-it-has-a-few-bugs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@iobates/update-to-the-unpacker-delete-the-archives-when-unpacking-completes-it-works-but-i-think-it-has-a-few-bugs</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-169321]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 10:11:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI: Hype-train, is it finally over ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The current run-away hype-train with AI, it is inevitably going to crash into the mountain of broken promises, any day now. MacDonald stopping the use of LLMs for drive-thru order taking is maybe a sign]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@iobates/ai-hype-train-is-it-finally-over</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@iobates/ai-hype-train-is-it-finally-over</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:35:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e54ZpsCcUY6FWpRwkzFHou9QjbjGHnFzd58?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Small Program to extract Archives]]></title><description><![CDATA[a small program I wrote to extract archives, it is written in go package and imports package main import ( "flag" "fmt" "os/exec" "regexp" ) This block imports all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@iobates/a-small-program-to-extract-archives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-169321/@iobates/a-small-program-to-extract-archives</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-169321]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:32:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blindfold game analysis]]></title><description><![CDATA[[White "Regular_Rick"] [Black "blindbillblunder"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 { C02 French Defense: Advance Variation, Wade Variation } 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Be2 Rc8 8.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/blindfold-game-analysis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/blindfold-game-analysis</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:37:09 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>