<?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>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:38:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jcomeauictx/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[three free ways to invest, all somewhat questionable]]></title><description><![CDATA[first, Initiative Q, it's been around over a year already and it's still at least 2 years away from having any value, but they seem to be well-funded and staffed to take it forward. their sales pitch:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freemoney/@jcomeauictx/three-free-ways-to-invest-all-somewhat-questionable</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freemoney/@jcomeauictx/three-free-ways-to-invest-all-somewhat-questionable</guid><category><![CDATA[freemoney]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 04:51:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[baking a hamburger bun on the stovetop]]></title><description><![CDATA[years ago I wrote two articles on baking breads on the stovetop, but since they are on a wiki, they've been mangled beyond recognition by now, and anyway my methods have improved over the years. so I'm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cooking/@jcomeauictx/baking-a-hamburger-bun-on-the-stovetop</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cooking/@jcomeauictx/baking-a-hamburger-bun-on-the-stovetop</guid><category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 03:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7y76zA3YbK2YZG41eFM3LQtpRm2szjM1RyFsLWSNPEPni1xheUNpvKh4N3fTZNU4PGf9gCDuJ2GeDE5Br8hE4vYpSttSg6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[mapping large number of values to unique colors in continuous gradient]]></title><description><![CDATA[this is a problem I've had for decades and never knew how to solve with standard RGB monitors. my Google-fu has failed me many times, such as in this StackOverflow result whose answers are hardly actionable]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@jcomeauictx/mapping-large-number-of-values-to-unique-colors-in-continuous-gradient</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@jcomeauictx/mapping-large-number-of-values-to-unique-colors-in-continuous-gradient</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 23:55:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9VQaBa4sbcxMUiFKz8HQGYsRrEWy7itcQR5D98CQkzmckNry4cmQZe3g6X95anJef2xTuPDbPidtmDg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The magazine on the floor at Christchurch isn't necessarily a sign of a hoax]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been seeing stuff posted here and on Facebook and YouTube that the magazine pictured in the photo was already on the floor when the Christchurch mosque shooter arrived. And that's still possible,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/conspiracy/@jcomeauictx/the-magazine-on-the-floor-at-christchurch-isn-t-necessarily-a-sign-of-a-hoax</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/conspiracy/@jcomeauictx/the-magazine-on-the-floor-at-christchurch-isn-t-necessarily-a-sign-of-a-hoax</guid><category><![CDATA[conspiracy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:37:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9SUedxsC8eBxV3JetQaADeD4251JXgtfHkXzux8Ge8dKKGEz98uGYvgHGU7WUuP3PPghMkx4jyzyZgaynh6277ArUjY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[difference between anarchy and the state: an anecdote]]></title><description><![CDATA[being a generalist developer, I'll do work with one technology, then go for several months without touching it again, sometimes a year or more. often things have changed, sometimes drastically, since my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcomeauictx/difference-between-anarchy-and-the-state-an-anecdote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcomeauictx/difference-between-anarchy-and-the-state-an-anecdote</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2016 05:35:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HuuaCvCTvq6kzrdA1qyTXNHcq1NYYahHwYM9pu7b5hmzg6rUSHpnzD3NnNzgUKjy4r2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[lost steemit upvotes after a month]]></title><description><![CDATA[dear lazyweb: just noticed that all posts showing as "1 month ago" (or, presumably, older) have 0 upvotes. hard to believe, for example, that my introduceyourself article lost all 11 votes since]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@jcomeauictx/lost-steemit-upvotes-after-a-month</link><guid 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Aug 2016 22:47:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9mPK1FHumnMfwppPWX4mLqGZsPzTtpxud8nSQ6DwRc6GN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[EpiPen kerfuffle]]></title><description><![CDATA[from my blog: with all this commotion about epi-pens, which by the way are being manipulated in price because of government intervention, why don't people who might need them just go buy a bottle of it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcomeauictx/epipen-kerfuffle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcomeauictx/epipen-kerfuffle</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:57:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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I'm sure it is the intent of the author to show how government is assisting an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcomeauictx/the-cancer-posing-as-the-cure</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcomeauictx/the-cancer-posing-as-the-cure</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2016 03:32:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3ejZQFLqXedKjMWUruDDLnjto7hyLjzrLRD7Pg5kWga8gR6r4iFcVSix1L8o8qMgSKNLh37dVBgHp6QF867MutkA9oQtBQGJ3xc4gJogJ4mhxPq9YjuLhZxRz8beAx7kPFgCxGBeexqrbFpy56Wrefa3hPjNwTBvKXpo5ioLxD26ryt86w4n4NxPuwnvj?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[intrepid wanderer comes to steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[by way of @sterlinluxan and @dollarvigilante, I find myself on steemit in search of fame and fortune. or better yet, fortune without the fame. I'm John Comeau, and I've been blogging since about 2002 or]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jcomeauictx/intrepid-wanderer-comes-to-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@jcomeauictx/intrepid-wanderer-comes-to-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 04:58:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Pufd3Z6ckjNBcCjvypFJCxEXzbQ8G6Ehq9tsPG6rR2vKK6MUhR6NhHeN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[the Bill Gates test for charity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Would Bill qualify for this? you may have noticed in my blog posts that I participate in a "food handout" at the Petaluma (California) senior center on Tuesday mornings, and wonder what an anarchist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jcomeauictx/the-bill-gates-test-for-charity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jcomeauictx/the-bill-gates-test-for-charity</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 01:07:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1fSsTuDRmRXZkwNap335YQdxr3DK22fWZH6MCs7GmgCeSGeQc8eZEkKpf4XKcMU4hgEnEr4RCEW5EfByCeS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[now with pictures! repost: only with government]]></title><description><![CDATA[pay tax or die was cooking dinner last night on my camp stove, spaghetti and sausages for $1.69 at Grocery Outlet, and 2 cans of stewed tomatoes I got from the senior center handouts last Tuesday. only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jcomeauictx/now-with-pictures-repost-only-with-government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@jcomeauictx/now-with-pictures-repost-only-with-government</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 21:35:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/axopCyoueqs58U2pgCmftfNM5eEGiVUtxHM7sWn5R3PNGkGwnFzUE2iBFVFU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[only with government is cheap alcohol guaranteed to be undrinkable]]></title><description><![CDATA[was just cooking dinner on my camp stove, spaghetti and sausages for $1.69 at Grocery Outlet, and 2 cans of stewed tomatoes I got from the senior center handouts last Tuesday. only I forgot to stir the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcomeauictx/only-with-government-is-cheap-alcohol-guaranteed-to-be-undrinkable</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@jcomeauictx/only-with-government-is-cheap-alcohol-guaranteed-to-be-undrinkable</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jcomeauictx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 00:09:30 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>