<?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, 30 Apr 2026 01:51:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@mione/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Best Scientific Abstract Ever on Quantum Tokens for Digital Signatures]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fisherman caught a quantum fish. "Fisherman, please let me go", begged the fish, "and I will grant you three wishes". The fisherman agreed. The fish gave the fisherman a quantum computer, three quantum]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/best-scientific-abstract-ever-on-quantum-tokens-for-digital-signatures</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/best-scientific-abstract-ever-on-quantum-tokens-for-digital-signatures</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2016 16:16:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/sML2JBPsdAyPJdF1f6EKaGe6uX2TvfmNwYEjJWCCQbdGmHDBeejje3PU1QzTnnza?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Become the Elite of the Information Society?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I write this small essay based on the conversation I had in a local bar. Several men concerned with the influence of technology on casual life, decided to contemplate about much needed fixes to our brains.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/how-to-become-the-elite-of-the-information-society</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/how-to-become-the-elite-of-the-information-society</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:13:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9RTqgzgfVW72JAqkNReCYdxTgNKnqFEtf3WEvmgzEkXJybaSJrMUjyDSDwW46o7G8fWc9aC3YJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Chemical Elements Would Look Like If They Were People (featuring Lenya Brick as author)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Images by Lenya Brick for AdMe.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/what-chemical-elements-would-look-like-if-they-were-people-featuring-lenya-brick-as-author</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/what-chemical-elements-would-look-like-if-they-were-people-featuring-lenya-brick-as-author</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 12:28:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8hHVpauQQYxf1TfhnLExsmkqP1nY9twBGf6mHHYVrQaVPKE6VsfwQaLRcUE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drawing Eyes on Butts Means Survival]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let’s talk about mimicry. One scientist (Neil Jordan, University of New South Wales) once observed how a lion tried to attack an impala. While he was gathering his strength for a strike, an impala quickly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/drawing-eyes-on-butts-means-survival</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/drawing-eyes-on-butts-means-survival</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:16:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3auKdN6FdQE37iqu5j2y2YF2WydNTixjtESN81LmsMUcUT6kBGN2Y9yf9sTUbx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let’s Challenge Hemingway!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many remember a story told by Arthur Clarke where during a lunch Hemingway said that he can write a whole short story using only six words. The story written on a table-napkin is here: “For sale: baby]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@mione/let-s-challenge-hemingway</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@mione/let-s-challenge-hemingway</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 21:14:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/axopD2eJJx4em8McyQxkbkmmEjF7J8KYnnMAp7SkSHMCVqe9MBfcFq5rDeyK?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Thick Perplexity of 21st Century: a Hard Life of an Innovator]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was a young teenager, one weird fantasy often visited my mind. Worry not, it was a decent fantasy. I imagined how a time machine brings me far back in time. For example, in medieval times. Or in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/future/@mione/the-thick-perplexity-of-21st-century-a-hard-life-of-an-innovator</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/future/@mione/the-thick-perplexity-of-21st-century-a-hard-life-of-an-innovator</guid><category><![CDATA[future]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 20:16:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2Qhhdda6Qnbf3tmzJrX4U73UNzx6aeWucDGgbtShZ6pwJ7oVaGoLqnM9R41ukMEYewyEf5WCZhYJ4iKpTVVY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Algorithms and Blues: Decision-Making is Being Blindly Outsourced]]></title><description><![CDATA[They have benign, if exotic, nicknames: Penguin, Panda, Hummingbird. 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We’ve all shown Saturn to someone, or perhaps you’ve shared a clear view of a bright star cluster with someone who hasn’t seen such a thing before. In these and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/you-and-the-universe-at-the-eyepiece-there-s-a-difference-between-beauty-and-the-sublime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@mione/you-and-the-universe-at-the-eyepiece-there-s-a-difference-between-beauty-and-the-sublime</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2016 09:51:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8hHVpauQQYxf1e7C9TciaNNQNsupEvR9io4G2w2zEzLndmdX4a3oRyN4qyp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ctrl+Alt+Del: Don't Lose Your Post to a Computer Crash. Here's a Plan for a Technical Emergency]]></title><description><![CDATA[All STEEM writers know that sinking feeling when our computers display error messages or, worse, blank screens. But with a few tricks up your sleeve, you can restore both your computer and your writing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@mione/ctrl-alt-del-don-t-lose-your-post-to-a-computer-crash-here-s-a-plan-for-a-technical-emergency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@mione/ctrl-alt-del-don-t-lose-your-post-to-a-computer-crash-here-s-a-plan-for-a-technical-emergency</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2HeX3Zi2vTf1sKjypfCuqoxG6tkLcSyXNXhRywiaHh6peqc6tGXejg3wgRG8Ne4HQtr9C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Vote for Respect]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’re heading into the voting booths soon, and between now and then, you can count on daily doses of hostility and all-out nastiness. 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Continued from Part 1. 51. “Get Away From Her, You Bitch!”, Aliens, 1986 The standout moment in the mother of all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@mione/it-s-a-friday-a-good-time-to-remember-the-100-greatest-movie-moments-ever-part-2-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@mione/it-s-a-friday-a-good-time-to-remember-the-100-greatest-movie-moments-ever-part-2-2</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 12:25:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2k7TU6R7D8hFW9Qc9iNgnAptyAGbGPXPoyiqA5TydQ9QYEEcR4MtkFVJzy?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climbing Mt. Sharp: Reforging a Path for Human Space Travel]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a whim one morning, I showed my 3-year-old son NASA’s 2014 special issue on Mars. The content was way above Liam, of course, but the breathtaking illustrations were right at his level. I paged through]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/space/@mione/climbing-mt-sharp-reforging-a-path-for-human-space-travel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/space/@mione/climbing-mt-sharp-reforging-a-path-for-human-space-travel</guid><category><![CDATA[space]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mione]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:58:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2HeX3Zi2vTf1sKjvwWaiHjRBst6e3c5ZX9nG3xfRFquwmduyr4J814bp1stw3cWA7cwaW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Astrology Works]]></title><description><![CDATA[People pay attention to astrology for a good reason. Astronomers should know it. Did that get your attention? 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