<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:23:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@uberbrady/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What the hell *is* currency? I have no idea.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where does money come from? I mean, not only various cryptocurrencies, but money, in general? In both senses of the question - "how did the first bit of currency come online", but also "how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@uberbrady/what-the-hell-is-currency-i-have-no-idea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@uberbrady/what-the-hell-is-currency-i-have-no-idea</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uberbrady]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 02:32:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New(-ish) MacBook Pro with Touchbar - the Computer Apple Doesn't Want to Make]]></title><description><![CDATA[I hate my late-2016 MacBook Pro. I suspect the CPU-bump that came out in early 2017 was probably much nicer, but I'm going to be stuck with this box for a while. I think the reason it's so bad is that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/apple/@uberbrady/the-new-ish-macbook-pro-with-touchbar-the-computer-apple-doesn-t-want-to-make</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/apple/@uberbrady/the-new-ish-macbook-pro-with-touchbar-the-computer-apple-doesn-t-want-to-make</guid><category><![CDATA[apple]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uberbrady]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 04:21:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some weaknesses in either the DPOS algorithm or its explanation]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm pretty horrified at the BitCoin Proof-of-Work algorithm (POW), in that I feel that it is enormously wasteful of computing resources - which translates to electrical power. I really prefer the idea]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@uberbrady/some-weaknesses-in-either-the-dpos-algorithm-or-its-explanation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@uberbrady/some-weaknesses-in-either-the-dpos-algorithm-or-its-explanation</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uberbrady]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2017 22:33:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Set of Shitty Hot-Takes on the Apple Announcement]]></title><description><![CDATA[The LTE watch could be nice. Example - I decided to pop down to the beach and catch a few waves for my 'lunch break'. I couldn't leave my phone just sitting there on the beach, so I couldn't take it. An]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/apple/@uberbrady/another-set-of-shitty-hot-takes-on-the-apple-announcement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/apple/@uberbrady/another-set-of-shitty-hot-takes-on-the-apple-announcement</guid><category><![CDATA[apple]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uberbrady]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 20:54:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5Ssnhrt9mztVZ3XYXB2VCCwuCxo8F4MLxQL8SuuJkFqsBChq4MfnBrx45DBMHHEqYdVuzzopZWQnYNdpbQGQXfzzwgpXYbs5opLt1sp1iSH3TMi3ZTFRwTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goldbugs and hard-currency peeps]]></title><description><![CDATA[This has been a recurring motif among various Cryptocurrency aficionados - that the US Dollar was hopelessly debased once it was unhooked from gold. This is silly. Here's why. First things first. People]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@uberbrady/goldbugs-and-hard-currency-peeps</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@uberbrady/goldbugs-and-hard-currency-peeps</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uberbrady]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 23:42:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attributes that _I_ would like to see in a cryptocurrency]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inflationary Hierarchical Scalable (Ideally, I'd love it if all of the "work" (computation) that is done to generate the currency actually did something useful) Might be nice if the 'work function']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@uberbrady/the-attributes-that-i-would-like-to-see-in-a-cryptocurrency</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@uberbrady/the-attributes-that-i-would-like-to-see-in-a-cryptocurrency</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uberbrady]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2017 03:12:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[First payout! I'm now a 10-dollar-ionaire!]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I wrote a few posts here on Steemit, and due to various bots that automatically vote for you, as well, as a friend of mine who has lots of pull here on Steemit, I managed to get a moderate amount of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@uberbrady/first-payout-i-m-now-a-10-dollar-ionaire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@uberbrady/first-payout-i-m-now-a-10-dollar-ionaire</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uberbrady]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:25:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much can one earn for being a Steem witness? How much dollar-value is Steem creating every day?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Witnesses So Steem trades at: $1.368257 1 block gets mined every 3 seconds How much STEEM is in each block? Is it just 1? I can't really figure out how much the witnesses get per block; the FAQ says 10%]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@uberbrady/how-much-can-one-earn-for-being-a-steem-witness-how-much-dollar-value-is-steem-creating-every-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@uberbrady/how-much-can-one-earn-for-being-a-steem-witness-how-much-dollar-value-is-steem-creating-every-day</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uberbrady]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2017 22:54:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hi, I'm Brady]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think by assembling a coherent sentence here I'll be ahead of 90% of the accounts I see here on Steemit. So that's a good start for me, then, I guess. I'm a technologist, an amateur economist, a security]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@uberbrady/hi-i-m-brady</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@uberbrady/hi-i-m-brady</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[uberbrady]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2017 21:26:06 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>