<?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>Mon, 18 May 2026 22:27:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@vatman/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Programming Project — Part 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know Binance already has something like this, but I wanted to build my own. I’ve been working on this on and off while juggling other things—programming doesn’t pay the bills (at least not yet). A pattern]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stem/@vatman/programming-project-part-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stem/@vatman/programming-project-part-4</guid><category><![CDATA[stem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:12:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJa5zNbRVVrXnjUH7HeFHWfeS6aA7zqtfJW1fRQYbW7NgpLRmi3gE4wyiQQ9qiZFaicck48k2zjixU9h8oZvmVbMyt7g1rtv1JVqQqB1Qa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone Sees Things Differently.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone sees things differently. And that’s not wrong—in fact, it’s how we each understand the world in our own way. Examples It reminds me of that theory about color perception: the idea that everyone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thoughts/@vatman/everyone-sees-things-differently-hqk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thoughts/@vatman/everyone-sees-things-differently-hqk</guid><category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:59:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PiNwSnWGiBoMNWMY2Tonjx1RnAoaMtfGusnKwdUoJAz4BLpRT3m8NFfysDCdfzxfjT5PJui2TrYPFrDLivQbjmj8zH8AU3f3hW6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The starting of New Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know what I knew—and what I know is that I like to fix things. I’ve fixed, or at least taken apart, things all over my house since I was able to hold a screwdriver—not necessarily things that needed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thoughts/@vatman/the-starting-of-new-things</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thoughts/@vatman/the-starting-of-new-things</guid><category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:08:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2ri73iEdjp6W2ZPwNWMsAtEKRQxthPUynWANLKFJYrvYxLRxo1Pm2uvk4jpDuSCjJdMXDtX3JsE6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ygolohcysp and Declarations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Click here to show more This is what wrote I when I was talking to my friend and had the idea for this post, just the raw points that would remind me of the idea and let me flow with the writing of this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@vatman/ygolohcysp-and-declarations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@vatman/ygolohcysp-and-declarations</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:05:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBB4MR1cWtMcExoC29a81wkJQUrYKfPCYqD18qDf78hVeoYiYRKfZAc1948LjXMUy3zCq9MSgAyUzb63dGd1MEc46?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is proof?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently made a post talking about free will. After that, I read another post from Holoz0r discussing how free will doesn't exist. Now, I believe I have free will, and I left it at that. But when I saw]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thermodynamics/@vatman/what-is-proof</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thermodynamics/@vatman/what-is-proof</guid><category><![CDATA[thermodynamics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:16:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Opinion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do We Do Things Because We Think They Are Right, or Because We Believe They Are the Right Thing to Do? I remember being taught how to think in a logical way, and I remember hearing people criticize others]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@vatman/my-opinion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@vatman/my-opinion</guid><category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:06:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbee5hzZJ19X4yXc7wYc7pYNX3Ytk4PVQzktG6wkCvhEfYQXqhA6nc95cNknpQKuuxPWgJjpEmw2eb8y7uSPPYsfcsdrmnneGPHSHyTf6PnEkFuxyfd2c4TTeS6vz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Detail Oriented]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t know if this post meets the quality standard I aim for, but here goes nothing. 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Maybe it was just my mind, or maybe, hopefully, it was an all-powerful God that responded.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@vatman/is-there-something-greater-out-there</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@vatman/is-there-something-greater-out-there</guid><category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:50:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4ixwR4YPo1FPQUZ2tuJAsFW1NtuizZsrJb5t1Zh8QdvydiPt6TRMEiDuxNZjwNFXLH4GHzDWEPCfnTcnyPi3MG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Check Yourself -- Fijate en Vos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have you ever met a person who seems to think they're the center of the universe? I've met people who genuinely believe the world revolves around them. Then there are others who act that way but still]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/thoughts/@vatman/check-yourself-fijate-en-vos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/thoughts/@vatman/check-yourself-fijate-en-vos</guid><category><![CDATA[thoughts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:58:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQonvFkRsaKAi9fqQ1Q2oBjHpzftMFBVJGkxtRGZjziiFYzrttRxSTg1KHFdChURGWdKoSAknF215vgrSdJDyVdKaaZ1AzLejAd8XFJiL8Zg1fd8WBcg398?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take It with a Salt Shaker]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t trust much these days — not in a cynical way, but realistically. I say I like to take everything not with a grain of salt, but a whole salt shaker. I’ve learned that change isn’t bad, but most]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@vatman/take-it-with-a-salt-shaker</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@vatman/take-it-with-a-salt-shaker</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:07:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBBMvsUdKdGQN6yswYg7cF9RDD6JxBQz3PyQhWJGtvkF6Dgwim7QjPyJERuAHNCgxM1vmY8pUvk9oZvb7bZ2fRCr2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is That line ? ----  ¿Cual Es La Linea?]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the topic of things being relative and depending on the perspective of the person experiencing the moment: I went to a meetup of electric vehicle riders. We all got together for a ride that was going]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/perspective/@vatman/what-is-that-line-cual</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/perspective/@vatman/what-is-that-line-cual</guid><category><![CDATA[perspective]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 16:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBVrwcx535DHLeK8oymnokY33QD9MngbPeJjmKxrHZ3rnqN9T5ChpSVukdyu9S6LRSnM8eka1oVwKkpQe14x7hod8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[what do you really want? update]]></title><description><![CDATA[Click to reveal image I've been asking people this question lately: "What do you want?" Sometimes I let them read a post I wrote about this topic, or just ask them directly. It's a simple question,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/answers/@vatman/what-do-you-really-want-update</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/answers/@vatman/what-do-you-really-want-update</guid><category><![CDATA[answers]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 20:49:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCbee5hzZJ19X4yXc7wYc7pYNX3YtkporzPsvHtMSuGh89TYgZkKXBKoWFiuoiahnLh2rBxhxYVpKJKLF6dhGvQ1W9VUNkr2UEFx6UoZD2QHevDLsh9nVFN8UGHkpe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stupidity]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve met some really “stupid” people just existing in the oddest places—from the person taking your order at McDonald’s to high-powered politicians. I mean, stupid is an adjective we use to describe things,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/perspective/@vatman/stupidity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/perspective/@vatman/stupidity</guid><category><![CDATA[perspective]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 18:05:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBFy8ss2KB4qtHgktwidXzkH87dFSinGJJGcrxrDtLAsTHwh1GtZWqnV2QbPchatKTe7XUg1Z6mtQ8Groopdmnab8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["JUST"]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love to complain—it’s one of my favorite things to do. 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Some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@vatman/on-values-religion-labels-and-respect</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@vatman/on-values-religion-labels-and-respect</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 13:49:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QCK6yq1XKF2z9F8sayRpwConx4qLBGvayHfkdaC86YHGZ79ZiM5N4SYTH8ebkZvbZf142EQNLPawKBJNPKEwaW7oMhjvHkG2uy5johxF7Eb56S1VRvjp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old RC Helicopter]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found this old RC helicopter in a box of electronics from when I was a kid and thought it’d be fun to see if I could get it running again, just to see if it still worked. The remote had no batteries,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stem/@vatman/old-rc-helicopter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stem/@vatman/old-rc-helicopter</guid><category><![CDATA[stem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vatman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 00:04:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQonvFkRsaKAi9fqQ1Q2oBjHpzftMGJLR6GgaUddUK1qkW7q9RH5zcCuM7knedGGQJc87JiPYm7esv4bBB53zhWegRasbKUBmiedsnrU7AEboZdeTGGFxKQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please Read This/Cant Sleep...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I couldn’t sleep because I had a lot on my mind. I was thinking about those grumpy people who always seem to be in a bad mood. 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