<?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, 11 Apr 2026 22:52:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/annotation/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How on earth does one book review...?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Picture of me for attention I'm having one hell of a time right now. I really really really want to do book reviews and post them but for some reason I can't seem to write anything without spoilers. I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@talesandcoffee/how-on-earth-does-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180164/@talesandcoffee/how-on-earth-does-one</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180164]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[talesandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:24:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVwxszofnqpZdkfVzj9P3hiFbcYxUbdyCpn4YFvqN9RmUMTykkGUVUyiVh7SPWZTaxyexqncicn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></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[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[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[Chess: Playing with the king in the middle is risky business, when it works you look like a genius]]></title><description><![CDATA[1. e4 I usually do not play 1. e4, but my opponent usually playes the Scandinavian Defense, and I had some small preparation I wanted to play, but that did not happen in the game, so I had a to dig back]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-playing-with-the-king-in-the-middle-is-risky-business-when-it-works-you-look-like-a-genius</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-playing-with-the-king-in-the-middle-is-risky-business-when-it-works-you-look-like-a-genius</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:58:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGDEAMLudBvhH195BqrzdTeBKYsqMZNWALvRybsFm5n2dwBptuvEHvxC8SP9R7wkZnden98Rd38ffi3Bkh4HzKoYANbAct6CmPFEzpxE6ena9bEWXNWGBKa7i2Ebp5qCD4gN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: A nice little game, with a few annotations, rook to the seventh can be really crushing]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I had the white pieces in a game I played on lichess 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 g6 6. d4 e4 7. Nh3 This was my first interesting decision of the game. Normally I play Nge2 in such]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-a-nice-little-game-with-a-few-annotations-rook-to-the-seventh-can-be-really-crushing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-a-nice-little-game-with-a-few-annotations-rook-to-the-seventh-can-be-really-crushing</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 13:41:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tysBoFrHXFxZHcZGdHCioi1bamcW1fWftSqWq7399ziwAogsWpWrHojAGfcHfUqctMzdH8LMBkNGZdRq1uYHBvSdNEG8UzzrrSFJxUnSkWFH9h3buN3GzZD9VSp5NMH18g2dguSv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: Blundered a queen, but I made a comeback, and managed to draw.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is from a recent game on lichess.org, I had black. In this position I dropped the queen after 1.Nf6+, I chose this game for 1 reason I kept fighting and managed to draw the game in the end. This position]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-blundered-a-queen-but-i-made-a-comeback-and-managed-to-draw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-blundered-a-queen-but-i-made-a-comeback-and-managed-to-draw</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2020 09:09:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1EFEMqZ2iEs7VKxvmFVY6eLE22jxtvUD9ojf1SpbeBSeVzmBj3HnYf4kAMwKjFjayH7Ehtb6SbDV8jG3pz4qa18vC4zQvDeQUBafoxA2Cvd5Yk6jbDzHGuSnFZspS17aqTSEreHru5ofdzf8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[chess: A nice win from lichess.org]]></title><description><![CDATA[Annatotated game from lichess.org I had black. 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 gives the following position When I played Nf6 I did know I have a move here, at least I think it is good, I don't think I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-a-nice-win-from-lichess-org</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-a-nice-win-from-lichess-org</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 17:48:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrroJNmTyNonyVVr2dG6fwQZ17uB1RvfX2X66?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: Sometimes when you think you are being clever, but miss stuff]]></title><description><![CDATA[I usually don't play well in the mornings, and now I tried to play a game, and I messed up in a somewhat equal position, or perhaps I had already gotten the worse part of it, but I want to share a bad]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-sometimes-when-you-think-you-are-being-clever-but-miss-stuff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-sometimes-when-you-think-you-are-being-clever-but-miss-stuff</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stuXpnvnU2ByoTTe7rtyo8v5uYk1kPymfyjguJmftL7537gDaAKRw7gtCWh2WPXBCvhKQ8Jq5G9A34hbsGdEn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: An Interesting Exchange Sacrifice]]></title><description><![CDATA[In another game I played last night, I had a rather interesting decision about whether to offer the exchange to my opponent or not, turns out the computer hate my decision, but I still like the decision.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhouiw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhouiw</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:42:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpLU6VN8M3rX2xUws3dxvwfssqDAmEmqidJ9uw32aD4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: An Interesting Exchange Sacrifice]]></title><description><![CDATA[In another game I played last night, I had a rather interesting decision about whether to offer the exchange to my opponent or not, turns out the computer hate my decision, but I still like the decision.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhorp5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhorp5</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:50:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpLU6VN8M3rX2xUws3dxvwfssqDAmEmqidJ9uw32aD4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: An Interesting Exchange Sacrifice]]></title><description><![CDATA[In another game I played last night, I had a rather interesting decision about whether to offer the exchange to my opponent or not, turns out the computer hate my decision, but I still like the decision.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhopsq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhopsq</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:10:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpLU6VN8M3rX2xUws3dxvwfssqDAmEmqidJ9uw32aD4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: An Interesting Exchange Sacrifice]]></title><description><![CDATA[In another game I played last night, I had a rather interesting decision about whether to offer the exchange to my opponent or not, turns out the computer hate my decision, but I still like the decision.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhoosu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhoosu</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:48:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpLU6VN8M3rX2xUws3dxvwfssqDAmEmqidJ9uw32aD4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: An Interesting Exchange Sacrifice]]></title><description><![CDATA[In another game I played last night, I had a rather interesting decision about whether to offer the exchange to my opponent or not, turns out the computer hate my decision, but I still like the decision.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhoogk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice-qhoogk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:37:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpLU6VN8M3rX2xUws3dxvwfssqDAmEmqidJ9uw32aD4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: An Interesting Exchange Sacrifice]]></title><description><![CDATA[In another game I played last night, I had a rather interesting decision about whether to offer the exchange to my opponent or not, turns out the computer hate my decision, but I still like the decision.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-an-interesting-exchange-sacrifice</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:13:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpLU6VN8M3rX2xUws3dxvwfssqDAmEmqidJ9uw32aD4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: A single move from a game on lichess.org]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I played a game on lichess, no this is not from the hive chess tournament rather this game was just a single offhand game, however I chose this due to a single position where I had a very interesting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-a-single-move-from-a-game-on-lichess-org</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-157286/@iobates/chess-a-single-move-from-a-game-on-lichess-org</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-157286]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2020 09:11:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvf3xsYr6qQ7dm31DuBHGui8pKMdEVPxhLfEeEoVMPfUw4oMh5G3qFXvLz9WVQKyCNVc2awpMpbNDxtDC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Image annotation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Does anyone do Image annotation? Making money for it? Well, I am one I am a freelancer for image annotation job here is my sample work. anyone from you also does this kind of job? leave a comment bellow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/image/@rjchuyy/image-annotation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/image/@rjchuyy/image-annotation</guid><category><![CDATA[image]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rjchuyy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 00:48:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9CXWciMCuzjW4AvJT9nTJRUhangruXXyo9d5VbagmPJtDGK4cmFMxocYnJCKaRQXbZM4b63ygMJo8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: An Amazing blunder I made]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now this is a big blunder I made, hanging mate in one, but it had the effect on the board of winning a rook, meaning my opponent blundered back right away. The first diagram is the position before I made]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chess/@iobates/chess-an-amazing-blunder-i-made</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chess/@iobates/chess-an-amazing-blunder-i-made</guid><category><![CDATA[chess]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 17:38:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UbZXkjmzaSCu7hNDKBqPGrtzcDx75565DDfBzMG8aGF1A7exSq7rxwFxyLk2HnqKQDK64wxJ34qdan?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess: annotated game with explosive finish]]></title><description><![CDATA[A nice game I played on lichess1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. a4 O-O 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 This seems like a strange decision, but perhaps it is not a mistake by itself.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chess/@iobates/chess-annotated-game-with-explosive-finish</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chess/@iobates/chess-annotated-game-with-explosive-finish</guid><category><![CDATA[chess]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[iobates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 19:17:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPQ6rQfsWAQG7o2XG2viFiFNdcv6Kw6x2sRRJRB7Lgix2Kkamc5eftztPGVk8HgjCGJ2HJmxjcS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>