<?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, 21 Apr 2026 09:38:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/showerthought/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Hive after death – 5 Minute free write]]></title><description><![CDATA[An interesting thought came up while chatting on Discord, what will happen to my Hive account after I die? Well I think for most they will power down way before then, or possibly liquidate their funds]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@solominer/hive-after-death-5-minute-free-write</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@solominer/hive-after-death-5-minute-free-write</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solominer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 15:52:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwhUDqiHyAK5m1h71bgmwh83XSdmcf2BipqX8NBhtMWiG67YjAiS1PS3GnRUaxaLm6HrbEiFTfbKLSjsiuaN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HBD proves the legitimacy of Hive as a continuation of the Steem project]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wanted to make this as a buzz on d.buzz, but I couldn't manage to get it concise enough. So this is my little showerthought with too many words. If you think about it SBD is debt against Steem holders]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@demotruk/hbd-proves-the-legitimacy-of-hive-as-a-continuation-of-the-steem-project</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@demotruk/hbd-proves-the-legitimacy-of-hive-as-a-continuation-of-the-steem-project</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[demotruk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 21:33:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it annoys me when you know a dog has to go #2 and they drag you around looking for the perfect spot..]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's like if you have to go, why isn't the first spot the perfect spot? 🤔 But then I remember that I like bringing my laptop with me into the bathroom. And if for some reason I had to, I'd probably wait]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dogs/@full-measure/sometimes-it-annoys-me-when-you-know-a-dog-has-to-go-2-and-they-drag-you-around-looking-for-the-perfect-spot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dogs/@full-measure/sometimes-it-annoys-me-when-you-know-a-dog-has-to-go-2-and-they-drag-you-around-looking-for-the-perfect-spot</guid><category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[full-measure]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2020 19:31:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if Amazon accepted BAT as a form of payment?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source So I had this shower thought ... what if Amazon accepted BAT as a form of payment? It sounds ridiculous but there were a series of other shower thoughts that led me to this question, so if]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/brave/@mrhill/what-if-amazon-accepted-bat-as-a-form-of-payment-cqtj1lvg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/brave/@mrhill/what-if-amazon-accepted-bat-as-a-form-of-payment-cqtj1lvg</guid><category><![CDATA[brave]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mrhill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 04:19:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/UF7UDccXmKiYqrfYtT6zDhz9BfZzPEo5cLcoZgqiv9366eKy7FtNo72W5235Z86UxzsXKjypsWfTBR1yg5WCFi4xgKdmnNaraJy5NLa3Dge7d547Cxjqdq4MtbGYkmjaky8TGZcsxNtXinfVpS1H6BtRypkjR4qd6jbWCsTTjpsrYgysDGxGCz5oZvip5UtAhK2KR6fhKWSFGvPDHeY7NQ7xACWngpRmRWw22WF7WAd5wnGEJVtVR7zzVZ7LZ6E5e6u46bNn6d9cA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[X.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can’t do much in meatspace, but an X in cyberspace is theoretically “limitless”.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/x</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/x</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[etherpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:25:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is rational.]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the world is irrational, how can we learn to be rational in the first place? (despite being able to think/act irrationally)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/the-world-is-rational</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/the-world-is-rational</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[etherpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 05:12:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dotcom “Cycle”?]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Bubble” was 20 years ago.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/the-dotcom-cycle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/the-dotcom-cycle</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[etherpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 21:47:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Question = Answer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If a database’s construction, expression, operation, and method of query is in form of descriptive complexity that can be resolved in time, expressing a question ends up checking / proving / answering]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/question-answer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/question-answer</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[etherpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:15:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Platformless Account]]></title><description><![CDATA[something that effectively stays with you all the time. just plug and play on any compatible application for networking and interfacing. problem: would require a 100% definitive decentralized protocol.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/platformless-account</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/platformless-account</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[etherpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:45:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eP8rqwnSmckPVUNr2TKbRLus7W5QrXXLXDY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It surprises me how few slices of tomato there are in a tomato. 🍅]]></title><description><![CDATA[🤔🤔 I know that sounds silly, but it just seems like there should be more. After you get rid of the knob or whatever on the bottom, once you start getting normal slices that you could put on a sandwich,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tomatoes/@full-measure/it-surprises-me-how-few-slices-of-tomato-there-are-in-a-tomato</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tomatoes/@full-measure/it-surprises-me-how-few-slices-of-tomato-there-are-in-a-tomato</guid><category><![CDATA[tomatoes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[full-measure]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:48:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtKm2UoKU1CEbmeCMYWXxbdVvLamALqiwhYjZmrzUmtsr3NHGaWcaB815kXEYLgm3XveboE8enY1RoeZKZ8ujGMXgQqtbqr7g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showerthoughts #10: Don't Forget]]></title><description><![CDATA[Netcoins.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/showerthoughts-10-don-t-forget</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@etherpunk/showerthoughts-10-don-t-forget</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[etherpunk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:27:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What We Think When Our Pet Stares Outside]]></title><description><![CDATA[What we think is going on The dog just appreciates the beauty of the outside world. Like how we might relax on the beach or in a conservatory. Or he is "keeping guard" in his mind. What's actually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@demotruk/what-we-think-when-our-pet-stares-outside</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@demotruk/what-we-think-when-our-pet-stares-outside</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[demotruk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:43:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7xroyG6y72M5L4DkngcKdipur1N18emzw74nVSfejEiNqvfdBEAQYCvgvDjNCXNC2patPWogaKmWUydJEdazwEDeWpMSii?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shower thought. Comedy Open Mic round 32]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're currently raising an entire generation who will one day "accidentally" pull the plug on grandma because their phone is on 2%. I nominate @nonameslefttouse to come back and i still think]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@idikuci/shower-thought-comedy-open-mic-round-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comedyopenmic/@idikuci/shower-thought-comedy-open-mic-round-32</guid><category><![CDATA[comedyopenmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[idikuci]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:28:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Shower-thought]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Ireland we have a minimum population size before a town can be considered a city, however the largest city in the country is usually just called "Town".]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ireland/@demotruk/irish-shower-thought</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ireland/@demotruk/irish-shower-thought</guid><category><![CDATA[ireland]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[demotruk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:57:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showerthought/Conspiracy theory: Steemit is a lot like a parody from Silicon Valley]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those who follow Silicon Valley know that Richard and the crew are creating the 'new internet' which is decentralized. And lil' pesky Ying-Yang is creating: 'new new internet' 'new youtube' 'new facebook']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@modernbukowski/showerthought-conspiracy-theory-steemit-is-a-lot-like-a-parody-from-silicon-valley</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@modernbukowski/showerthought-conspiracy-theory-steemit-is-a-lot-like-a-parody-from-silicon-valley</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[modernbukowski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 10:17:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showerthought:  Why If You Only Need To Be Online To Receive In LN Everyone Needs To be Online]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I keep seeing people say that not everyone needs to run a LN node or not everyone needs to always be online. The reasoning seems to be that you only need to be online to receive a payment. Well what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@fubar-bdhr/showerthought-why-if-you-only-need-to-be-online-to-receive-in-ln-everyone-needs-to-be-online</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@fubar-bdhr/showerthought-why-if-you-only-need-to-be-online-to-receive-in-ln-everyone-needs-to-be-online</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fubar-bdhr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:46:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shower Thought #6]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are people literally dying of dehydration, and you poop into litres of water.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@parben/shower-thought-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@parben/shower-thought-6</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:15:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shower Thought #5]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are there colours that aren’t yet discovered?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@parben/shower-thought-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@parben/shower-thought-5</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 03:53:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shower Thought #4]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if rocks are actually soft, but tense up when they are touched?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@parben/shower-thought-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@parben/shower-thought-4</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 03:46:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shower Thought #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every odd number has an “e” in it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@parben/shower-thought-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/showerthought/@parben/shower-thought-1</guid><category><![CDATA[showerthought]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[parben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 22:25:39 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>