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garius

@garius@mastodon.me.uk

Author of The Brexit Tapes. Historian. Strategy streamer. Tech/Transport Strategist. Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Made Neil Gaiman cry (in a good way). Business: business@longformist.co.uk

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garius, to random
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A friend has hospitality tickets for Luton vs Everton tonight.

Turns out the 'Phoenix Suite' is the local Conservative Club.

garius, (edited ) to random
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Well that was fun. One of my sticks of Corsair Vengeance DDR4 just nuked itself on stream.

Good job I speak BIOS beep. Now limping along on a single stick.

What DDR4 are the non-cool kids buying these days?

(EDIT: I'm running an AMD Ryzen 7 3800X on a Prime X570-P for reference)

(Because the cool kids mostly prefer shiny to good)

garius,
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@zalasur i'm running an AMD Ryzen 7 3800X on a Prime X570-P

garius,
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@danieldurrans i'm running an AMD Ryzen 7 3800X on a Prime X570-P

garius,
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@derryh yeah, i'm running the crucial tool to see what it comes back with.

worst case i'll just go Corsair again

garius, to gaming
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STREAM TIME!

Round 17 of the 2034 season and our all-female Brawn F1 team holds a narrow lead in the championship.

It's time for the British Grand Prix. We start in pole, but can we hold it?

Join me for F1 Manager! https://twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

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STREAM TIME!

King Jaspert rules a peaceful Poland, his focus on increasing the economy and culture of his realm.

But medieval Europe is a chaotic place. Can he hold his kingdom together as Europe fights and burns?

Join me for Crusader Kings 3! https://twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

garius, to Cats
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A fresh morning loaf.

garius, to history
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STREAM TIME!

King Pelka has ruled Poland for over 40 years. His people may not love him, but they respect the stability he has brought.

But at 59, with a weak son, that stability may soon end...

Join me for Crusader Kings 3 https://twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

garius, to random
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Think this is maybe the most feels short story I've ever written.

Came about because I was watching an old Cosmos episode and started thinking about light speed, and how that might affect the last letter a person could send in war.

Should probably add a trigger warning for dads, prior to reading.

https://johnbull.beehiiv.com/p/message

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@not2b sorry!

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STREAM TIME!

We're over halfway through the 2034 F1 season now, and our all-female Brawn team is clinging to the top of the championship... just.

Join me for the Mexican and British Grand Prix as we play F1 Manager https://twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

garius, to Cats
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Daily Tortie

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STREAM TIME!

King Pelka rules in Poland, his borders secure. But a new threat now stalks the land. A plague of Norwegian Boils...

Join me for some Sunday Crusader Kings 3 and general history natter! https://www.twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

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Last week this wikipedia page was a single paragraph.

Now it isn't.

The proudest you can ever be as a writer is knowing you made someone deserving more visible than they were before.

I am delighted to see her finally get a small measure of the attention and recognition she deserves.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lore_Harp_McGovern

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@jessamyn oh I can't claim credit for updating the wiki directly! Kudos to whichever contributor did that.

I just wrote this piece about her on Monday as part of my 'Crazy Ones' column, to try and highlight how grossly overlooked by the general Silicon Valley history narrative she's been.

I pointed out her single paragraph on wikipedia in that. Been wonderful getting to add a footnote saying that's now changed. 😁

https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-woman-that-tech-history-forgot

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Good morning from him.

garius,
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@junesim63 we're entering fluffy blanket weather.

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STREAM TIME!

Back with F1 Manager for the 2034 season, as we continue our attempt to win a World Championship with an all-female Brawn F1 Team.

Join me for gaming and chatter about the upcoming F1 Manager 2024... https://twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

garius, to Futurology
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DELIGHTED to say that my latest tech history column is live on Every and they've made this one free-to-read.

Because it covers one of the most overlooked founders of the golden age of computing: Lore Harp McGovern, founder of Vector Graphic who pioneered small/medium business computing.

She deserves to be better known. Certainly deserves more than a single paragraph on Wikipedia. Read and spread the word https://every.to/the-crazy-ones/the-woman-that-tech-history-forgot

garius,
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@isaackuo yeah. it's why i don't think their decision to stick with CP/M was necessarily the wrong one AT THE TIME.

Hindsight is 20/20

I think a lot of people don't realise just how TOTAL IBM's blitz of the business computing - and then home computing markets was.

The path to survivability for Vector was very small once IBM showed up, but they definitely shot themselves in the foot a couple of times to make their chances of survival even worse.

garius,
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@adrianhon I don't even want to know what the HN comments are like

garius,
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@Geoff survival was a win in that era.

But I agree that the margins were so thin once IBM rolled into town.

There are definitely timelines out there where it was Apple that went under and Osborne or Vector who survived.

And it's why i get annoyed when people cast Apple's survival as inevitable. it really wasn't.

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The standard cycle for any post-internet digital product is:

  • hyped to fuck
  • draws crazy investment
  • loses loads of cash
  • "monetisation will be easy!"/"economies of scale!"
  • data-tracking is added that proves otherwise
  • Most companies go bust

Was true for digital ads, Facebook video, podcasts, airBnB/Uber clones etc.

There's a point where data allows value to finally be calculated. Then the revenue-positive products turn out to be a tiny fraction of the market.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/03/stability_ai_bills/

garius, to gaming
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SUNDAY STREAM!

It's been two weeks! Can anyone remember what we were doing? Probably putting babies in dungeons. Join me for CK3 as... Poland? I think? https://twitch.tv/gariusthebrit

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