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Opinions are my own. Technical writer at Signal65, ex-tech journo. Previously at Tom's Hardware, Hot Hardware, XDA, NotebookCheck, Digital Trends, Silicon Insights, and The Register. Personal email: mc@matthewconnatser.net RIP Renee, Alex, Ruben.

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Shit that would be nice! It'd be nice to work because I want to.

10.03.2026 01:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well I hope that's the case for him. I do all my investing myself, or at least I did and will do once stocks are worth buying. I don't think it's that hard to beat the management guys.

10.03.2026 01:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh my god he's getting scammed, these wealth management guys know it's a bubble according to someone who has a big portfolio and is looking to get out. And despite knowing how risky it is, they wanna keep investing in AI anyways.

10.03.2026 00:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same, I pulled out completely last year. I'm strapped for cash right now because I'm buying a house but even once I get more liquid I'm either putting it into the house or keeping it in high yield savings. Stocks are doing shit anyways.

09.03.2026 23:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And yet this will not concern investors, somehow.

09.03.2026 22:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey all, I'm looking for some extra opportunities to write up articles, papers, and other kinds of copy. Please reach out if you need a writing expert who's covered computers, semiconductors, and other technologies for about a decade.

You can DM me or send an email to mc@matthewconnatser.net.

09.03.2026 19:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's funny how wrong people can be on new hardware that has a supposedly cutting-edge interface. We're not typing away on flat screens just because it's cheap and simple, it's literally the best way to interact with tech overall. Tons of these guys just don't get it (and other stuff too).

09.03.2026 14:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay so the F&G is in Extreme Fear territory right now but the stock price strength and breadth tickers are still showing greed, so the index is being propped up by this. If we get to May and the war is still going, we're gonna hit single digits in the F&G, maybe even 0 if that's possible.

09.03.2026 14:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm sure it'll be fine, they still have lots of levers they can pull before they finally admit this business model is too expensive to make sense.

09.03.2026 11:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With Senators it's a little different because they get to stay for six years. If your House Rep is an ass they can be booted in a couple years, Presidents get four, but six is a really long time and whether it's a Presidential election year or a midterm can be important too.

08.03.2026 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well it looks like he's gonna win that Senate seat so we better hope he's good at heart.

08.03.2026 18:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly my only qualm with Platner is he could end up like Fetterman. Him being proactive on ICE is great to see.

08.03.2026 18:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes because we know that individual soldiers are foaming at the mouth for war, it's well known that this is what they wanted above all else in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and Korea.

It's beyond parody.

08.03.2026 14:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's basically $3 in some places in Knox County, it's up anywhere from 15% to over 40% for some stations that used to offer good deals.

07.03.2026 03:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh so this is the thing Robinhood keeps bothering me about.

06.03.2026 18:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
06.03.2026 14:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 4487 ๐Ÿ” 791 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70 ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

It's hard to not see the parallels with what happened with Ars Technica, but the silver lining is that I think you guys handled it well just like they did. Publishing is built on trust and no editor ever jumps to bad sourcing or outright fabrication. The original author is the real loser here.

05.03.2026 21:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hope it's not an Ars Technica sort of situation.

04.03.2026 20:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow really cool to see the price of gas at the West Knoxville Costco go up 20 cents in like a day, thanks Trump. It's not like I'm spending over ten grand or so trying to close on a house! No fucking biggie!

04.03.2026 17:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've got the Panther Lake MSI Prestige 14 so I've not even bothered loading Linux on it yet. Unfortunately Windows 11 works well enough after using the debloat tool.

04.03.2026 03:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wouldn't be surprised if Crockett wins, I just hope voters aren't bitter over it.

04.03.2026 03:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can we get year of the Linux laptop too? It's in a dire state.

04.03.2026 02:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There must be some reason they do stuff like this, or somehow the people who run Microsoft Build just don't know what Computex is.

03.03.2026 23:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I was a journalist I couldn't be bothered to find new images for every single article. Just looked through the library to see if we had anything.

03.03.2026 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay then we're good for the rest of Trump's term.

03.03.2026 16:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're probably joking but it immediately crashed over 2% this morning so uh not very good.

03.03.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a funny thing coming from a guy who wouldn't have ever enlisted even if he got a billion dollars for it.

02.03.2026 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember: with Republicans, every warning is a threat.

28.02.2026 16:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From Mamdani's lips to Trump's ears huh?

26.02.2026 20:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We've come a long way from Nvidia bashing AMD for issuing beta drivers.

26.02.2026 19:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0