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[–] [email protected] 38 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What is up with these tech photographers and soldering irons?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

all electronics involves soldering, still, duh!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

We all know programming is just htop and sometimes tree.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Hey quit soldering my code like that!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Because the target audience likely doesn't know much about computers, and the stock buyer likely knows as little, so the stock buyer can pick whatever looks compelling. The stock photographer is just chasing the trends.

Keywords also create a bias. I doubt most buyers are searching "land grid array", but "soldering iron" is synonymous with anything electronics/hardware related.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Though for once there’s no hand in frame getting third degree burns by grabbing the end of the iron…