• @KeBaBeeN
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    441 year ago

    Dont worry they are just fixing the mainframe so the core is more stable

    • Narrrz
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      241 year ago

      all electronics involves soldering, still, duh!

    • Shazbot
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      61 year 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]
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      31 year ago

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

  • @diffusive
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    201 year ago

    Given I am an hacker I can tell from this image that the IP address of this mainframe is 365.127.42.555

  • @Jikiya
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    201 year ago

    That iron has never even been turned on! Where are the purples, and browns?

  • @datelmd5sum
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    111 year ago

    Back in my day we used to unlock clock multipliers by shorting the right pins.

  • @thefloweracidic
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    111 year ago

    You’re supposed to apply thermal paste to the soldering iron too, to increase it’s thermalness!

  • @Nobody
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    71 year ago

    He’s soldering his microscopic hacking tools to the pins. It’s a Chinese technique.