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thatfreshjive t1_ixwdhlu wrote

Why is the thumbnail just a photo of some dude? Yes, I read the article.

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thatfreshjive t1_ixwdu6h wrote

I, personally, prefer seeing an image of the actual technology that's being reported. Couldn't care less about the guy, who managed the engineers.

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pheoxs t1_ixwvi8l wrote

To be fair what are they going to show … a solar panel? One that looks like almost every other solar panel but with different dots.

Hard to convey any technological breakthrough in a thumbnail pic

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bushrod t1_ixxonnk wrote

Yeah, a solar panel would make sense. It doesn't need to convey the entire content of the article.

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sieri00 t1_ixywlfq wrote

A graph of efficiency record over time would also be a better thumbnail. Anything other than a random dude

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hammeredtrout1 t1_ixwhyof wrote

I highly doubt they would share photos of the tech, it seems like pretty valuable IP

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g2g079 t1_ixwe546 wrote

Maybe because he's a VP and head of R&D for the company in question?

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thatfreshjive t1_ixwhulp wrote

No one interested in technology, beyond monetary value to themselves, cares about who managed a project.

Sorry, not sorry.

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HandsOnGeek t1_ixwpjff wrote

Well, considering that articles like this are based largely on press releases from the responsible technology developers, the purpose of said article is to seek financial investors to develop said technology for mass production.

So it reads like an article for people who care about investment opportunities with the project because that's who it's for.

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thatfreshjive t1_ixwi4wv wrote

Obviously credentials and accomplishments in your professional field matter - but until it's proven, and scalable, only the tech matters.

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MasterpieceBrave420 t1_iy0viwm wrote

I've seen enough Lisa Su fanart to know that you are objectively wrong.

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thatfreshjive t1_iy6hiiq wrote

Yup. I am. Was curious what sort of response it would elicit.

I agree, I am 100% wrong

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I_spread_love_butter t1_ixwhq37 wrote

He's actually a solar cell

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_ixwzfj7 wrote

I just keep the thumbnails as small as possible, completely removed when just viewing the whole subreddit and such. It's quite often they're really not related, showing some random picture of a dude or something like this. At least in my experience.

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TakeCareOfYourM0ther t1_ixx9coc wrote

Or it’s clearly a biased article about someone and they pick the most horrible cherry picked shit photo of that person to make them look worse.

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