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The 10 talking points from the guy who spoke to the press are so terrible I burst out laughing. Government IT incompetence is so terrible all around I find it h
by wil421 8y ago
The 10 talking points from the guy who spoke to the press are so terrible I burst out laughing. Government IT incompetence is so terrible all around I find it hard to imagine a way out. Either they do terrible things themselves or outsource it to the lowest bidder who might be slightly less clueless.
- mijamo 8y agoBy experience, and this is a good example, subcontractors are waaaaay more clueless than government employees. There are actually very competent tech peopme in government, although not at decision levels. For subcontractors you often have cheap labour with a high turnover and no worries about consequences of bad actions.
- Kiro 8y agoThey are even funnier in Swedish. Translated they sound much more reasonable but in Swedish it's complete mumbo-jumbo and have sprouted endless of memes in programming groups/forums.
- jacobush 8y agoYes! I can't put my finger on exactly why that is, but something about how it's said in Swedish makes the soundbites even more batshit insane. This is some new level, I've never seen this level of incompetence with these high level stakes.
- xorcist 8y agoLet me see if I got that right. When the government does something bad, it is (obviously) at fault. When a private company is hired instead, and fails spectacularly breaking along the way not just contract but both national and European law, then that is also sign of terrible government incompetence. There's just no winning for public officials, is there?
- tristor 8y agoMore like there's no winning for society when we put incompetent people in power. I don't have any crocodile tears for public officials, my concern is the long-term consequences of the actions of our government(s) and how that affects both us and future generations as societies and people.
- opportune 8y agoThe public officials could just do a good job of either finding good contractors or doing the work themselves? Or is that so far fetched we are not even considering that possibility?
- xorcist 8y agoAn official hand picking contractors out of good judgement is called "corruption", at least around the EU. The contract must be awarded the one who makes the best promises, if the controversial wording is excused. Public agencies may do work themselves, of course, but that tends to attract a more common type of criticism. I know nothing about this particular case however. It may very well be a royal fubar every step along the way. It was just interesting how some thought the government responsible even for private companies found breaking the law.