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> The JPEGed giant logo It's almost like they ran it through jpegify.me on purpose as a joke, but really it's just another sign of the US's government technica

> The JPEGed giant logo It's almost like they ran it through jpegify.me on purpose as a joke, but really it's just another sign of the US's government technical incompetence.

24gttghh 6y ago
"CleanNetwork_NewCleans-300x169.jpg" 300x169, blown up to at least double that size.
sjs382 6y ago
The site uses WordPress and the post author decided to include a thumbnail, scaled up to regular size, rather than using the original: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CleanNetwork_NewCleans.jpg https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CleanNetwor...
- munificent 6y ago
  Jesus fucking Christ. I remember when the US government wasn't a complete laughingstock.
  - kfrzcode 6y ago
    Hot take! Interested in helping improve the state of things? Plenty of jobs available with the USDS and various departments from Forestry to HHS!
    - theossuary 6y ago
      Who would take a job anywhere with that type of leadership though?
      - kfrzcode 6y ago
        Tens of thousands of non-partisans who are motivated to improve the technical infrastructure of the government.
      - elliekelly 6y ago
        Every interaction I’ve had with someone from USDS has been top-notch. I obviously can’t speak to the politics that may happen amongst the higher ups behind the scenes but the people they’re recruiting are excellent.
  - Angostura 6y ago
    But this isn't characterised in the text as a US government initiative. It's "The Trump administration's" - see first sentence. Very odd.
cbm-vic-20 6y ago
Or, the government employee tasked with putting this thing up did it intentionally as a subtle form of protest.
reaperducer 6y ago
it's just another sign of the US's government technical incompetence. Not "the government." "A person in the government." The federal government has a very good design system. But for some reason, whoever built this page chose not to follow it. https://designsystem.digital.gov https://designsystem.digital.gov
- saagarjha 6y ago
  > The federal government has a very good design system. Having no knowledge of how the federal government works, but having worked for fairly large organizations, I would still guess that the design system exists and is used in many places but a significant fraction may not even know it exists much less that they are supposed to use it.
  - blaser-waffle 6y ago
    Seconded. Plus many Fed'Gov orgs have explicitly different systems, requirements, and silos. The DOD or NSA would put out something flashy, but this is State...
rtkwe 6y ago
I think it's more a sign of this being hastily thrown together. There's a lot of last minute stuff going on to try to boost Trump's reelection bid.

> The JPEGed giant logo It's almost like they ran it through jpegify.me on purpose as a joke, but really it's just another sign of the US's government technical incompetence.

24gttghh 6y ago

"CleanNetwork_NewCleans-300x169.jpg" 300x169, blown up to at least double that size.

sjs382 6y ago

The site uses WordPress and the post author decided to include a thumbnail, scaled up to regular size, rather than using the original: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CleanNetwork_NewCleans.jpg https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CleanNetwor...

munificent 6y ago
Jesus fucking Christ. I remember when the US government wasn't a complete laughingstock.
- kfrzcode 6y ago
  Hot take! Interested in helping improve the state of things? Plenty of jobs available with the USDS and various departments from Forestry to HHS!
  - theossuary 6y ago
    Who would take a job anywhere with that type of leadership though?
    - kfrzcode 6y ago
      Tens of thousands of non-partisans who are motivated to improve the technical infrastructure of the government.
    - elliekelly 6y ago
      Every interaction I’ve had with someone from USDS has been top-notch. I obviously can’t speak to the politics that may happen amongst the higher ups behind the scenes but the people they’re recruiting are excellent.
- Angostura 6y ago
  But this isn't characterised in the text as a US government initiative. It's "The Trump administration's" - see first sentence. Very odd.

cbm-vic-20 6y ago

Or, the government employee tasked with putting this thing up did it intentionally as a subtle form of protest.

reaperducer 6y ago

it's just another sign of the US's government technical incompetence. Not "the government." "A person in the government." The federal government has a very good design system. But for some reason, whoever built this page chose not to follow it. https://designsystem.digital.gov https://designsystem.digital.gov

saagarjha 6y ago
> The federal government has a very good design system. Having no knowledge of how the federal government works, but having worked for fairly large organizations, I would still guess that the design system exists and is used in many places but a significant fraction may not even know it exists much less that they are supposed to use it.
- blaser-waffle 6y ago
  Seconded. Plus many Fed'Gov orgs have explicitly different systems, requirements, and silos. The DOD or NSA would put out something flashy, but this is State...

rtkwe 6y ago

I think it's more a sign of this being hastily thrown together. There's a lot of last minute stuff going on to try to boost Trump's reelection bid.