Government Memes

Posts tagged with Government

People In The US, Probably…

People In The US, Probably…
Palantir, the company that already has government contracts for surveillance tech, teaming up with NVIDIA to build AI spying software? Yeah, that's totally not concerning at all. Just two tech giants casually collaborating on what's essentially Skynet's little brother while everyone sips their coffee like "this is fine." The dog sitting in a burning room has never been more relatable. Privacy advocates are screaming, civil liberties lawyers are having aneurysms, but hey—at least the AI will run on those sweet RTX 5090s with ray-traced surveillance, right? The future is here, and it's got CUDA cores and a government clearance.

My Fav Part

My Fav Part
When the government declassifies documents, they redact sensitive info with those black boxes. Someone brilliantly applied that concept to C code, and honestly? It's a masterpiece. You've got #include<[REDACTED].h> , a function signature that's basically int [REDACTED]_[REDACTED]() , and even the comments are censored. The best part? You can still tell it's valid C syntax structure—the curly braces, the return statement, the multi-line comment format—but every actual identifier is blacked out. It's like trying to reverse engineer code where the NSA took a Sharpie to all the variable names. The function could be calculating missile trajectories or just returning 0, and we'll never know. Security through obscurity taken to its logical extreme.

Let's Just Throw Money At It

Let's Just Throw Money At It
Oh look, it's the classic government approach to AI problems! Got a burning dumpster fire of technical debt and legacy systems? Just hose it down with taxpayer money and hope the flames turn into innovation! The two officials here are literally shoveling cash at what appears to be a raging inferno labeled "AI" like that's somehow going to magically solve everything. Because nothing says "well-thought-out technology strategy" quite like panic-funding without understanding the actual problem. Spoiler alert: throwing money at AI without proper infrastructure, talent, or strategy is like trying to water a plant with gasoline. Sure, you're giving it *something*, but you're probably just making the fire worse. But hey, at least the budget report will look impressive!

Time Travel: The Ultimate Visa Hack

Time Travel: The Ultimate Visa Hack
Behold the ultimate hack for time-sensitive bureaucracy! When your visa application says "impossible" but your system clock says "hold my beer." Changing your computer's time to trick a government website is peak developer ingenuity. The backend developers were probably like "date validation? That's frontend's problem!" and the frontend team was like "we'll just check if it *looks* like a date." And now we have a visa system that can be fooled by the same trick we used to extend free software trials in 2003. Security through obscurity at its finest!

They Must Have Mixed It Up With Another Hub

They Must Have Mixed It Up With Another Hub
Ah yes, Australia's finest moment - confusing code repositories with dance videos. Apparently, they think kids are forking repos when they should be doing homework. Next up: Stack Overflow classified as gambling because developers keep betting their sanity on finding solutions. The only thing GitHub and TikTok have in common is that both make me stay up until 4AM questioning my life choices.

They Must Have Mixed It Up With Another Hub

They Must Have Mixed It Up With Another Hub
Ah yes, Australia's brilliant tech literacy strikes again! Apparently, the dangerous code repositories where developers store their work are just as threatening to children as dance videos and lip-syncing. Someone clearly confused "pushing to master" with some other kind of content. Next up: Stack Overflow to be rated 18+ because all those rejected code snippets might cause emotional damage. The date being 2025 is the cherry on top. At least we have 8 months to prepare for this groundbreaking legislation from people who probably think "git pull" is something you do at a pub.

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Government Animation Extravaganza

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Government Animation Extravaganza
Look at that beautiful network log from the official US government goldcard site. Nothing says "we spent millions on this website" quite like loading 30+ separate animation files sequentially instead of using a single sprite sheet or modern animation format. Some poor frontend dev probably tried to explain why this was a terrible idea but got overruled by a committee of people who think "The Cloud" is just where rain comes from. And now we get to watch as each tiny piece of animation gets its own HTTP request like it's 1999 all over again. Your tax dollars at work, folks! Keeping the network tab spicy since whenever this monstrosity launched.

When Your API Key Goes Public Before Your Resume Does

When Your API Key Goes Public Before Your Resume Does
Ah, nothing says "top-notch security" like giving a 25-year-old access to government databases AND AI systems, then watching them accidentally paste an API key on GitHub. Because what could possibly go wrong when someone has access to both Social Security data and cutting-edge LLMs? This is peak "move fast and break things" energy, except the "things" are national security and AI safeguards. The sarcastic "should fill all Americans with a deep sense of confidence" is chef's kiss material. Future historians will call this the "control-C, control-V apocalypse."

The Intern Is Not Gonna Make It Bro

The Intern Is Not Gonna Make It Bro
When you accidentally push to production instead of staging... 😬 Someone's first day on the job just became their last! Nothing says "I'm fired" quite like leaking government AI plans on GitHub because you confused your repositories. Pro tip: Maybe don't store national secrets with the same tool you use for your personal "learning-to-code" projects. That resume is about to have an interesting gap year.

Public Administration Is Going Digital (Backwards)

Public Administration Is Going Digital (Backwards)
Government agencies finally entering the digital age but making the worst possible tech choices? *Chef's kiss* Nothing says "we hired consultants from 2003" quite like rejecting clean, lightweight JSON in favor of bloated XML files that require a PhD to parse. The kind of decision that makes developers contemplate career changes to literally anything else. Fun fact: Some government systems still use COBOL, a language older than the moon landing. At this rate, they'll discover JSON around the same time we colonize Mars.

World-Class Security Experts Can't Secure Their Own Database

World-Class Security Experts Can't Secure Their Own Database
Honey, grab the popcorn! We've got a group claiming they can overthrow the government but can't even secure their database! 🍿 The absolute AUDACITY of having "Department of Government Efficiency" with a dollar sign logo while exposing their database to the world is just *chef's kiss* ironic perfection. Nothing says "trust us with national security" quite like a glaring "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN" warning plastered across your fake government site. If your coup's cybersecurity strategy is equivalent to leaving your front door wide open with a neon "PLEASE ROB ME" sign, maybe reconsider your career in overthrowing democracy? Just saying! 💅

Government's Million-Dollar Free Software Fiasco

Government's Million-Dollar Free Software Fiasco
OH. MY. GOD. The government is literally HEMORRHAGING money on VSCode licenses that are FREE FOR EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET! 💸💸💸 Imagine being the poor soul who authorized payment for 250 VSCode licenses when only 33 people are using them... and VSCode is literally FREE and OPEN SOURCE! This is tax dollars evaporating faster than my will to live during a Monday morning standup! 😱 But wait, it gets better! Those 5 cybersecurity licenses for 20K seats when they only have 15K employees? That's like buying a mansion for your pet rock! I simply cannot with this level of bureaucratic chaos! 🤦‍♀️