Enhance!
Explanation
The Joke
A detective-show scenario plays out: someone asks to see "that corner of the security cam footage" and requests an "enhance!" A technician responds, "You got it, chief! Just reconfiguring the kilobytes and... AHA!" The caption reveals the truth: "Setting all the security cameras to display extremely low resolution has made it much easier to impress my boss."
The Humor
The comic satirizes the long-standing TV and movie trope where investigators can infinitely "enhance" grainy surveillance footage to reveal perfect, crystal-clear details — a process that is physically impossible since you cannot create image data that doesn't exist. The technician has found a clever workaround: rather than actually enhancing anything, he's deliberately set all cameras to such low resolution that any minor adjustment looks like a dramatic improvement.
The humor comes from the inversion of competence — instead of being a tech genius who can extract hidden detail, the technician is gaming the system by making the baseline terrible so that any change seems impressive. His boss, who presumably doesn't understand technology, is easily wowed by what amounts to adjusting the contrast on a potato-quality image.
Broader Context
SMBC often deconstructs popular media tropes by applying real-world logic. The "enhance" trope has been widely mocked in tech circles, but this comic adds a fresh angle by imagining someone who deliberately exploits their boss's ignorance of how technology works. It's also a subtle commentary on workplace dynamics: looking competent is often easier than being competent, and managing expectations downward is a legitimate (if cynical) career strategy.