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Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things (tonsky.me)
13 points by ohadron 798 days ago
5 comments
chrisjj 798 days ago
> We, developers, can only mathematically align perfect rectangles.

I've heard that really clever devs can do circles too...

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PaulHoule 798 days ago
Except for Adobe (in the case of PDF) where they can only draw Bézier curves.
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chrisjj 798 days ago
By 'do' I meant only align :)
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kevincox 797 days ago
The worst part about this is that it requires knowing the font. I generally like to let users use their preferred don't so I don't change the default. So I have no hope.
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paulpauper 798 days ago
CSS , tables, and mobile browsers ... shudders
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sylware 798 days ago
Looking at implementing my own wayland compositor (finally)... the thought of centering windows properly...
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h2odragon 798 days ago
mouse pointer bugs ugh

now im tempted to copy the trick

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