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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Congratulations, you won million dollars! But first, we'll, of course, have to deduct the cost of the AI credits you used in this challenge..."

[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 4 points 23 hours ago

they don’t have ai…

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 119 points 2 days ago (5 children)
[–] SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

display: grid for a single element feels kinda cursed to me

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[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Hey. Hey hey hey HEY.

That's not fair to us.

Random Linux nerds who were bullied. BULLIED, I say. When we coded our personal sites on Netscape on Linux (which was painful enough when Netscape 4 had a hazy understanding of CSS1/2 already) and the site had some random glitches on IE from time when we couldn't ensure IE compatibility.

This "IE6" shit needs to stay buried, OK? This is "history that must never repeat" shit, OK? OK. Good.

BONUS JOKE:

There was a whole range of jokes dedicated to what happens when you shoot yourself on foot with your favourite programming language.

My favourite was this:

"You shoot yourself in the foot with JavaScript.
If using Netscape, your arm falls off.
If using MSIE, your head explodes."

[–] ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

After adding rounded corners.

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Ah, I remember the days when they used to be using PNGs for those.

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[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 4 points 2 days ago

I use flex for most stuff 💪🏼

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[–] xangadix@lemmy.world 136 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I am <center><div>fuck Mr beast</div></center> old

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 76 points 2 days ago (2 children)

margin-left: 276px;

Adjust number until it looks centered. Easy peasy.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago

Make sure to put !important at the end just to be sure.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 14 points 2 days ago

Best viewed on Internet Explorer with 800x600 display

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

People wanting to also center it vertically is what broke the web.

[–] xangadix@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just add <br> untill it looks somewhat in the middle, doh

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

...or tables with a lot of spacer.gif

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[–] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Why is Mr Beast next to the picture of Claude's butthole?

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Huh. All I can see is two pictures of buttholes.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 12 points 2 days ago

he of course determines who is the winner beforehand, like all his other challenges.

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Every time I see that face I want to get violent. I want to just bash his head in with an axe handle. That fake ass fucking smile just drives me to rage and I don't know why.

Because he is a insufferable douche bag

[–] DigitalForest@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

The smile doesn't reach his eyes. When someone is genuinely smiling, the area around the eyes wrinkle up some (especially the outside corners). Fake smiles don't do that, not without conscious effort. It's so unsettling because it's setting off an instinctual urge of "this guy is being deceptive and is likely a threat". You can check by covering part of the face in the image: cover the mouth, and the eyes just look dead and soulless.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 13 points 2 days ago

I'm not usually one to knock someone's appearance but you're right with this guy's weird friggin grin. Like it's not genuine or even appearing to be, in the slightest.

It's so cynical, cold, creepy and soulless. How did the A-B testing that drives his every single decision settle on that expression?

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 61 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Holy shit those lifeless eyes give me the creeps

[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I stand by my description of him: "That guy in Youtube thumbnails who smiles with his teeth but not his eyes."

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 34 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I just took a screenshot of the image and then cropped the bottom of his face out, there is no denying it

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I don’t know what it is, but I just simply can’t believe that the guy is not deeply involved in some of the most twisted shit.

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[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 65 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hah. How about this: trap 1,000 regular web developers in a room. First one to use a proper semantic element instead of a div wins $1 million.

[–] 0x0@infosec.pub 38 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Good luck finding 1000 regular Web developers in this market

Or any market really, they really like their caves

[–] Madrigal@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

And their divs.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] jestho@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Looks pretty centered to me ✅

[–] HappyZed30@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Just do it already.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 28 points 2 days ago

Forcing people to write CSS? I thought there was an international treaty against that

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I learned today that the "branding" for Claude is an anus.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 18 points 2 days ago

All the AI logos are.

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[–] rylviq@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 days ago (6 children)

It's not a difficult task at all without AI. I mean if they can use forms and sites like the og stackoverflow, w3 schools,.etc

[–] ivan@piefed.social 40 points 2 days ago (4 children)

That's a big "IF" tho. I've been teaching embedded programming classes and had to teach folks some very basic stuff like how to RTFM or how to look for stuff on the internet - people don't even use search engines anymore. 🌚

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[–] FiniteBanjo@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Imagine if it had no internet access but it had all the relevant docs.

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 14 points 2 days ago

Fucking jumpscare

[–] somnuz@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 days ago

solved it:

take a screenshot of the div in question, set it as a background for the body and make it no-repeat, center center.. don’t forget to slap some fancy 100vh for the body too..

done! It will even render exactly the same so it is cross-browser ready!

use the option cover and it will work for all screen sizes and resolutions!

add diabolical-laughter-047.mp3 as the unstoppable music loop and like seven useless frameworks for additional style points, ohh and like three font families.. just in case.. and definitely some analytics from BIG G

— profit.

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