Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things

Somehow we forgot how to center rectangles and must find our way back

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Jakub Chodounsky
April 22, 2024

Somehow we forgot how to center rectangles and must find our way back.

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Is it something about human brains, or something about the problem domain?

With Twitter disabling text message two-factor authentication, I thought it’d be fun to do a deep-dive into how SMS fraud works and how app developers can guard against it.

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Whenever I talk with programmer friends about Apple I try to sneak the following story in. Usually I start with “did you know that Apple…?” and end by leaning back in the chair, my index finger pointing at the table, and me saying “… now that’s engineering.”

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