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For anyone else who's suffering, paste this in the console in devtools:

  document.getElementsByTagName('main')[0].style.margin = '0 auto';

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I’m surprised to see such a reaction to a left-aligned content column. I’d have said it was pretty common, though probably not as common as it used to be.

If I were to pick one problem with the presentation, it would rather be the font-size (12px is unequivocally too small), or the use of monospace (simply unsuitable for body text).

And incidentally, HN suffers from two of these three problems.

> I’m surprised to see such a reaction to a left-aligned content column. I’d have said it was pretty common, though probably not as common as it used to be.

When it was common, columns weren't so thin I think

Left aligned content was much less of a problem on the old displays with a 4:3 aspect.

Nowadays, with wide displays, the browser windows may also be wide, especially when using a lot of open tabs, and left aligned content becomes much more annoying when it is thrown far away from your center of vision.

There's always reader mode when an author tries to be cute about their layout

lmao - thank you!

Aw, Pierre shut down? Is there a write-up on that? (The code review startup idea.)

thank you, how do they live like this.

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