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Not if it doesn't work well.
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If you’re not tasked to work on it, leave it alone.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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If it's something that I've truly inherited, I'd often start by reformatting it. This rather mindless exercise helps me understand how it works, whether it's well designed, and most importantly, makes it less annoying to look at.  If it needs enhancing, the question is how much. If it's important code that will continue to evolve, I'd typically do some refactoring when adding new capabilities.
(This has nothing to do with SQL, which I've never touched.)
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I have inherited quite a bit of SQL that has been worked in who knows what text editor with no format whatsoever. If I need to troubleshoot it I will reformat it so that I can read and understand it
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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SQL is much the same, but query's are often shorter than an inherited codebase. Starts with formatting indeed, removing any string manipulations, and throw it in the query plan analyzer.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I have found, virtually without exception, that poorly formatted code means a crap design. Either the owner didn't care or there wasn't an owner, and the collective didn't care.
On an unrelated topic, I recently realized that anyone with stuff hanging from their rear-view mirror is likely to be a crap driver. Dream catchers, fuzzy dice, rosary beads, little scented cardboard pine trees--it doesn't matter. When I see a vehicle like this in front of me, I start to get wary.
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on an unrelated topic reply:
never leave work in an elevator, when you can walk! If it breaks it is your time!!
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Just too many variables to consider before deciding to redo something from scratch, especially if it's some sort of monstrosity. I don't like to do engage in an endeavour like that unless I'm absolutely required to.
If it works, leave it the f#%! alone. I've seen a far too much to think otherwise.
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I usually apply the boy scout rule, leave the code better than I found it.
If I'm just doing a quick fix or if I'm part of a team I'll use the existing formatting and conventions, if I've inherited it I'll start using my own and change existing ones.
I might do some refactoring and probably some variable renaming.
Hopefully, one day, it'll be a piece of art (wishful thinking, but I need a bit of hope to continue on such projects)
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I'd rather create my own monster than take over someone elses, thank you very much! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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So I came in this morning and found my browser open at the router admin screen, someone has remote access to my machine me thinks.
I'm on win 10 using MS defender which reports no issues, a dynamic IP so how would I go about finding how the machine was accessed?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Ive always wondered about this too...how can you know what happened after the fact?
I’m wondering if there is anything in Windows event logs if you look closely?
There probably isn’t anything but maybe you could see access to network drives or apps that ran. I’m not sure.
Good luck and I hope you find some clues. Let us know if you do I’m very interested.
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Install an additional firewall app. It should keep nasties out and provide access logs. Not a bad idea to change some passwords either. And a full virus / malware scan.
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If an attacker has had control of your computer, it's no longer your computer. Boot a *nix live image to back up data if needed, and then delete your partitions and reinstall the OS from scratch.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Am I missing something? There's an article talking about a pure CSS image, and several screenshots of it in different browsers. But where's the link to the actual image? 
Edit: Found it after jumping through several hoops. They couldn't make it easy, could they?
PureCSS Lace[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yeah, sorry about that - I'll add it to the original post.
TTFN - Kent
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It would have helped if they had linked to it so you could see the render in your browser rather than just pictures of what it apparently looks like in each, with no evidence that it changes. But ho hum ... it would be interesting to see what it looked like in a Chrome IE tab ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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It's a real PITA just centering an element in CSS, but this is something entirely different 
This is just next level masochism 
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Didn't you know CSS stands for: Crying Stinking Shame 
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Sander Rossel wrote: It's a real PITA just centering an element in CSS
Not since flexbox[^] and grid[^] are widely supported. Even vertical centering is fairly trivial now. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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