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Re:Goodbye PNaCl, Hello WebAssembly by ehnto on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @12:03AM (#14450343)
Right, they might notice it, but why would they care? They don't know that they should care, it is just a computer being a computer and it probably spins up the fans for other tasks too. They would be right to not care unless told otherwise, sys ops isn't their job.

I think it would be smart to educate people as part of a regular security briefing for non technical staff though. But if it's something that high of concern to your company maybe an automated CPU usage monitor could alert the team to anomalies.

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Re:Goodbye PNaCl, Hello WebAssembly by spc476 on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @12:39AM (#14450453)
They would care when their laptop shuts down. [1]

[1] I was running a test today when the program being tested ran into a very tight loop and the fan really kicked in. I was curious if it would finish and let it run for several minutes until all went quiet and the screen went dark. It had shutdown to prevent heat damage.

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Re:Goodbye PNaCl, Hello WebAssembly by witty_username on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @12:59AM (#14450507)
That means the fans need to be cleaned of dust.

A laptop overheating from few minutes of 100% CPU is not normal.

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Re:Goodbye PNaCl, Hello WebAssembly by thegreatpl on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:24AM (#14451070)
Unless it is a really crappy laptop.
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Re:Goodbye PNaCl, Hello WebAssembly by Houshalter on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @02:36AM (#14450760)
Does battery usage not matter?
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Re:Goodbye PNaCl, Hello WebAssembly by ehnto on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:19AM (#14451053)
Not for every device. Desktops aren't obsolete, some laptops never leave their desk and Chrome is a target for WebAssembly.
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