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Re:A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning) by niel on Thursday February 24, 2022 @03:38AM (#30452327)
EPILEPSY WARNING. Extreme strobe upon opening OP link.

  while (true) { websocket.send(JSON.stringify({ action: 'plus' })); }
Really messed with my vision and crashed chrome. Fun experiment!
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Re:A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning) by bandamo on Thursday February 24, 2022 @06:17AM (#30453444)
no crash with:

setInterval(() => { websocket.send(JSON.stringify({ action: 'plus' })); }, 0)

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Re:A Silly Usecase for WebSockets (strobe warning) by heleninboodler on Thursday February 24, 2022 @02:22PM (#30459008) 

  setInterval( () => { if(state.textContent == 'on') {
    websocket.send(JSON.stringify({ action: 'plus' })); } }, 50)
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