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Re:Now that computers have more than 4MB of memory, can we g... by winrid on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @02:40AM (#30999393)
Such a weird argument for something that would obviously be opt-in. Also I doubt said timer would have a worse energy impact than having a browser open with a JS runtime all the time.
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Re:Now that computers have more than 4MB of memory, can we g... by extheat on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @03:12AM (#30999583)
A browser tab alone doesn’t do much after initial page load, ignoring CSS animations, JS timers and dynamic media tags.
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