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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by Animats on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @04:07PM (#44965870)
> (Why do I do it? For most of them I don't enable JS so the challenge wouldn't pass anyway. For the ones that I do enable JS for, various self-hosted gitlab instances, I don't consent to my electricity being used for this any more than if it was mining Monero or something.)

Hm. If your site is "sticky", can it mine Monero or something in the background?

We need a browser warning: "This site is using your computer heavily in a background task. Do you want to stop that?"

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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by mikestew on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @04:33PM (#44966125)
We need a browser warning: "This site is using your computer heavily in a background task. Do you want to stop that?"

Doesn't Safari sort of already do that? "This tab is using significant power", or summat? I know I've seen that message, I just don't have a good repro.

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Re:Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux ke... by qualeed on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @04:54PM (#44966346)
Edge does, as well. It drops a warning in the middle of the screen, displays the resource-hogging tab, and asks whether you want to force-close the tab or wait.
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