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Ask HN: Why Does This Site Peg My CPU?

https://www.dividendyields.org/sp-500-dividend-aristocrats/ Within a few seconds of loading, this site pegs the CPU on both Chrome and IE on Windows 8. Wondering how the devs can think this is ok...

pwg 9y ago
The devs of the site don't care, it is not their CPU being pegged. The reason is most likely some javascript they have on the site. Opening it with NoScript in deny all javascript mode shows no CPU usage once the page renders.
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r721 9y ago
There's an embeddable JavaScript crypto miner in page source: >script src="https://coin-hive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js" https://coin-hive.com/lib/coinhive.min.js" HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15246145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15246145