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With the modern web there is no "rush back to idle". Browsers will burn your CPU until you turn off your browser, which in most cases is only when you turn your
by tjoff 5y ago
With the modern web there is no "rush back to idle". Browsers will burn your CPU until you turn off your browser, which in most cases is only when you turn your computer off.
- saagarjha 5y agoAssuming you are using a reasonable browser with a reasonable set of websites open, a browser should not really burn unbounded CPU in the background. Tabs that do are generally throttled, allowing the scheduler to burst their work and then have the processor go back to sleep.
- tjoff 5y agoAre we assuming no tracking and ads as well? But yeah I agree, it should not. But it does.