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Ask HN: Does Clicking on 'Dead' Comments Freeze your Browser Too?
I've been experiencing an issue where clicking on 'dead' comments on HackerNews causes my browser to freeze for about 5-10 seconds, and my CPU fan turns noticeably louder during this time. This happens consistently and I've tested it across multiple browsers with the same result.
For example (assuming it's not a problem peculiar to my machine) you should be able to see this behavior for yourself by going to this link:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40222213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40222213
and trying to expand the comment by "Brian_K_White" by clicking the ”[17 more]” link.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue, or is it just on my end?
- UmYeahNo 2y agoIt expanded immediately for me. Chrome, Mac.
- aragonite 2y agoMany thanks! This is so strange. The freezing happens both on my desktop (Chrome, Firefox, Tor) and my phone (Chrome Android). Might be something peculiar with my setup... Edit: I've now tested it on Windows, Android and iPhone and seen the same freezing behavior, both from residential and CGNAT IPs.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- dang 2y agoI pushed a fix for a comment-collapsing bug earlier today, so I wonder if I broke something. My fix happened to made some iterative code recursive. Recursive code plus CPU fan rather suggests a stack overflow, doesn't it... I'll look into it. Edit: I've reverted the change so you can happily expand your [17 more]. Will see if I can fix better. Edit 2: should be fixed better now.
- aragonite 2y agoMany thanks dang — everything is working smoothly now!
- carlosjobim 2y agoI have the same problem for expanding any comment.