Great piece, OP. We work in WASM and are considering web workers to help with rendering documents off the main thread in that context. I was surprised to read that ArrayBuffer is moved by reference only! Might be an option. Thanks for putting this together.
The browser's main thread is expensive
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Re: The browser's main thread is expensive
#32Great piece, OP. We work in WASM and are considering web workers to help with rendering documents off the main thread in that context. I was surprised to read that ArrayBuffer is moved by reference only! Might be an option. Thanks for putting this together.
Re: The browser's main thread is expensive
#33the whole point of cooperative multitasking is to yield now and then (back to the runner), so that it can process the drawing. Besides, at 60fps there's so much that can be computed once every N frames, and the eye does not see it, the animation flows.
It becomes even more interesting when webgpu is involved, but the CSS animator is indeed very fast.
note: some recent work of mine (newskool digital flyer sites) -> bsf.hmsu.org // nouveauxhivers.dub4powder.xyz
Re: The browser's main thread is expensive
#34AI;DR – too bad as the content seems to be worthwhile, but then why not take the trouble to write it up yourself. Have it proofread/edited/spruced up all you want afterward, but don't have it do all (or most of) the writing.
Re: The browser's main thread is expensive
#35So this is AI slop written? Why would anyone believe I'd want to read AI spam? Also, the issue I see is who controls browsers as much more profound. We need to find a solution here, as the browser is too important to allow private companies to keep mankind hostage. Edit: Wow, and the praise-accounts. Is that new on hackernews?
I’ve worked in the field for a long time and see a carefully written, correct, calm article. No obvious AÍ tells in wording or sentence construction. It is a bit long - might have been inspired by ciechanow.ski
Re: The browser's main thread is expensive
#36So this is AI slop written? Why would anyone believe I'd want to read AI spam? Also, the issue I see is who controls browsers as much more profound. We need to find a solution here, as the browser is too important to allow private companies to keep mankind hostage. Edit: Wow, and the praise-accounts. Is that new on hackernews?
What signs of slop are people seeing here? Or is it just a knee-jerk reaction to encountering lots of text? I’ve worked in the field for a long time and see a carefully written, correct, calm article. No obvious AÍ tells in wording or sentence construction. It is a bit long - might have been inspired by ciechanow.ski
I realize the author may not write native English, but this is not translation slop, it's AI writing slop.
Re: The browser's main thread is expensive
#37AI;DR – too bad as the content seems to be worthwhile, but then why not take the trouble to write it up yourself. Have it proofread/edited/spruced up all you want afterward, but don't have it do all (or most of) the writing.