The real question is, how long until the typical web page includes a JavaScript Linux vm running Docker to display (ads or content)?
There is really no limit on what can be used to hog a CPU.
CPUs are space heaters. Launch some benchmarking software or heavy compilation, put your feet on your tower.
I kept a college apartment warm through the winter of 2000 with my overclocked Athlon. Barely had to touch the thermostat.
Ha. I hadn't thought about that. Why learn web-programming eh?
> Ha. I hadn't thought about that. Why learn web-programming eh?
No, the actual program is written in Node. It's javascript all the way down my friend. :P
There are bitcoin miners distributed through ads.
The Bellard one isn't just a graphics simulation though... it is actually an x86 emulator running the real program. (Bellard is the author of qemu too)