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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
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Bruno Ferreira

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Enterprising developer somehow writes an x86 cpu emulator in plain css no javascript no wasm just stylesheet computing | Mind Blowing Facts

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Yes, you did read the headline correctly, and you'd be wise to fetch a cross, garlic, and a stake. Lyra Rebane, a madlady who dabbles in CSS and infosec, figured out she could leverage the power of contemporary implementations of the stylesheet language to emulate an x86 processor, all without even a single line of JavaScript, WASM, or any other such tomfoolery.

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