Long story short, "CHOOH₂" is probably esters of oxalic acid (C₂H₂O₄ a.k.a "CHOO CHOO") as additive to biogasoline derived from GMO crops.

Fortunately, even though the "red tanks go boom when you shoot or quickhack them" chemistry is scary-accurate...

Could Such a Hazardous Fuel System Be Adopted in Reality?

Unlikely at scale in democratic nations due to:

1. Continued oil abundance from fracking, oil sands, and conventional reserves.
2. Rapid cost declines and deployment of renewables (solar, wind, nuclear).
3. Strong regulatory frameworks (OSHA, EPA) and legal challenges. (Possibly moot in the US, but there's hope I suppose.)
4. Public and corporate pressure for safer, cleaner energy. (When the enemy is only chasing money, you can probably get them to back anything if it sells their product to you. That said, fuck Big Data Is Watching You.)

a) Possible in authoritarian or resource-constrained regimes where safety is sacrificed for cheap energy or autarky. b) Niche or military uses might tolerate riskier fuels for strategic reasons.

Final Thoughts

While CHOOH₂’s explosive volatility and dystopian neglect make for compelling fiction, the real world’s energy landscape—with abundant oil, advancing renewables, and regulatory safeguards—makes widespread adoption of such dangerous biofuels highly improbable. Vigilance, policy resilience, and community action remain key to ensuring safe, sustainable energy futures.

So basically, CHOOH₂ is real and refers to one of the fuel additives, not the fuel itself (which is biogasoline or similar). Fortunately for everyone, nobody wants to own a cyberbugatti if it actually explodes if you shoot the gas tank and most countries aren't beholden to that monster in the oval office, Russia's famous hate machine, or the CCP.

Just keep pushing for renewables and mass transit, or impeachment if you're in the US and he's still somehow in power now that he's violated a direct court order from the SCOTUS and been found in contempt of court.

Anyway, I just thought this was an interesting one to share. Politics don't have a place here, I'm guessing, so try to keep the discussion to chemistry and the implications it could have for a society that actually went the route that the Cyberpunk timeline did.

Just 'cause it was too ridiculous-looking to be real, except it is real. FT tanks were surprisingly small.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2694719

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2685916

OK, c’est pas vraiment "l’image du jour". Elle correspond plus à la période troublée que nous traversons actuellement.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2180929

Meta sneakily introduced "Platform Integrity Attestation API" which basically calls home to see whether the user has a valid license to play.

This means that to run apps user has to have online connection to perform an integrity test. Whether it's only a test on launch or continues call home like Denuvo-like DRMs is not yet clear. This could also mean that modified headsets could fail to pass this test essentially closing down the device for modifications that could damage "platform integrity". Not all details are clear yet but this doesn't look good.

Currently it's optional and up to app developers to enable it.

I have always been terrified of dropping this thing. The only two cases I've found are a TPU snap-on which does not protect the front, and a silicone "official" case which covers the glowing letters on the grip and is baggy.

Are there no decent cases for these? I've seen cases for other OneXPlayer devices, for all other handhelds of note, but despite 3 generations of F1 (7840U, 8840U and Pro) this handheld is expensive and impossible to protect.

Even the baggy silicone is now discontinued and sold out, leaving me with no good options to protect from being dropped. Keep in mind, the device components are good but the external housing is slightly brittle. I backed the original kickstarter and they sent a second pair of grip pieces because of the color change to the white version to have ugly greenish grey accents instead of off-white. (I was lucky I backed late, they were only able to change my order to black and not that of others who backed for the white version.) The spare grey handles (which were allegedly not showing the glowing text on the handles correctly) arrived crushed to the point of being unsalvageable.

Should I just buy a Legion Go S so I have similar ergonomics? Or does someone produce affordable custom cases for electronics?

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/61243209

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A few preserved iPhone games or something (I think). These are, apparently, an archive of unsupported versions of popular games on phones, which are no longer available on the App Stores. They run inside the browser. These are NOT pirated, if media IS for sale then please support those who make games before resorting to what is legally defined as theft.

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A few preserved iPhone games or something (I think). These are, apparently, an archive of unsupported versions of popular games on phones, which are no longer available on the App Stores. They run inside the browser. These are NOT pirated, if media IS for sale then please support those who make games before resorting to what is legally defined as theft.

...the car in the lower right of this image? It was made in Automation and presumably could be converted to beamNG easily if I only had the file, or someone with the skill was willing to try and reproduce the vehicle and share it...

Anyway, I don't expect anything, just being hopeful. It';s a really cool design and I've never been good at that in Automation. Thank you if you have any info on this.

Is it just me or does it feel smoother? Because even with mods I've never been able to get java to run without some level of jankiness. I have a realm server I share with friends entirely because of the ability to have mods work and gameplay to be smooth.

If I'm wrong about this, would be nice to know how you get Java to run smoothly, I miss Mystcraft.