u/whiskyB0y

I'm genuinely curious. What's the motivation behind a name for an emulator?

Well first let's get the obvious ones out of the way. Winlator is obviously just a combination of "Windows" and "Emulator". Hence they combine to form "Winlator". But I can't say the same for the forks. Winlator Bionic, Winlator Lundashi etc.

PPSSPP is just PSP with extra letters.

But what about Nethersx2/AetherSx2? How does an individual fathom the concept of a "Nether" or an "Aether"?

Or let's say Azahar, the latest 3DS emulator. What did the devs mean by this? Am I stupid?

Do some of these names have cultural meaning or are they just random as hell?

I am not making fun of the names or the devs. I'm just curious.

I feel like I'm wasting my gap year. What should I do?

Graduated high school 8 months ago. I decided that this year before I start university in December, that I'll become a better person, improve my life and learn a skill that I could use to start a small side hustle.

The skill I decided to do was programming, specifiy full stack Web Development. While I have made progress over the months, of late I've been slacking off, and this isn't the first time I'm going through a period where I slack off learning this year. I've just been feeling lazy and comfortable.

Don't get me wrong, I do love and have interest in programming, but I just feel lazy because of distractions like adult content and overstimulation.

I've also been procrastinating on other things. I want to start working out but I can't get the momentum going(I haven't even started). I want to become a better man so that I'm ready for the real world but I'm just lazy, distracted and comfortable.

What do I do? It's a constant cycle. All I do is use my phone, sleep and whine about how hard life is and how I'm not ready for the real world.

Graduated high school 8 months ago. I decided that this year before I start university in December, that I'll become a better person, improve my life and learn a skill that I could use to start a small side hustle.

The skill I decided to do was programming, specifiy full stack Web Development. While I have made progress over the months, of late I've been slacking off, and this isn't the first time I'm going through a period where I slack off learning this year. I've just been feeling lazy and comfortable.

Don't get me wrong, I do love and have interest in programming, but I just feel lazy because of distractions like adult content and overstimulation.

I've also been procrastinating on other things. I want to start working out but I can't get the momentum going(I haven't even started). I want to become a better man so that I'm ready for the real world but I'm just lazy, distracted and comfortable.

What do I do? It's a constant cycle. All I do is use my phone, sleep and whine about how hard life is and how I'm not ready for the real world.

I've been emulating since I was 11. Back then I just had a 1 gb RAM tablet. PSP emulation was it's limit. And yet, PSP emulation was the only thing I cared about at the time. That was back in 2018.

After my tablet died, I had to deal with having a cheap iphone for 3 years. I somehow managed to get a jailbroken, risky, unofficial version of PPSSPP that worked surprisingly well. When I came back to Android, I discovered PS2 emulation. Once I saw some of the games of the PS2 library on YouTube, I was excited. But disappointment came quickly once Play Store wouldn't allow me to install AetherSx2(at the time) because it wasn't powerful enough.

My new current phone handles most PS2 games, and I can finally enjoy myself. But once I discovered my device could do more, I always get this desire to emulate a more powerful console. Even though the logical side of my brain knows most of the time the game won't run, I just become obsessed with pushing my phone to it's limits.

I feel like there is always room for more, and I end up clearing space just for a game that won't even boot up.

It feels like a child-like obsession. Knowing that modern day hardware and talented, hardworking devs have allowed us to come this far just makes me feel, happy.

Beginner here. What would you advice someone to learn apart from just saying "learn Python"

I'm genuinely curious

I'm a guy in my late teens. For the past 4 years I've been struggling to improve myself and do good habits like working out, learning more etc.

It's always a constant cycle and I'm self aware. I know when I indulge in adult content my future self will feel bad. I know when I procrastinate on doing a good habits my future self will feel terrible.

But in the moment of pleasure and laziness, it feels too good. I can't stop. It's like not fulfilling my potential isn't apart of me. Everyday is just the same

I genuinely think I'm cooked.

I don't want to be like that his for the rest of my short life.

So I ask, how did you actually manage to change yourself for the better?

For the life of me I can't seem to improve myself. I've struggled for the past 4 years ut everyday, every month every year is just the same.

I'm self aware about my issues. I'm self aware about my bad habits, how they affect my future self.and all that but like a rubber band, I just pull back. It's a constant cycle.

I'm not consistent with the good habits and I always give in to my sexual urges.

It feels like I'm meant to be like I'm his forever but I don't want that

I started learning Flask yesterday. So far think I've managed to grasp the basic layout of a Flask program but I'm having trouble understanding exactly what the syntax does.

What does app.route mean? What do you mean app.route is an instance of an application which you have to create after importing Flask?

Like I'm new to backend so these concepts don't make sense to me.

I would like an explanation on the purpose of:

creating an app and an instance of it

What request.args is?

I made my first program for practice after following a YouTube tutorial if that helps:

from flask import Flask, request

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")

def hello_world():

return "<p>Hello, World!</p>"

@app.route('/hello')

def hello():

return 'hello idiot'

@app.route('/eat/<food>')

def eat(food):

return f'I love eating {food} everyday!'

@app.route('/multiply/<int:num1>/<int:num2>')

def multiply(num1, num2):

return f'{num1} times {num2} = {num1*num2}'

# @app.route('/handleURLparams')

# def handleParams():

# return str(request.args)

# THIS IS HOW TO CALL ImmutableMultiDict([])

@app.route('/handleURLparams')

def handleParams():

if 'greeting' in request.args.keys() and request.args.keys():

greeting = request.args.get('greeting')

name = request.args['name']

return f'{greeting}, {name}'

else:

return 'Some parameters are missing'

if __name__ == '__main__':

app.run(debug=True, port=5555, host='0.0.0.0')

I'm new to Python. I started my journey a week ago. Learning the basic syntax feels boring because I feel impatient and just want to get to the good stuff.

For context, I'm a teen coming from a background of JavaScript. I spent 7 months learning JavaScript.

So I'm learning Python to use as backend since my end goal is Full Stack Development. (I know I can also still use JavaScript for backend, but I decided to pick up Python for the sake variety).

But right now it feels boring. This is mainly because a lot of basic python is the same as basic JavaScript with the exception of different syntax and certain rules. But the foundation is the same. I can't even bring myself to come up with project ideas because I'm just feeling lazy.

How do I get out of this rut?

I have a phone with h a helio g100, Mali G57 gpu and 8 gb ram.

I can emulate some PS2 games, most GameCube games, some Wii and some 3ds and PS Vita(for Vita I'm mostly limited by graphical issues rather than performance lol)

PSP, NDS and basically anything pre 2000 like SNES or GBA I can run easily.

What games do you recommend I play and in what order for best experience?

But it doesn't matter. Life will always be the same. I'll still feel like I shouldn't have been born. I'll still acknowledge the fact that my existence is meaningless, and I'll still feel different compared to other people because I'm not normal.

I'm 18 btw. But, it's doesn't matter. So who gives a damn?🤣