Libretro folks are going to take the code of any maintained emulators anyways, so people don't really need to port it. Also didn't follow any news from Libretro's side, but considering Libretro's founder's past interactions in license changes of emulators the project benefited from, I can't help but wonder if he/she threw a hissing fit at the Duckstation folks as well.

Agreed with Magician and RmDebArc, and besides that, it could also be for the challenge, for the enjoyment, or because the vision of the dev only works in such a platform. And with emulators that allow commercial use around, the developer can also publish his games to modern platforms without having to rebuild the whole game.

If an Android program¹ is available elsewhere DRM free, open source, FOSS, etc., go for that instead, even before confirming the presence of this new DRM / social engineering tool in the given program. And if the program itself is not available, look for alternatives. And to make researches a little easier, some APK resources from the top of my head besides F-Droid and Github are Humble Bundle, Itchio, Patreon and potentially any Github alternative.

¹ "app" should never have replaced the name already adopted for no good reason

Link for the platform: https://bandwagon.fm/

Imagino que tenham que respeitar o nome da empresa, serviço, etc. ao momento da reportagem, pelo comportamento que observo inclusive quando se mencionam outras empresas.

And lastly, some UbO filters I made since I commented so much about them:

::: spoiler spoiler

! Denpasoft - hiding stuff already in the account (make a new filter for each title):
!denpasoft.com##a[href="link_goes_here"]:upward(article[class="x-col e244827-e17 m58wr-d m58wr-e m58wr-f m58wr-i"])

! DLsite - hiding stuff already claimed and owned (may need to expand since DLsite has its store sections all split):
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl disabled"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner for_pc "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner for_pc "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner for_ios_android "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_04 "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 for_ios_android "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl disabled"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner  "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_st"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner  "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_cart disabled"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner  "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner  "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 for_pc "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner for_pc "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner for_android "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 for_android "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 for_ios "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_st"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_02 "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl disabled"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_dl disabled"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 for_pc "])

! DLsite - hiding what's already in the cart (also may need to expand):
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_cart_in"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 for_ios_android "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_cart_in"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner  "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_cart_in"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner for_pc "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_cart_in"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_cart_in"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_01 for_pc "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_cart_in"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner type_exclusive_02 "])

! DLsite - hiding what can't be activated or bought (also may need to expand):
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_cart disabled"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner for_pc "])
www.dlsite.com##a[class="btn_cart disabled"]:upward(li[class="search_result_img_box_inner  "])

! Epic Games/EGS - hiding what's already activated (make a new filter for each title):
!store.epicgames.com##a[href^="href_aqui"]:upward(li[class="css-lrwy1y"])
!E.g.:
!store.epicgames.com##a[href^="/p/thewatch-2c8a8e"]:upward(li[class="css-lrwy1y"])

! Freetchio & Itchclaim - hiding what you already have from Itchio (make a new filter for each title):
!shaigrorb.github.io##a[href="link_goes_here"]:upward(sl-card[id])
!itchclaim.tmbpeter.com##a[href="link_goes_here"]:upward(tr)

! IndieGala - hide stuff already claimed/bought (make a new filter for each title):
!indiegala.com##a[href="link_goes_here"]:upward(div[class="main-list-item-col left"])
!freebies.indiegala.com##a[href="link_goes_here"]:upward(div[class="col-3 products-col"])

! Kagura Games (EN & JP) - hiding by owned products (make a new filter for each product)
!www.kaguragames.com##a[href="full_link_goes_here"]:upward(div[class^="product-small col has-hover product type-product post-"])
!kaguragamesjp.com##a[href="link_goes_here"]:upward(div[class^="product-small col has-hover product type-product post-"])

! Kagura Games - hiding Kagura Survivors specifically since it cannot be claimed:
www.kaguragames.com##a[href="https://www.kaguragames.com/product/kagura-survivors-endless-night/"]:upward(div[class^="product-small col has-hover product type-product post-"])

! Project EGG - hiding by price (make a new filter for each price):
!www.amusement-center.com##span[class="yen"]:has-text(value_goes_here):upward(ul[class="mode_1"])
! E.g.:
www.amusement-center.com##span[class="yen"]:has-text(330):upward(ul[class="mode_1"])
www.amusement-center.com##span[class="yen"]:has-text(440):upward(ul[class="mode_1"])

! Project EGG - hiding stuff already activated (make a new filter for each title):
!www.amusement-center.com##a[href^="?product_id=ID_aqui"]:upward(ul[class="mode_1"])
!E.g.:
!www.amusement-center.com##a[href^="?product_id=1908"]:upward(ul[class="mode_1"])

! Zoom Platform - hiding stuff already owned (needs to be logged in for it to work):
!www.zoom-platform.com##div[class="absolute bottom-0 right-0 px-2 py-1 z-20 text-xs font-semibold bg-accent-green bg-opacity-80"]:upward(div[class^="flex justify-center w-full max-w-full pr-2 xxs:max-w-1/2 sm:max-w-1/3 md:max-w-cover md:pr-0"])

! Zoom Platform - hiding stuff by price (make a new filter for each title):
!www.zoom-platform.com##span[class="my-0.5 "]:has-text("price_goes_here"):upward(div[class^="flex justify-center w-full max-w-full pr-2 xxs:max-w-1/2 sm:max-w-1/3 md:max-w-cover md:pr-0"])
!www.zoom-platform.com##span[class="my-0.5"]:has-text("price_goes_here"):upward(div[class^="flex justify-center w-full max-w-full pr-2 xxs:max-w-1/2 sm:max-w-1/3 md:max-w-cover md:pr-0"])
! E.g.:
www.zoom-platform.com##span[class="my-0.5 "]:has-text("0.99"):upward(div[class^="flex justify-center w-full max-w-full pr-2 xxs:max-w-1/2 sm:max-w-1/3 md:max-w-cover md:pr-0"])
www.zoom-platform.com##span[class="my-0.5"]:has-text("0.99"):upward(div[class^="flex justify-center w-full max-w-full pr-2 xxs:max-w-1/2 sm:max-w-1/3 md:max-w-cover md:pr-0"])

:::

A few more (SFW) I forgot:

• https://www.gog.com/#giveaway (when a giveaway is present, it just scrolls you to that part of the front page)
• https://gaming.amazon.com/games (a cleaner redirect to https://gaming.amazon.com/home?filter=Game)
• https://www.zoom-platform.com/search/ (filtering in the site is still lacking, so my solution is a set of Ublock Origin filters)
• https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/browse?sortBy=currentPrice&sortDir=ASC&category=Game&count=40 (sorting by lowest price first - UbO helps here too)
• https://www.gog.com/en/games?priceRange=0,0&hideOwned=true (showing only the freebies, permanent or otherwise, from the whole catalogue, and filtering out what the user already has)
• https://randombundlegame.com/ (not directly useful, but maybe people can use it to keep an eye whenever another massive bundle pops up)

Of the NSFW ones, first the DLsite ones (so many because the store is split in multiple sections, and so much noise in the links because filters are hardcoded into them):

::: spoiler spoiler

• https://www.dlsite.com/ai/fsr/=/age_category[0]/general/work_category[0]/ai/order/price/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/OTL/options[3]/NM/campaign/campaign
• https://www.dlsite.com/aix/fsr/=/language/jp/sex_category[0]/male/work_category[0]/ai/order/price/options_and_or/and/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/OTL/options[3]/NM/from/fs.header
• https://www.dlsite.com/app/fsr/=/age_category[0]/general/work_category[0]/app/order/release_d/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/OTL/options[3]/NM/per_page/100/is_free/1
• https://www.dlsite.com/app/fsr/=/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/work_category/app/is_free/1/order/trend/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/appx/fsr/=/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/work_category/app/is_free/1/order/trend/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/appx/fsr/=/work_category/app/is_free/1/order/trend/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/bl/fsr/=/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/work_category/doujin/is_free/1/exclude_work_type/vcm/order/trend
• https://www.dlsite.com/books/fsr/=/is_free/1/work_category/books/order/release_d/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/books/fsr/=/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/is_free/1/work_category/books/order/release_d/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/comic/fsr/=/is_free/1/order/release_d/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/comic/fsr/=/language/jp/age_category[0]/general/order[0]/price/options_and_or/and/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/options_name[0]/Japanese/options_name[1]/English+Works/options_name[2]/Alingual/per_page/100/page/1/show_type/3/lang_options[0]/Japanese/lang_options[1]/English/lang_options[2]/Alingual
• https://www.dlsite.com/girls/fsr/=/work_category[0]/doujin/order/trend/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/per_page/100/is_tl/1/is_free/1/exclude_work_type/vcm
• https://www.dlsite.com/home/fsr/=/language/jp/age_category[0]/general/work_category[0]/doujin/work_category[1]/pc/work_category[2]/app/order/price/options_and_or/and/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/from/fs.header
• https://www.dlsite.com/home/fsr/=/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/work_category/doujin/is_free/1/exclude_work_type/vcm/order/release_d/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/home/fsr/=/work_category/doujin/is_free/1/exclude_work_type/vcm/order/release_d/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/fsr/=/language/jp/sex_category[0]/male/work_category[0]/doujin/work_category[1]/books/work_category[2]/pc/work_category[3]/app/order/price/options_and_or/and/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/per_page/100/from/fs.header
• https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/fsr/=/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/work_category/doujin/is_free/1/exclude_work_type/vcm/order/release_d/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/fsr/=/work_category/doujin/is_free/1/exclude_work_type/vcm/order/release_d/per_page/100
• https://www.dlsite.com/pro/fsr/=/language/jp/sex_category[0]/male/work_category[0]/pc/order/price/options_and_or/and/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/from/fs.header
• https://www.dlsite.com/soft/fsr/=/age_category[0]/general/work_category[0]/pc/order/release_d/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/OTL/options[3]/NM/is_free/1
• https://www.dlsite.com/soft/fsr/=/age_category[0]/general/work_category[0]/pc/order/release_d/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/OTL/options[3]/NM/per_page/100/is_free/1
• https://www.dlsite.com/soft/fsr/=/options[0]/JPN/options[1]/ENG/options[2]/NM/work_category/pc/is_free/1/order/rate_d :::

Other NSFW sources, all sorted by price so if any freebie pops up, it's easier to spot:

::: spoiler spoiler

• https://denpasoft.com/product-category/all-products/?orderby=price (they don't mark products as owned in the catalogue, so once more, UbO may help)
• https://erogames.com/en/hentai-games/genre-free/type-download?filter=results
• https://jastusa.com/games?attributes=&sort=cheapest&catalogCode=&priceMin=0&priceMax=0&currentPage=1&phrase=
• https://kaguragamesjp.com/shop/?orderby=price (same case regarding ownership as Denpasoft)
• https://www.fakku.net/doujin/sort_price-low
• https://www.fakku.net/games/sort_price-low
• https://www.kaguragames.com/shop/?orderby=price (same case regarding ownership as Denpasoft)
• https://www.mangagamer.com/r18/freedownload.php?page=1
• https://www.mangagamer.com/r18/product_list.php?opt=search&page=1&goods_type=0&keyword=&cmbSort=3 :::

I have a few more resources noted down, if you'd be interested for the list:

• https://www.indiegala.com/showcase
• https://www.amusement-center.com/project/egg/game/?mode=search&sssort=desc (service itself is paid so kinda like Prime in "free with a fee")
• https://freebies.indiegala.com/
• https://steamdb.info/freepackages/
• https://www.app-sales.net/
• https://steamdb.info/sales/?min_reviews=0&min_rating=0&min_discount=95&sort=discount_desc
• https://itchclaim.tmbpeter.com/
• https://shaigrorb.github.io/freetchio/
• https://isthereanydeal.com/giveaways/

Should I list the NSFW resources too?

As much as GOG/CD Projekt have more than their fair share of problems, usually their versions of games work, can be preserved, don't require as much bloat, launchers included, and usually don't require 3rd party validation. And like others said, besides Wine and related, and installing through Steam as external games, you can also install stuff very easily through Heroic and the sort. So I'd say it's the better option indeed.

Afaik most such Reddit alternatives support RSS feeds, so a RSS reader could be an option.

If I understand correctly, you're struggling with isolation? If so, and if you have the time and resources for it, maybe finding a hobby, sports club, etc. in your area could help?

Besides Flatpak, Heroic also has an official AppImage version, if the OP wants to have an even more portable program.

Demo can be found on Itchio:
https://gortyncode.itch.io/chantey-prologue

"Dumbfication" of songs is part of the reason I started listening a lot to rock. Quite a few rock bands seem to at least try to make something thoughtful.

But also been finding some musics outside of this niche too. Like, after some 10 years, I found again a music I quite enjoyed back then, Stromae's "House'Llelujah". I don't speak French so figuring the lyrics out is hard, but for this "DJ" type of music, besides the rhythm, it also appears to have a more thought out lyrics.

I prefer psychological horror over jumpscares by a long shot, so my recommendations are a bit slower than what people may recommend, but if it strikes your and your wife's fancy, here are them:
Dreaming Sarah, Wishing Sarah, Tanglewood, Parasite Eve, Wake Up (by Philosophic Games), UNLOVED, The Corruption Within.

To my knowledge, besides the newest updates not necessarily being as stable, but also, other softwares that interact with it would need time to adapt themselves to be sure they're as compatible as they were before. In a situation of constant updates, other software would always be on a situation of catching up, whereas updates that take a bit longer to land allow "for the dust to set down".

About gaming, from my personal experience, it's overall pretty straight forward. When issues happen, you just got to have patience to read through logs and search up on Google or similar any suspicious parts of the log. Worst part is usually DRM/anticheat, but from what I can gather, usually pretty isolated cases are problematic due to compatibility, usually requiring the devs to go out of their ways to make the DRM incompatible.

As for the distros question, perhaps Linux Mint? It trades off bleeding edge updates for the sake of stability. Just avoid the Debian-based variant of Mint for now as it's still in beta.

I usually try to stick to languages I'm learning, which now it'd be Japanese and Norwegian. But likewise, if it starts becoming too hard for me, in my case usually due to mental fatigue, I look for a version in languages I'm more comfortable with.

Just remembered Ublock Origin filters also work nice with fediverse sites, although I would prefer to completely purge posts with links I avoid.

But for those curious, here's an example filter I just cooked:
lemm.ee##a[class="fst-italic link-dark link-opacity-75 link-opacity-100-hover"]:has-text(here_goes_the_domain_as_displayed_under_the_post_title):upward(div[class="post-listing mt-2"])

So as an hypothetical example, if for some reason I have a problem with the sh.itjust.works instance, I could make this: lemm.ee##a[class="fst-italic link-dark link-opacity-75 link-opacity-100-hover"]:has-text(sh.itjust.works):upward(div[class="post-listing mt-2"])

And it ends up looking like this:
https://imgur.com/a/GuOspst
Filter active on the left, and not active on the right.

Look for games that are sold DRM free. Those can't be taken from you by devs or the store after backed up. And usually devs and/or stores that deliberately sell such games also make it clear people can keep their games.

Hei! Jeg er å lære norsk. (forhåpentligvis gjør jeg ikke mange feil...) Og siden skriftlig norsk og dansk er veldig likt, kan jeg tenke dansk er også likt skriftlig engelsk. Men ikke tro at det er en 1:1-konvertering. "<.<

Lykke til med studiet!

From the instances I used, it seems to be a mixed bag. Some even allowed for the user to block domains unrelated to the fediverse.

Was commenting more generally, in case there's someone against Facebook in instances that don't block them.

And about lemm.ee, although the guy running it is strongly against defederation, I guess Facebook the company is too much even for him. "<.<

When I noticed meds weren't being beneficial anymore for me, I stopped taking them and started trying to spot where my focus-related issues were and how I could change them. It hasn't been a smooth sail and requires a lot of discipline, but so far that helped me more than any medications.

Blocking everyone and every community you see from Facebook's new parasite social media could be good, me thinks.

Both tools can be used from the terminal like most Linux programs, which should also give you better control during troubleshooting and also in the rarer cases of having to set up/run some more temperamental games. There are also graphical programs that handle Wine/Proton in a more friendly way, such as Heroic Launcher, Lutris and, specifically for Proton, Steam itself.

Ah, I see. Never watched the series so wasn't familiar with the scene itself. "<.<

Nintendo has a long history of trying to kill emulation, even legit ones, and on PC, it's very easy to emulate stuff including by legit means, so the joke is that Nintendo is saying to stop emulating, and PC gamers out of spite answer by emulating more (and if it's "emulating more" by legitimate means or otherwise, it's not clear).

Maybe this helps?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/

I use it on PC, and from what I just tested on my phone, it seems to work fine.

Some times it's part of the plot, like in comics such as Gwenpool and 8-Bit Theater. But usually, from what I notice, how a character perceives the world around is not explained.

Unfamiliar with it, but in the regard of instances going down, specially after my previous main instance died with no signs of returning (again), if you find any interesting posts even on instances seemingly stable, I think it is a good idea to back up those pages. Personally, I would propose methods like Internet Archive's Wayback Machine and its alternatives like Archive Today, the print to PDF option from browsers, and/or saving a given page as a MHTML bundle.

Wiston Smith, is that you working for spotify?

If, by 100%, it includes 100% of the achievements/trophies, I can only remember Mary Skelter Nightmares¹, Odin Sphere Leifthrasir and Starbound as games I still enjoy after doing 100%.

¹og version; dunno if the updated version bundled with Mary Skelter 2 has trophies (didn't stop me from finishing it on the Switch, though e.e")

Going to keep working my way through Bravely Second as time allows. Hopefully, as it seems to be on the easier side, specially when abusing the trample ability for powerlevelling (e.e"), it shouldn't take too long. #GamesFTW

About the history rabbit hole, glad I was able to help! ^_^ If you'd be interested for more history musics, Radio Tapok and Glittertind have some too, with Radio Tapok singing mainly about Russian history, and Glittertind, iirc, having only one history-oriented album, Evige Asatro.

And about the the article, don't think I did. But maybe it was about Afrikaans? Iirc, it's a variant of Dutch. Or maybe it was Macau or Philippines? Memory might be failing me, since it's been a while since I checked into them, but I vaguely remember reading that they speak variants of Portuguese and Spanish, respectively.

So, you had asked about materials to study in a previous comment. While I found no concrete materials yet, maybe looking for questions related to proficiency level tests could be a good start? Like for example in my case, to study materials oriented at norskprøve (for Norwegian), JLPT (for Japanese), or to practice since I don't get many chances to speak in Spanish, SIELE's test.

Found something: Apparently Recochoku occasionally sells music videos, but the store is blocked outside of Japan.

Remedies don't do anything for me, so instead, I try to change my behaviors and mindset. It's hard since it's a tug of war against myself, but I think I am getting better. And as the saying goes, to solve a problem, first the person needs to know he/she has a problem, so I try to keep an eye for potential issues I may have.

The issue could be at least mitigated if they allowed people to set their own servers independent of World of Warcraft's own servers. =/