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I'll start by plugging Harvard's free courses catalog as well as Udemy

Edit: Gonna add 2 more I remembered-

Blender - I wish I had more time to learn it, but I did start the infamous "Donut Tutorial" once!

Watch Cartoons Online - Lots of good older stuff!

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[–] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 49 points 2 days ago (9 children)

LibreOffice

Free Office Suite which is excellent for personal use. If you are on mobile Collabora Office if you want an Android/iOS version

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago
[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 25 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Your local city college may or may not offer free classes (in San Francisco, you just need to show proof that you live in the city with some legal status).

Some public transportation is free for certain groups (youth and folks experiencing homelessness can get free passes here).

"First X of the month" at the zoo/a museum/whatever


lots of venues have free events.

A jog, bike ride, hike


lots of great stuff outside!

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[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 181 points 3 days ago (9 children)

In terms of fully free, obligatory mention:
Your library may offer more than books alone, depending on how well supported they are. Borrow music, movies, sometimes even video games. For music and movies they may also offer these to borrow digitally as well via online services they coordinate with.

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[–] artifactsofchina@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I love how chill and helpful everyone is here.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 days ago (10 children)

In most eu countries the law requires businesses that give out food to also allow you to order free tap water. If youre in a city and dont want to spend money on a bottle of water, walk into mcdonalds and ask for free tap water. A lot of european countries also have strict laws about tap water so for example in france unless otherwise indicated with a warning, tap water is always potable.

[–] nshibj@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Then there's Germany where restaurants charge you 6€ for a jug of tap water.

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[–] WhatThaFudge@lemmy.sdf.org 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://rentry.co/megathread

Pretty useful.. when one site fails the other usually work.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] rasakaf679@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

A treasure trove of internet

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] kalpol@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know its a major security tool widely used but it bugs me it's not open sourced

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 86 points 3 days ago (11 children)

I’m surprised no one has mentioned it yet:

Jellyfin

With just a cheap computer you can have your own Netflix and Spotify.

[–] amelia@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you ELI5 for me what this does? I don't quite get it.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So when you use Spotify and Netflix, what your doing is streaming from their computers, which costs money hence why they charge you monthly.

They also add profit and licensing costs and all that to it so it adds up.

But what if, you used your own computer?

Very easy to do using just your wifi, some more complexity if you want to steam over the internet.

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[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 60 points 2 days ago (7 children)

AntennaPod for podcasts

It's great, customizable, I sent a suggestion to the volunteer development team, and they made it happen.

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[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

A little late but OpenTaxSolver - free desktop tax software that gives you a printout of tax forms that you can mail in. And it includes a few states too. Way easier than the annoying corporate sites that constantly log you out and charge a fee for every little thing.

Edit: To my non-American friends, you don't need to worry about this

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[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 88 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Closing your eyes, slowly taking a deep breath, and calmly, breathing in, and breathing out, while focusing on the sensations in your body, and how much more relaxed you're feeling right now

i.e. meditation

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

" Come on in, take a breath, the oxygen is free! "

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