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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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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Syncthing.

Connect any two devices' folders together wirelessly, from anywhere.

Don't have a server? You don't need one. Every device is an individual node.

Backup? If you do have a server, offload some of your content and keep on rolling, or set scripts to move files by age.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

very underrated piece of software! its been a total game changer in how i have my computers set up.

also great for some apps too. things like keepass or newsboat (terminal RSS reader) or anything that stores its data in a single file or folder. its really great not having to rely on a connection to a server

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

In California (and Connecticut), you don’t have to pay to use the air pumps at gas stations. You can just go inside and ask them to turn on the air pump, and they legally have to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

you have to pay for that? I thought it was free worldwide

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

KDE Connect. its an app that lets you share lots of different things between your devices, and it does this over your home network without needing any "cloud"

  • send files from one device to another
  • share the clipboard. handy for copying text or a link to your phone
  • get notifications from your phone on your laptop
  • have music playing on your laptop and pause or change the track from your phone
  • control your laptop from your phone, move the cursor around, left/right click etc
[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Got to say Keepass, Open source Password Manager. And Internet Archive, a non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more 😊

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The cats and dogs out in the street are free. You can just bring a friend home. /hj

[–] mysticpickle 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

/hj = hand job?

I've like never seen this abbreviation used any other way 🧐

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

HUEHUEHUE please do NOT give stray cats and dogs handjobs.

But as the other poster said -- It means "half joking"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I believe it's "half joking".

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