• Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
    2·
    3 months ago

    Making sure to keep it legal, right?

    Let’s stick with Project Gutenberg - Public domain ebooks and other media, spanning centuries. They’re incredibly important for keeping our literary past alive.

    I might have more later.

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I got a cooking book from the 1800s there, sadly the pricing is a bit off, I don’t think that recipe is 19 pence anymore.

    • ValiantDust@feddit.org
      0·
      3 months ago

      There’s also LibriVox for audiobooks of public domain books read by volunteers. They vary in quality but some of my favourite audiobooks are from there.

        • ValiantDust@feddit.org
          0·
          3 months ago

          What @[email protected] said seems to be correct, they apparently have some problems right now, I can’t reach the website. It worked yesterday, when I posted the link. I’ll try again later to link some I like, I hope they are able to resolve the problems soon.

          • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
            1·
            3 months ago

            Having looked at the forum, they seem to be under attack by a swarm of AI scrapers. If anyone can help them defend against the attack, please do so.

  • Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub
    2·
    2 months ago

    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.

      • kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        3 months ago

        Jellyfin Is completely open source, fully self-hosted, and free. With Plex the software still has to phone home to a central server for authentication and some features are locked behind a paywall.

        No streaming software is going to find movies for you (without paying for content they’ve licensed) because that would be a sure fire way to get the project taken down for copyright violation.

  • cobalt32@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • dave@lemmy.wtf
    1·
    2 months 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
  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    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

  • ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    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.

  • qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
    1·
    3 months ago

    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!

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I live in the Philly area. Senior citizens can use SEPTA (buses and commuter trains) for $1 a ride.

      I second the biking … but that shit ain’t free. Even used bikes cost some money to buy and maintain, and brand new bicycles are solidly in the “insane” category these days.

  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    lichess.org is a fantastic online chess platform for players of all skill levels. it’s free and—what’s more–it’s ad-free (unlike the parasitic organisation that’s squatting on the chess.com domain).

    it has one-on-one on-demand match-ups, tournaments, puzzles, user-published training courses, multiple chess variants, and so much more.

    it’s one of only two online resources to which i deem donating regularly worthwhile (the other being wikipedia).

    do check it out. chess is one really healthy mental habit to inculcate.

    • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee
      01·
      3 months ago

      I find the dynamics of lichess.org vs chess.com very interesting.

      They are similar in terms of features. Both have decent interfaces, puzzles, matchmaking, live viewing boards and broadcasts for tournaments, training programs, etc. But chess.com has ads, and features locked behind subscription paywalls where lichess.org does not. (Everything is free on lichess, except for the little logo next to a user’s name to say they have supported the site with donations.)

      But on the other hand, chess.com seems to have a higher number pro players; and probably a larger number of players overall.

      I think its very interesting to think about why that is the case. Why would more people choose the version that is more expensive, but does not have more features?

      I’ve thought of a few reasons, but I think probably the biggest effect is that chess.com has more money to splash around (because it sells ads, and asks for user subscriptions), and it uses big chunk of this money to advertise itself. eg. by sponsoring players and streamers, offering larger prizes for its own tournaments; etc.

      And although I definitely think lichess is better, since it is generously supplying a high-quality product without trying to self-enrich, I do sometimes think maybe what chess.com is doing is ok too: in the sense that it is not only self-enriching, but also supporting the sport itself a bit by paying money to players, events, and commentators. Lichess does this too - but less of it, because they have less money.

      (Note that chess.com also does some really crappy stuff, such as censoring any mention of lichess in the chat of their twitch broadcasts. That definitely does not help support the sport.)