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What's something that's free that everyone should know about? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 78 points 1 year ago* (17 children)

Libraries. Most even rent video games, power tools, audio/video hardware, baking utensils...SO MUCH STUFF. All free.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    On a whim I googled my city's library and "tools" and I found a non-profit society that specializes in lending of hand and power tools! This is incredible and I wouldn't have known about it without this prompt: thank you!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Can you share the name of this non profit society, is it a part of your local public library or it's own independent thing?.

    I need a spanner for like single hex nut and I don't want to buy one for it to collect dust in my drawer lol

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Yeah mine was called the [City Name] Tool Library, and it was a non-profit that was independent of our local library. I imagine that they receive donated tools from contractors and companies around the city.

    As an example, I googled a random city name (Calgary) and found one for them as well: https://calgarytoollibrary.org/

    There are likely tons of similar organizations throughout Canada (and probably your country as well!)

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Our library loans out state parks passes for a month so you can go to parks for free. It also loans out hiking gear, provides immigration resources, and oddly, a ukulele.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Adding the library-libby nexus. Most libraries have an eBook collection connected through Libby. I've got a Kindle and zero books bought from Amazon. It's great.

    Protip, if you went to any form of formal education (college) then you probably have alumni library account access. My Libby has three library cards logged in. I never wait for a book.

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