Request for a little help

Request for a little help

Hi everyone,

I wasn't sure whether to make this post, but I thought I'd give it a try.

We're a family of three living in Portugal. I'm currently the only one working, while my wife is at home with our young daughter. We don't have debts, and we're fortunate enough to live in an apartment belonging to my parents, so we're not in an emergency situation.

However, things have become quite tight financially. The cost of living has gone up considerably, and having a young child plus some occasional expensive medication expenses in the family means that there isn't much room left in our monthly budget when unexpected costs come up.

I'm asking for $45 specifically to help with our grocery budget this month. It would give us a little breathing room and help cover part of a normal supermarket shop.

I know there are people facing much more serious circumstances, and I completely understand if nobody is able to help. I'm simply taking a chance and asking for a little help during a financially difficult period for our family.

I can receive through PayPal or Revolut.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, whether you're able to help or not.

EDIT: amazon link for a few products needed https://www.amazon.es/hz/wishlist/ls/23O19MIUCEQLP?ref_=wl_share

u/holdedor — 3 days ago
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Fiz uma aplicação offline para guardar fotos e memórias intuitivamente — LOCAlbum

Olá pessoal,

Criei um pequeno projeto com a ajuda do amigo GPT, chamado LOCAlbum, uma aplicação totalmente offline que transforma as tuas pastas de fotos num álbum moderno e interativo, diretamente no teu computador, sem instalar nada e sem precisar de internet.

A ideia nasceu porque queria guardar as fotos da minha filha de forma simples, com idade automática em cada foto, mas acabou por crescer e resolvi partilhar e agora funciona para qualquer pessoa que queira organizar memórias ou backups de fotos, idealmente desde a nascença até quando quisermos, mas dá para qualquer situação, simplesmente está preparado para lidar com pastas de anos e meses.

Funciona assim:

Lês as tuas pastas (2024/Janeiro, 2023/Agosto, etc.)

Cria automaticamente um ficheiro Ver album.html

Podes navegar por anos/meses, ver fotos e vídeos, fazer slideshow e mudar o tema

O projeto é open-source, gratuito e totalmente sem nuvem nem base de dados — tudo fica guardado localmente, idealmente num disco (ou mais) em forma de backup . Se alguém quiser experimentar ou contribuir: GitHub - LOCAlbum - Offline Photo Album https://github.com/rubsil/LOCAlbum-Offline-Photo-Album

Fiz isto baseando me no jAlbum que também no fundo é a mesma coisa, basicamente este html é uma forma interativa de ver fotos em vez de as abrir da pasta normal pelo explorador de ficheiros.

Aceito sugestões e feedback, especialmente para quem gosta de soluções simples e privadas.

u/holdedor — 2 months ago

What If “Reptilians” Are Simply the Only Explanation Extreme Enough to Match the Evil We See?

What if the “reptilian elite” theory is the closest thing we have to a rational explanation for something otherwise impossible to understand?

Not saying I believe this literally — but think about it.

Human history is filled with wars, cruelty, corruption, trafficking, ritualistic behavior, and powerful networks protecting unimaginable crimes. Cases like Epstein exposed only a tiny glimpse of how deep and organized some of these circles seem to be.

And honestly… for many people, it’s hard to comprehend how human beings could willingly do these things to each other on such a massive scale. Especially involving children, abuse, exploitation, blackmail, and secrecy across governments, media, finance, entertainment, and royalty.

At some point people start asking: is this just “human nature”… or something else entirely?

That’s where the reptilian theory becomes interesting — not because it sounds sane, but because it almost feels like the only framework extreme enough to match the scale and darkness of what we see.

What if there are non-human entities among us whose biology depends on trauma, fear, violence, or substances produced by the human body under stress? Ancient cultures all over the world independently described serpent-like beings tied to power, sacrifice, knowledge, and control. Maybe mythology was symbolic… or maybe it was memory.

Maybe these elite networks aren’t random corruption, but systems designed for survival and secrecy. Maybe that’s why scandals repeat endlessly and powerful people always seem protected.

Or maybe humanity itself carries some kind of psychological contagion — a social disease that spreads through power structures and turns people into monsters over time.

Because if you really think about it, the hardest thing to explain rationally is not the reptilian theory itself…

It’s how ordinary humans could create and sustain this level of evil for centuries, globally, while pretending civilization is normal.

What if conspiracy theories are just people trying to force an explanation onto something fundamentally incomprehensible?

(English isn’t my first language — I originally explained this idea in my native language and had AI help me articulate and structure it better so people here could understand what I’m trying to say more clearly.)

Also, this was just a thought I randomly had recently. If someone else has already proposed a similar theory before, I personally haven’t seen it anywhere.

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u/holdedor — 3 months ago

KLARNA - primeira compra 3x sem juros

Boas,

Já estava registado e verificado no klarna mas nunca tinha usado. Precisei comprar um telemóvel na refurbed e testei os 3x sem juros.

As minhas dúvidas aqui prendem-se com a melhor forma a nível de fees para o dinheiro chegar da nossa conta bancária à conta da loja/vendedor:

1 - adicionei o valor da primeira prestação ao saldo do klarna por cartão visa (mbway) mesmo estando ciente dos 1.5% de fee que lá alerta (não chegou a 1.00€, a compra não chega a 200€, dá 60 e poucos € x3)

2 - algures notei que é possível o funcionamento tipo o PayPal, o cartão que estiver associado e ativo na conta serve de backup quando não há saldo na conta klarna.

3 - Bank transfer

A quem usa os 3x sem juros, como costumam fazer os pagamentos das prestações para tentar ou mesmo fugir a estas fees?

Obrigado

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u/holdedor — 3 months ago