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Hola a todos, todas, todes, y todxs ;)

Estoy buscando un piso de estudiante en barcelona empezando en otoño, y sigo encontrando apartamentos en Idealista con una etiqueta en la descripción, usualmente metida hacia abajo, que dice algo así como "check-in desde las 11 hasta las 18, entrada tardía puede resultar en constos adicionales."

Entiendo que estos apartamentos suelen ser también anunciados a los turistas, pero con unos que tienen una estancia mínima de 6 meses, me parece improbable que sea así 100% del tiempo. ¿Entonces qué indica eso? ¿Sería que no podría llegar a la casa después de tal hora sin paga una multa, por ejemplo si llegue tarde de una noche de salir al bar o hasta desde la biblioteca estudiando?

¿O es que simplement se aplica al check-in de la llegada inicial, para los turistas y ellos de estancia mínima nomás?

He escuchado de amplias estafas en el mercado alquiladizo de barcelona, entonces quiero saber qué opinan ustedes de ésto. Me está preocupando los tantísimos apartamentos que encuentro con esta etiqueta, o más los pocos que encuentro sin.

Y peróndenme la falta de catalán, aún no sé estar histérico !

Gràcies, merci.

Hello (thinkpad) world!

The short of it is that I am looking to switch to a thinkpad from a macbook. For some context, I currently have a mid-2014 macbook pro (retina, it will come up) and I am a student but also a photographer. I am not a professional photographer at the moment, but I have worked professionally and would like to do so again in the future.

I am mostly looking to switch for three main reasons. One, I really like how linux runs on my steam deck and I would like to use it on a laptop. Two, my current machine can't update past MacOS Big Sur which limits what apps I have access to, and beyond that because of apple's push to end Intel support I would imagine I will be cut off from more of my apps, or any other ones I might want to use in the future. I have already given up a few. And three, I frankly am not a fan of apple's recent product philosophy or the new OS or the AI push, and linux seems cool.

In terms of the specs, the two I am most focused on are the CPU and the RAM.

In terms of a CPU, I gather as long as it is a newer gen CUP, like 11th, then the difference between an i5 and an i7 can be pretty small, but would something like that be of much importance for me? I think as long as the CPU is quad core it will perform better than the one I've got, but I would like to get one that could last me about 5-7 years before it is unusable. What are your recommendations? Also, what about AMD? I had seen that some of the AMD machines have completely soldered ram; which if I get one that comes with enough wouldn't be a problem, and would be faster, no?

In terms of the RAM, 16g to 32gb is about where I am willing to be. I find myself hard pressed to think what I might use 32gb for, but my current machine with 16 runs sluggishly enough for it to be noticeable, and with not much workload. Now, that could be a mix of things from the OS how much free space my disk has, but I digress.

I am wondering what specs setup would fit my needs for this machine, as I will be hopefully doing photo work but also (beyond basic stuff like web browsing, note taking, writing), my thinking is that in case I need a specific program (either for photo work or for school, doing a masters in applied/theoretical linguistics FWIW) I would like to have the ability to run windows on a virtual machine or from a separate drive or something--would that alone warrant having 32 gigs of RAM?

Most of my research has led me to think that a thinkpad would be a pretty solid choice. For both price reasons and durability, repairability, etc. My price range is pretty low, ideally under 200-300€ for a used model, but hopefully scoring a deal closer to 150€; but am willing to spend more on upgrading it. The models I have been looking at are the:

T480, which everyone lauds but some people say the 8th gen processor is just too slow these days

T14 g2, I have seen i and s models; maybe the s would be more comfortable coming from a Macbook?

and the P51, again there are s models, etc.

The last caveat is really the screen. Sí o sí, I need to do a screen mod when I get it, especially for photo stuff. I do have a pretty solid monitor from BENQ that I could use in the meantime, but having a screen that is both 100% color accurate and bright enough to at least use in a coffee shop are things I don't think I could pass up. I know it will be hard to match the apple retina screen (see?), it even took them a while to get back to that level of quality, so I would like to know what you think. Is that a realistic goal? Should I just try and focus on using the monitor for photo work?

Lay your suggestions on me! I will take any input.

Hola a todxs! Voy a comenzar el programa máster de Lingüística Aplicada y Teórica a la UPF en septiembre, y busco saber si acaso alguien de reddit también estará empezando el mismo programa. Pues si es el caso, mándeme un PM porfa ! Que nos conozcamos !

Hola a tots! Començaré el programa de máster de Lingüístic Aplicada i Teórica a la UPF al septembre, i busco saber si potser algú de reddit també estarà començant el mateix programa. Doncs, si és el cas, envieu'm un messatge sisplau ! (No parlo molt bé el català, de fet encara j'apprenc, però m'agradaría molt potser practicar 😄)

Hello all! I am going to start the Applied and Theoretical Linguistics program (masters) at UPF in September, and I am looking to know if anyone on reddit will be in the same program. If that's you, please send me a PM !