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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • I have tried Softmaker Office and unfortunately its font rendering/kerning is the worst, (printing unaffected). MS Word, LibreOffice are running around it in circles. I assume a high DPI display would minimize these woes in the future. I worked around it by using Roboto at 11 pt, makes it bearable. But aside from that it checks all the marks for an Office program. I wonder how far its spreadsheet program will take me. Cannot imagine it coming anywhere close to Excel for highly advanced usage.



  • Windows Update does the system in the background. Microsoft distributes their apps through Windows Store and so can third parties sign up there in principle, it has restrictions unfortunately, but to say there is absolutely nothing is not quite correct. And by this point so many apps have their own integrated updaters it is to be expected. I understand it is nothing like Linux still.









  • More channels don’t do anything significant for music. In fact, movies could bake in virtual surround for headphones on a stereo channel. You could have “surround” with 2 speakers as well, read sound bars, however the sweet spot is too tiny for practical purposes most of the time.

    While 16-bits is absolutely enough for normal listening conditions with high end gear, for archival purposes 24-bit would be wiser, as this would enable you to drive a grand concert stage at maximum quality just in case. The added hi-fi khz are a total waste of space however.