I use an iPad Mini 5 with the Zagg Rugged Keyboard case, which essentially turns it into a small, iOS-based ToughBook-alike.
It runs all my iOS apps locally, & I use the WiFi or LTE to ssh or vnc into remote VMs or a local Raspberry Pi to run *NIXy things. The keyboard is great; I can manage ~60wpm or so on it, down from ~90wpm on a MacBook Pro.
My best guess is that the slightly quicker drop-off is because he happens to be Jewish, and so the mods are sensitive to the merest hint of a possibility of being accused of anti-Semitism.
>They all sound better, on average, than any Bluetooth
No, they don't.
They may sound better than cheap Bluetooth headsets.
But I guarantee they don't sound better than my Nuraphones, or the Sennheiser Momentum 2 Wireless/HD-1s I was using beforehand.
Note that I own both Shure 535s and 846s, as well. The Nuraphone sounds better than either of them.
I use my Nuraphones for business con-calls every day. They sound great on my end and I've been told they sound great on the other end(s) of those calls, as well. Same with the Sennheisers.
OP asked about novels. Here are a few excellent novels in this genre which I highly recommend:
Soda Pop Solider by Nick Cole
Ctrl-Alt-Revolt by Nick Cole
Glasshouse by Charles Stross
Second the Vernor Vinge recommendations, and the Neal Stephenson and William Gibson Sprawl Trilogy recommendations.
Gibson's The Peripheral, as well as Pattern Recognition, Zero History, and Spook Country all apply, as well. Same for his Idoru, Virtual Light, and All Tomorrow's Parties.
Finally, Gibson and Sterling's The Difference Engine - the first and, so far, best steampunk novel - also qualifies, given the storyline.
Note that this and the Alvarez asteroid hypothesis aren't mutually-exclusive; a significant impact event could in fact trigger vulcanism on a massive scale.
There's plenty of evidence that the K-T impactor was real and slammed into the Earth. It alone might've caused the massive die-offs, or it might've triggered vulcanism and/or venting of poisonous gas deposits from beneath the seabed.
It runs all my iOS apps locally, & I use the WiFi or LTE to ssh or vnc into remote VMs or a local Raspberry Pi to run *NIXy things. The keyboard is great; I can manage ~60wpm or so on it, down from ~90wpm on a MacBook Pro.