Pointing it out, it does look weird so I did some looking.

He’s got it listed on his website and it apparently is shown in an art gallery in Georgia: https://www.thebillmayer.com/original-1/lady-camembert-the-cheeseball

and there’s an article talking about it from 2018, so I’m leaning toward it just looking a little awkward but not generated. https://fashionmaniac.com/quirky-portraits-by-bill-mayer-imagine-flora-and-fauna-as-high-society-humans/

Yeah, that’s pretty much it exactly. Great book, oddly enough that is pretty much world building but not greatly part of the story.

Typing is one of those things that is just experience. Grab a typing test program and put in the time. It took me a few weeks, starting with doing simple things like the equivalent of jkjlj; sets until my pea brain got the minimal amount of muscle memory to be able to use it in the wild. YMMV but I can still use QWERT as well, but it feels weird and not as natural anymore.

Nothing wrong with using individual cables. Theoretically, there isn’t a problem with using the daisy chained connector unless you’re really sucking down a lot of power. I’ve always used individual cables just to be safe.