I haven't done it yet and it's probably nothing special, but just yesterday I was thinking about using my Deck as a hi-res audio playback device. My main PC makes the room so hot during summer that I was planning to buy a mini PC just for this, but if my Deck can do it I'll be saving some money. I have some albums in DSD256, but I think it should be possible? I need to finally decide to do it, probably during the weekend.
I still remember some of my school friends' phone numbers form 30+ years ago, but I have difficulties remembering new people I meet. My brain is weird.
I had the same problem. Slow transitions between interactions or conversations, I'm convinced it was made like this by design. It makes the game look longer than it actually is, pretty infuriating.