Simpler Dask array construction, w/ optional batching #1385

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allowed-fail-tests / py311-devdeps (ubuntu-latest)	4m 38s
tests / py312 (ubuntu-latest)	4m 43s
tests / py311 (ubuntu-latest)	3m 29s
tests / py311-online (windows-latest)	5m 42s
tests / py310 (macos-latest)	3m 56s
tests / py310-oldestdeps (ubuntu-latest)	3m 10s
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