Politicians and business managers/owners need to face the fact that business will likely never return to the way is was conducted Pre-Covid. Remote work is now the new norm, even if it is not full-time remote. Businesses that relied on workers going to office buildings are going to need to adapt. To survive, most businesses will have to start providing delivery or some other service that can be consumed from home instead of an office building.

I find it hard to believe that an exodus from a state would be visible over the course of a few years. Without an industry collapse or natural disaster, it seems like this is something that would take at least a decade to truly measure a decline in population. The supposed exodus appears to be referencing movement of people and companies over the last few years. Contrary to this.... I recently moved to Utah from the deep south. I am astonished by the number of California license plates I see here. These are not travelers as I see them in employee parking lots, residential driveways, and garages. Perhaps there are a lot of folks that are setting up dual residences between states?

I have worked in environments where Linux on the desktop was allowed (but not supported), but most didn't allow or support Linux desktops. The general thought behind this is the basic IT staff (Help Desk, Field Technicians, etc.) don't have enough knowledge to support Linux. Couple that with management that don't want to pay for IT staff that have that knowledge and you end up in a Linux-less desktop workplace. It can also get expensive to implement desktop/patch/computer management in a mixed desktop OS environment in a large organization. It would probably be an easier sell in a small organization that doesn't use desktop/patch/computer management software. What management uses on their desktop is usually what wins the battle. If you can convince management to run Linux on their desktop, you might have a fighting chance. I have seen management cave to using MacOS as a compromise. TLDR: Linux Desktops cost too much in IT Staff training/knowledge to support.

There are better apps approved by the FAA for this sort of thing. Anyone who is serious about flying drones/sUAS/radio control aircraft should take the time to read through all the information the FAA supplies. One of the challenges to these apps is there isn't an easy method to gather and maintain localized flight restrictions. Cities don't have a specific format they publish their ordinances, which makes aggregating them a challenge. Some don't even have them published digitally. I've seen regulations/ordinances paywalled on the state level before. All these factors would make it a real challenge to develop an app that can keep tabs on all localized regulations and update that information regularly. A crowd sourced data source might work to a certain extent, but then you have to worry about keeping the data updated. Another fact to consider.... the FAA controls the airspace in the U.S. If they say the airspace is clear, then it is clear. Local regulations cannot overrule that. However, local regulations can dictate if/when/where you take off and land. Ultimately, it is the pilot's responsibility to seek the necessary information.

I just recently moved away from the Traverse City area. I thought I'd share some info on the area itself. Traverse City itself is the core of a Micropolitan area. There are several townships surrounding Traverse City which comprise just as much (if not more) of the local population. However, Traverse City is primarily a tourist destination and is primarily geared towards the tourist population. A large chunk of the housing (compared to other areas of the country) tend to be second/summer homes. The big broadband 'users' are going to be businesses (hotels, restaurants, shops, etc). Traverse City also pushes the 'shop local' mentality. As such, a large amount of the businesses are locally owned and not chain stores. These businesses tend to support each other, even if it costs them more to do so. I imagine that will follow suit when it comes to broadband. The city itself runs a public wi-fi network, which I'm sure will use the new infrastructure (it is currently slow as molasses). Traverse City Light and Power only serves Traverse City proper. Other power companies cover the townships around Traverse City. As such, the scope of the build out will not cover that much in terms of area. In the event of financial issues surrounding the fiber network, it would not surprise me to see the city itself bail out the power company, if needed. Another point of clarification... I've seen some folks mention Comcast in posts. Charter/Spectrum is the primary cable provider in this area.

So the pigs are "mostly dead"! There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.

I recently (a few weeks ago) purchased a Nokia 6.1. I previously had a Samsung S7. I am using the same apps on the Nokia as I did on the Samsung. I have had quite a few apps that run some sort of background process and are now getting killed off regularly. I initially thought this may be related to the adaptive battery feature (New phone, so the machine learning behind this feature has to be 'trained'). After some experimentation, that didn't seem to be it. Although the apps I've seen affected are all over the board (system utilities, games, instant messaging), the most obvious one is a popular battery usage monitoring app. The app is designed to run in the background and record which apps are consuming the most battery. This app's background process (where all the work is done) is killed off after about 10-20 minutes. I can get it to resume if I open the UI again, but that defeats the purpose of the app if I have to constantly re-open the app.