My payroll company came out with a be version that won’t work in Linux. They wouldn’t accommodate me and I was too deep into their ecosystem to change companies so I ended up having to buy a Windows license so I could run a virtual machine every time I had to do payroll.

Edit: My mistake was getting too dependent on a company that doesn’t care about Linux users.

One of my family members had that job for a good while. What’s interesting is the phone companies did not keep great records of what’s copper and where it is, so a lot of it is likely to remain in place for a long time. Something else he has seen is thieves cutting fiber, thinking it is copper, and causing outages, although that is less frequent than it was years ago.

I seek out out-of-the-way websites maintained by one or two people and then subscribe by RSS. RSS may be the only thing left keeping the web sane.

I remember when phone lines were made of copper. We were sure that it would be impossible for everyone to have a phone.

Your phone is doing it too. TV too, if you have one. Don’t forget about your doorbell!

The last mile can be 25 mph. That alone will eliminate 99% of traffic deaths, especially if the roads are designed to make it uncomfortable to go above 25 mph.

Owning things like Pocket is fine as long as each product stands on it’s own. Melding them together is what upsets their user base.

How much of the VPN market goes away after enforcing this law?

Even with tests, don’t most universities have library computers or a computer lab that’ll suffice instead of using your personal Linux machine?