some older changes #964

Job	Run time
linux-64-py3.10	5m 58s
Standard 1-Zone Example (MTC)	6m 25s
prototype_mtc	44m 5s
Standard 2-Zone Example (SANDAG)	59m 44s
estimation_mode_test	16m 46s
placeholder_psrc	36m 40s
macOS	4m 48s
prototype_marin	1m 38s
win-64	10m 27s
prototype_mtc_extended	2h 24m 33s
random_seed_generation_test	3m 2s
develop-docbuild	0s
placeholder_sandag	2h 2m 35s
prototype_sandag_xborder	4m 40s
production_semcog	5m 14s
prototype_mwcog	44m 16s
placeholder_multiple_zone	8m 3s
	8h 38m 54s

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