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Googler, opinions are my own.

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MBlume··on OpenSSL 1.1 API migration path, or the lack thereof
Could a third party release a shim that everyone agrees to use, sort of like Python six? http://pythonhosted.org/six/
MBlume··on How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age
Well, neither have most previous first ladies been 'ladies' in that sense.
MBlume··on Adding a phone number to your Google account can make it less secure
I pay for Google Drive, in part because it seemed like the closest I could get to paying for GMail, I don't suppose that counts...
MBlume··on To end the affordable housing crisis, Washington needs to legalize Main Street
Sure, but we literally have one Manhattan in the entire country. Maybe we could try having as many as three or four real cities in the country? Maybe one on the west coast?
MBlume··on To end the affordable housing crisis, Washington needs to legalize Main Street
Sure, people who don't like cities shouldn't live in cities, but why restrict density within cities?
MBlume··on Only Select Developers Can Publish Google Daydream Apps Until 2017
My guess: badly done VR makes you nauseous. Humans remember under what circumstances they've become nauseous. Google does not want their platform associated in people's minds with nausea, so they're curating.
MBlume··on Bay Area wages soaring but still can’t keep up with housing prices
No, pretty much all of them know prop 13's a serious problem. You can't repeal prop 13 except at the ballot, which would be pretty hard.
MBlume··on Bay Area wages soaring but still can’t keep up with housing prices
Some people are trying to fix it: http://www.sfyimby.org/
MBlume··on Don’t just pardon Edward Snowden; give the man a medal
What did he do after that?
MBlume··on Programming Languages as Boy Scouts
If you think it should be acceptable to mix tabs and spaces in a source file, then one of the attractive features Python offers its users is the assurance that they'll never find themselves working on a project with you.
MBlume··on What Cost Is Each State Obsessed With
This doesn't show California as obsessed with the price of housing, so I have to assume the methodology is flawed in some way.
MBlume··on Nexus phones now identify suspected spam callers
I know the song, I'm just saying, he has it in multiple area codes, so it can't be random.
MBlume··on Nexus phones now identify suspected spam callers
"numbers", so I'm guessing it wasn't random.
MBlume··on Car2Go Reduces Car Ownership, Transportation Research Center Finds
Wow. Is there any claimed justification for that regulation?
MBlume··on Yoshi (YC S16) launches “set it and forget it” vehicle re-fueling service in SF
I'd be a little angry if I worked at that company. What are they doing for the folks who don't drive in every day?
MBlume··on Apple Starts to Woo Its App Developers
The fact that you have to build an iOS app on a Mac, that you can't even set up a CI build on commodity hardware, or in the cloud, is pretty fundamentally developer-hostile. I'll start to feel wooed when they take steps toward fixing that.
MBlume··on Uber users with low phone batteries more likely to accept surge pricing
They say they're not going to use this data to set fares, but honestly, if my battery's dying, I actually do want to pay more if it means a driver's more likely to agree to pick me up before my battery dies. In general, I wish I could turn on surge pricing for myself.
MBlume··on Stockholm's 20-year waiting lists for rent-controlled housing
Where do you imagine the free market is operating?
MBlume··on Forty Percent of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built Today
Oh, hey, that's a really good answer, thanks.
MBlume··on Forty Percent of the Buildings in Manhattan Could Not Be Built Today
Ok, and what's wrong with that, if the market demands it?
MBlume··on Employment, construction, and the cost of San Francisco apartments
Ok, give everyone a tax break determined by the number of trees on their property.
MBlume··on Concerns for global spread of Zika mean Rio de Janeiro Olympics must not proceed
Yes, yes it is.
MBlume··on Feinstein-Burr: The Bill That Bans Your Browser
Feinstein is an authoritarian, anti-tech disgrace to CA. If she doesn't retire at the next election, she needs to be removed.
MBlume··on Volkswagen Reaches Deal in U.S. Over Emissions Scandal
VW should be sending a check to everyone who lived or worked near a freeway during the time these cars were on the road.
MBlume··on In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build
Agreed, Prop 13 is a huge part of the problem. Anyone concerned about the problem of housing in CA should consider calling their state representative and telling them to repeal prop 13.
MBlume··on GPG signature verification
Without this feature, I can push commits up to my repo and claim they were written by you; with this feature, people can tell whether you signed off on those commits.
MBlume··on GPG signature verification
Anybody can push a commit to a git repo with Linus Torvalds name and e-mail on it. With GPG signing, they can verify that the claimed author signed off on the commit.
MBlume··on Squash your commits
If everyone on your team actually knows how to use git, much better to let them rebase their commits and mark out a series of clean, atomic commits which introduce the feature you're reviewing. If you have people who are incompetent at using git on your team, this feature will help protect your history from them.
MBlume··on Why Messaging Startup Slack Keeps Raising Money It Doesn’t Need
...isn't this what an IPO is for?
MBlume··on Blame Zoning, Not Tech, for San Francisco's Housing Crisis
> You will need to swamp SFBA with housing (tens of thousands of new units a year) in order to drive down market prices.

Ok, when do we start?

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