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mdgld

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About mdgld

Future child psychiatrist, amateur data scientist. Design and photos on the side.

Contact for inquiries: mdgld@berkeley.edu

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49044866

    It’s more in his own self-interest to vibe-code a rudimentary solution than to just support a good existing project, sadly.

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    Comment #49044850

    This is 100% not true. On multiple measures of freedom the US scores around the 75th percentile if I remember correctly; I believe the category is something like “flawed democracy”…

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    Comment #49044820

    First worldwide? Are you on crack? Are you familiar with the country called North Korea? Or Saudi Arabia? As a note, I think you meant authoritarian; authoritative means “preeminen…

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    Comment #49044803

    You’ve got mountains of proof at this point. Recent Supreme Court rulings on presidential immunity should be enough.

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    Comment #49044793

    What terrorist is rooting for a government to eliminate private communication? For one, it makes their activities harder to carry out.

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    Comment #49044784

    I love how you lumped “I’d like my literal children not to be killed because they might grow up to be ‘terrorists’” in with “death to secular society”

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    Comment #49044760

    FR lol, people in the US love to talk a big game but most of us take the freedoms for granted and will fold at the drop of a hat when real consequences are on the line

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    Comment #49044711

    > Neither the Jews nor the Parsis nor the Christians ever made such an argument. The argument that Jews need their own state specifically in the area between Lebanon, Egypt, and Sy…

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    Comment #49044683

    >people in the West don't understand how awful radical Islam is Do you remember that time two dozen or so years ago when a couple buildings collapsed in NYC? After some planes ramm…

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    Comment #49044665

    If you’re flying private customs is a joke. And/or your fixer just calls the local governor/embassy/etc.

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    Comment #49044633

    Except your analogy is asinine, and in this case it would be more like paying rent for 30 years in an apartment but not being on the lease so they unceremoniously kick you out.

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    Comment #49044471

    If you think that the 1:30 ratio of guns to people in the US is going to stop the government from doing whatever the fuck they want, you are suffering from a potentially terminal c…

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    Comment #49044352

    I think it’s moreso “if we spend more than one nanosecond on alignment and security instead of frontier intelligence our competitors will beat us to the singularity”. Hence the lac…

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    Comment #49044321

    I’m gonna be totally blindsided if/when the singularity happens cause my BS detector is BROKEN

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    Comment #49044309

    Especially for openAI, considering they’ve gone so far as volunteering for partial nationalization to curry favor with the current admin

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    Comment #49044278

    Wow. I have been really put off by seeing some of the vitriol he’s spewed lately, but this is a shockingly engaging and simultaneously thought-provoking talk. I’m totally going to …

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    Comment #49044264

    Shield them long enough to teach them how to defend themselves, maybe?

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    Comment #49044249

    Idk how that was what you took away from the talk, and I think it says a lot about how you might approach dating, interacting with women, and personal values. He seemingly changed …

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    Comment #49044194

    And what exactly do you do for a living?

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    Comment #49044186

    I honestly don’t get what you’re saying. From my limited experience Mr. Kelley often adopts a confrontational stance, sometimes to the point of appearing antagonistic, but I listen…

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    Comment #49044138

    You’re talking in general about your faith, when this presenter was talking about their specific experience of being raised by conservative Christian parents. I’m not even Christia…

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    Comment #49044109

    I recommend you spend more time reading about jurisprudence. I’m not sure where you’re based, but in the US, for example, children below even age 13 can make autonomous decisions a…

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    Comment #49044072

    Except conservatism, religion, and religious conservatism in particular do not seem to value open-mindedness, discussion and consensus, or a non-judgmental stance. It’s one thing t…

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    Comment #49043936

    Maybe that’s why it’s like 15k tokens lmao