I was active on FB, Insta, Goggle +, and Orkut during their early days. My brother and I were the first few people from our circle to have these social media account.

Looking back, the incentives have changed. Back then, there was some openness, rawness, and genuine curiosity about people and things. And of course, the signal-noise ratio was much higher.

Influencer culture ruined everything, consciously or subconsciously. I still use Insta for photography. But, it's a sinking ship. Insta could have made a different app for reels.

One can dream. Capitalist society would never reduce their PhD slaves. Saying this as someone who's closer to finishing PhD.

Great visualization!

Best thing I saw this morning! I will have to check it out once I get home

It's incredibly good and runs on pretty much everything.

There is a read only demo here https://a.ocv.me/pub/demo/

I was mostly using 4o for academic searches and planning. It was the best model for me. Based on the context I was giving and questions I was asking, 4o was the most the consistent model.

It used to get things wrong for sure but it was predictable. Also I liked the tone like everyone else. I stopped using ChatGPT after they removed 4o. Recently, I have started using the newer GPT-5 models (got free one month). Better than before but not quite. Acts way over smart haha

I have lost most of my bids to bots. Bots will literally bit at hh:59:59. The ceiling value doesn't work unless you bid way above the asking price.

Are you sure the winner didn't just have a higher max bid than yours?

Maybe but highly unlikely. I was winning till like hh:59:30 but suddenly the winning bid was like 30 dollars more than my bid

Grading the students. Usually for bigger classes, universities (at least mine) don't provide adequate support for grading the tests.

I feel the same with experimental biology with animals. Nowadays, you need fancy computational models with loads of data to publish in good journals. The reason: because everyone else is doing it. The days of elegant, simple experimental design are gone for the better or the worse.

Cool game. Harder for me. I have background in most of the undergrad and some grad molecular biology. Still, the hints didn't help much. The most useful hints were on function of the gene and cellular components. Also, I have been out of touch with gene names from the last few years. I tried searching using a gene's function but didn't work as much. At the end I got 81% close but far from the answer.

You could start with popular gene names.

You don't :( You look for alternatives. You get discriminated based on wealth