Rohit Farmer

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Book Cover: The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan Before you read: I use LLMs to help me proofread and edit my writing.

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Book Cover Before you read: I use LLMs to help me proofread and edit my writing.

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Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Before you read: I use LLMs to help me proofread and edit my writing.

Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash Writing has quietly become one of the most important habits in my life—not because I planned it that way, but because I needed it to be.

Us with the Santa, December, 2025 Greetings!

Photo by Bram Naus on Unsplash I wrote a similar post last year listing the apps and software I use by default for various tasks.

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan My rating: ⭐⭐⭐ As someone who actively participates in a local Buy Nothing group here in North Bethesda, I picked up The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan with genuine curiosity.

Screenshot of my journaling website ast of December 5, 2025.

Photo by Kate Darmody on Unsplash I personally prefer not to have artificial flowers or plants at home.

Photo by Mudabbir Ahmad on Unsplash Lately, I’ve found myself moving through some difficult moments—each one shaped by reasons I can’t fully control or easily explain.

Photo by Man Chung on Unsplash I just finished listening to Be Water, My Friend by Shannon Lee, and it left me with a sense of calm, curiosity, and inspiration that I didn’t expect.

Photo by Rami Al-zayat on Unsplash In the past couple of days, I have written posts on Mastodon about Capy Reader, Antenna Pod, Hoopla, and Tusky—apps I use for RSS, podcasts, audiobooks, and Mastodon on my Android phone.

Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash What Is RSS?

Book cover image Listening to the audiobook of Careless People was both an enlightening and deeply disturbing experience.

Photo by Alex Padurariu on Unsplash I’ve seen this on Kev’s blog recently, and it looks like it’s a trend, so to avoid FOMO, I’m adding my own version.

Continental axes as mentioned in the book.

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Over the years I’ve tried just about every way of bringing my Bible to church: a physical notebook, a digital Bible, a digital notebook, a mix of physical and digital, and even a physical Bible paired with an audio recor…

Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have generated considerable buzz over the past year, reshaping conversations around artificial intelligence (AI), its role in daily life, and the ethical questions it raises.

Photo by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash Lately, I’ve been thinking about starting to write my autobiography—a living document that will evolve over time and serve as a memoir for future generations.

Photo by rc.xyz NFT gallery on Unsplash I like collecting postcards, a habit I developed while traveling to European countries during my PhD in the UK.

Photo by Christian Lue on Unsplash Since people are interested in knowing everyone’s political views, I lean toward “data.”

Photo by Andy He on Unsplash I arrived in the United States in 2018 to pursue a postdoctoral research fellowship at Washington University in Saint Louis (WashU).

Photo by Onur Binay on Unsplash In a world that craves real-time updates, it’s no surprise that the smartphone on your desk and the laptop in your bag now have company: the smartwatch on your wrist.

Living with a mindset of victimhood can be far more damaging than simply being a victim of unfortunate circumstances.

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Photo by Bram Naus on Unsplash All the favorite people I follow online have posted their “default apps” 2024 posts.

Photo by Alice Donovan Rouse on Unsplash This post is a retrospective look at the gear I received as gifts or purchased intentionally for my daily life and adventures.

Photo by Moira Dillon on Unsplash There has been considerable discussion surrounding the recent murder of the UHC CEO, highlighting how, even if people don’t condone murder, many express a lack of empathy toward the incident.

Photo by Google DeepMind on Unsplash The creative industry is mad at the advancement and use of generative AI, which not only stole their work to train the generative models such as ChatGPT but also threatened their job as a cheap replacement for some low…

The rainbow cake I ordered a birthday cake for my daughter yesterday at the nearby Harris Teeter, which was supposed to follow the rainbow theme.

A screenshot of the Lagrange browser with the project gemini website on display.

Photo by Anish Lakkapragada on Unsplash I might be getting into birding.

I have been really frustrated with my apartment management lately for a variety of reasons.

A screen shot from the movie AK-47 Kalashnikov.

Mastodon and fediverse logos side by side.

Photo by dole777 on Unsplash Note: published initially at https://rohitfarmer.medium.com/the-outcome-of-main-stream-social-media-fast-2022-d769c34605de On March 01, 2022, I wrote a post about my wife and I going on a social media fast during the Lent seas…

Photo by dole777 on Unsplash Note: published initially at https://rohitfarmer.medium.com/social-media-fast-1862296d81fd This year we have decided to go on a social media fast during the Lent season.

Photo by julien Tromeur on Unsplash Note: published initially at https://rohitfarmer.medium.com/life-after-death-in-the-metaverse-9d2f58e698ec On February 3, 2022, I responded to a tweet from the MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab…

My photo from 2020.

Photo by Sean Stratton on Unsplash Note: published initially at https://rohitfarmer.medium.com/five-philosophies-of-my-life-7fd018d75a0c Making everyday decisions is likely most tiring than my scientific research itself.

NFT: COVID-19 The Deadliest Disease In American History In September 2021, COVID19 surpassed the death toll of 675,000 of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic in the USA — becoming the deadliest disease in American history.