@heapwolf That sounds great! I don't know the details of how Mastodon instances federate with each other, but I imagine that I would probably need a static IP or a URL for my P2P instance to talk to traditional instances, right?

Is anyone working on #P2P server software compatible with #ActivityPub? It seems natural to be able to donate network resources instead of cash, and would make services even more difficult to censor.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #BitTorrent #IPFS #WebTorrent

I updated my bio. I am still interested in machine learning, and I am continuing my own projects in this area, but this terminology has become synonymous with an ideology and culture to which I am diametrically opposed.

There is great value in tools like optical character recognition, speech recognition, and machine translation (when ethically applied). However, the current regime selling machine learning tools as products is completely disconnected from what I would view as a healthy and productive contribution to society.

I would still like to contribute to practical applications of mathematics in the world, and I hope that academia will continue to support my efforts to contribute in a way that supports everyone, not just a small cadre of plutocrats.

#MachineLearning #AI #math #ethics #research

I'm Charlotte Aten, a mathematician who studies combinatorics, universal algebra, and category theory. I'm a postdoc at the University of Denver where I work with @ProfKinyon. I write software as part of my research and have been applying my skills to the real world a bit more lately. This is my first foray into "real" social media in over a decade. I said I'd never do it again, but I can't pass up a decentralized system which is getting some mainstream traction.

#introduction #combinatorics #UniversalAlgebra #algebra #CategoryTheory #math