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The World Bank's involvement with NASA, OSS, Ai, and LLMs

The World Bank's involvement with NASA, OSS, Ai, and LLMs

Eva Winterschön

Ever wondered how The World Bank's open source software contributions have shaped global economics, financial markets, and generally been used for all manner of really quite fascinating insights into data science? How about the ways in which The World Bank's usage of Ai and LLMs have helped scientists understand populations at risk, how to analyze massive datasets to respond to climate catastrophes, and how to accurately

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🌐 Surprise! 18 Million Colones!

🌐 Surprise! 18 Million Colones!

Eva Winterschön

Sometimes there's a reminder, an initiator of memory and emotions, which occurs upon opening my passport booklet. "Oh look! It's millions of Colones!, and with such a uniquely beautiful design. Every time this occurs it provides an unexpected reminder of my favorite country, Costa Rica. In association with the country itself, the bills are very pretty, colorfully fun, and durably resistant to humidity and water

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Memories of a Younger Era — Tokyo Hiroshima Kyoto

Memories of a Younger Era — Tokyo Hiroshima Kyoto

Eva Winterschön

Memories of Japan are easy to get lost in, the time period was often a blur. Capsule hotels, bullet trains, insomnia, and several neuro-cognitive mods offering symbiotic boosts to perception. Stimulated by a then-unknown cranial passenger, a surging PRL level resulted, HPG-axis thrown off course, thyroid blasting T3 in feedback-loop, resulting metabolic rate sky high. In personable social terms, an immediate realization dawned upon landing, that so many people seem

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