That should probably be phrased "the only SPONSOR with USAID". The tens or hundreds of million people who benefited directly from USAID we also participants.

Marshall Plan
USAID
UNESCO
WHO

There were clearly some benefits to the US with those, but the US had at least been a reliable and beneficial participant, and those had been a net positive for the world. (With the US being the only participant with USAID)

However, it seems there is another loss path which is greater than the background loss in the universe, and that is the salaries and the perks that companies dole out to their senior executives.

That's "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy" level.

I came here to say the same thing. LLMs are not going away, and are almost as ubiquitous as search sites. Kids should know what they are getting into.

We can be skeptical about the involvement and motivations of the tech companies, but it's better to have the schools have some say in the messaging about this stuff.

Sorry to hear about that. Which area in Australia? North of Sydney, I'm guessing?

I seriously doubt this will be The One and Only Method to use when putting out a fire. As others have pointed out, parts of the Pacific Palisades fire reignited because the embers were not fully out. This thing may help stop the flames, but the firefighters will still have to follow up with water.

If so, then that's really not succeeding in Sudan. The civilian population is suffering the most.

Damn. "Squiggles" and "bard"? I think I read the same story.

Yeah. No argument, there.

I note that none of his properties seem to be in the vicinity of coal mining or burning locations, nor oil drilling nor refining. He should move closer to some of those, since they are so beautiful.

The Daily Show is also in that situation.

Ask Tank Man in Tienanmen Square. (Yes, it's outside the list of "lie, cheat...")

One of the best X-Files episodes: Je Souhaite

To do it most effectively, the award will have to be something about a "peace prize".

Probably different cars have different levels of success with that. I live in the south and have a Honda with the stop/start feature. The feature is enabled when the car is set to 'eco' mode, which also causes the car to set the climate system to 'recirculate' the air by default. The car does a good job of maintaining temperature. The blower keeps going when the engine turns off, and the engine turns back on when the temperature starts to warm up.

My bigger problem with the stop/start feature is that I'll be sitting at the stoplight with my foot on the brake pedal, and when the engine comes back on the car feels like it's going to lurch forward a little. It does not actually move forward, but the pressure comes back onto the drive train when the engine starts, and I notice it. Sometimes I put the transmission in neutral to avoid this feeling, when I'm at a long stoplight.