You'd be surprised!
"The maximum age, as a general rule, is between 3 and 6 years away from the “Compulsory Retiring Age” for a specific role. It is encouraged that applicants conduct research pertaining to their role of interest."
So its role dependent for Australian Defence Forces, though is worth at least looking into.
Have you considered a lateral transfer?
Some countries, including Canada and Australia, will accept international applicants providing they meet certain criteria. Australia particularly offers pathways to citizenship too.
https://www.defence.gov.au/adf-members-families/military-life-cycle/lateral-recruits
Your best point of reference is, without being facetious, the movie A Bug's Life.
You probably could with small enough woody materials, but at that size they'll incinerate pretty quickly unless the density of the woody material in your campfire was equivalent to that of real life to support similar fire behaviour.
Density generally doesn't scale with reduction in size, so what would usually be a solid tree log that burns slowly at 1:1 scale, would probably be equivalent to dry straw or grass blades at 1:200 scale.
(scale numbers spit-balled: no science behind them)
I've been thinking about this a bit.
Historically, the only real parallel I can think of is the discovery of electricity, and then the mass deployment and use of electricity.
Both Westinghouse and Edison marketed the benefits and drawbacks, seemingly to create their own moats, but electricity and electricity distribution ultimately became a commodity that we all use as a tool.
LLMs[1] won't go away. However, I don't see these big 'AI' companies - OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI (shudder) - lasting another 5-10 years as their moats disappear through LLM commoditisation like electricity and electricity distribution.
We're already seeing this with DeepSeek, et al.
[1] I hate referring to them generically as 'AI'. The artificial intelligence field is so, so much bigger, more exciting, and I argue more beneficial to the world than The Tech Bros ejaculatory visions of world domination.
It's worth considering lateral transfer for those still willing to serve, and are looking for a chance to relocate.
Not sure about other countries, though Australia has a lateral transfer program for currently serving or recently separated personnel (within 3 years of separation from their local defence/military force), and offers a pathway to Australian citizenship.
https://www.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/OLRSHandbook.pdf
Australia is openly supportive of LGBTQ+ soldiers, too.
https://www.defence.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-05/989-25-26-documents.pdf
The actual project page: https://hackaday.io/project/205190-open-source-plfm-radar-up-to-20km-range/details
I live in hope that his name is applied to one particular institution, poetic justice if any justice is to be served...
The Donald J. Trump Orange County Jail, Florida.
Turns out, it's a bit more complicated than I first understood...
Ted Cruz's mother, Elanor Elisabeth, was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Ted's father, Rafael Cruz, was born in Cuba.
So technically Ted Cruz could be considered a 'natural-born' U.S. citizen, unless the law is changed by Congress to define what 'natural-born' means.
Trump's Birther movement should have more to say about Ted Cruz, than it did over Barrack Obama... But we all know how that will play out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_eligibility_legislation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-born-citizen_clause_(United_States)
He can't. Cruz was born in Canada.
The article headline is confusing...
I had wondered whether he was going to consider a presidential run, which this part leaves somewhat open:
About 18 months earlier, Walz was thrust into the national spotlight when Vice President Kamala Harris picked him as her running mate in the 2024 election. Walz had repeatedly said — even before 2024 — that he was considering a future presidential bid, but he had said he would rule out a 2028 run if he sought re-election as governor.
So he might be seriously considering a 2028 presidential run... Walz and Ocasio-Cortez anyone?
"Cognitive amplifier?" Bullshit. It demonstrably makes people who use it stupider and more prone to believing falsehoods.
Demonstrably proven, too.
EEG revealed significant differences in brain connectivity: Brain-only participants exhibited the strongest, most distributed networks; Search Engine users showed moderate engagement; and LLM users displayed the weakest connectivity. Cognitive activity scaled down in relation to external tool use.
https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/