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Re:I Just Drove Eight Hours on Tesla Autopilot on Thursday August 11, 2016 @12:38AM (#12266322)
If people are dying, then it's a people dying problem. If the number of people who die depends on what name Tesla chose for the feature, then Tesla is at least in part responsible for the people dying problem.

If I'm a bartender, and I tell a customer "this is a strong pour - it's literally cyanide!", and the customer drinks it, there is not a "he should have known the right definition of literally" defense.

Re:Confirmed: Walmart buys Jet.com for $3B in cash on Monday August 08, 2016 @05:06PM (#12250877)
Can a startup publicly recruit with the promise of stock as compensation?
> Applicants must also sign a statement certifying that they will use the aid only for education-related purposes,

Personal expenses while you are in school (including rent) count as an education-related purpose. See: http://pell-grants.org/what-the-pell-grant-money-can-be-appl...

> Males between the ages of 18 and 25 must register with the Selective Service.

These people are required to register for selective service anyway, though federal financial aid is used as a stick to enforce this requirement. See: https://www.sss.gov/Registration-Info/Who-Registration

> CSN doesn't either AFAIK, only how many times you've been paid. According to WP Pell seems to have a similar policy.

I think I am unclear on the difference between the "student allowance" and "study aid".

Pell is also not earmarked to a particular purpose and has no relationship with the military, as far as I know. It seems like both programs have a different set of restrictions (Pell does not care how old you are, for example), but CSN is probably more generous overall.
US has that too, it's called the Pell Grant.