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nobody made a big deal about the ndaa. it just sort of sneaked its way into the congress. with the uproar the internet is in over sopa/pipa i would be very surprised if they passed.
considering i joined today that'd be pretty obvious. ive been on a couple of forums which have refused to add boards for serious discussion because they thought their members were too immature or it would require too much moderation and ive never really understood that line of logic; just...
its self-explanatory. you have a single '4m' for basically all off-topic discussion. it would make sense to have a separate board to discuss current affairs or philosophical queries or ethical dilemmas or whatever topics that require a certain calibre of intellectual response, relegating all of...
i go to secondary school in the uae but ive applied to a couple of universities in america to study computer science/engineering. im pretty sure im not going to flip flop on that decision because i really want to get into the 'tech industry' but as for whether ill go for graduate studies, work...