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We are all waiting restlessly for artificial intelligence

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A new paper in Nature claims that "disruptive" discoveries in science have been on a downward trend over the past few decades. The authors use a measure of disruptiveness that basically measures whether anyone cares about previous work once the disruptive paper has been published: The intuition is that if a paper or patent is ...continue reading "We are all waiting restlessly for artificial intelligence"
Kevin Drum

Biden WSJ Tech Op-ed: More Of The Same Confused Stuff He Said Last Time

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President Biden has a new Congress, specifically with an already dysfunctional House of Representatives likely to explode at a moment’s notice. But he’s still pushing his own slightly confused tech agenda, which is a mix of accurately diagnosing some problems, misdiagnosing others, and being vastly confused about potential solutions for all of them. It’s unfortunate […]
Mike Masnick

Greene County Sheriff Will Not Enforce New Illinois Gun Ban

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CARROLLTON - Greene County Sheriff Rob McMillen said in a letter to Greene County residents that his department will not enforce the newly-passed Illinois law banning certain firearms and magazines, also known as HB 5471. “I, among many others, believe that HB 5471 is in clear violation of the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” McMillen said in the letter. “Therefore, as the custodian of the jail and as your chief law enforcement official of Greene County, neither myself, my deputies, nor my office will be conducting or participating in any investigations or arrests, or assisting any outside agency or agencies in any investigations or arrests, concerning lawful gun owners failing to register their weapons with the State; or any other of the unconstitutional provisions contained in HB 5471. “Furthermore, the Greene County Jail will not house any law-abiding individuals that have been arrested solely with non-compliance of the regulations found in HB

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Calhoun Sheriff Reacts To HB5471 Signed By JB Pritzker That Bans Assault Weapons

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HARDIN - Calhoun County Sheriff William Heffington has issued comments in regard to HB5471, which was signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday. Sheriff Heffington echoed what several others in area law enforcement have said in regard to the passage and signature of Pritzker banning assault weapons in Illinois. "As your Sheriff, I wanted to give the citizens of Calhoun County an update on the recent passage of HB 5471, also known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act. As your duly elected Sheriff, my job and my office are sworn, in fact, to protect the citizens of Calhoun County. This is a job and responsibility that I take with the utmost seriousness. "Part of my duties that I accepted upon being sworn into office was to protect the rights provided to all of us, in the Constitution. One of those enumerated rights is the right of the people to keep and bear arms provided under the 2nd Amendment. "The right to keep and bear arms for defense of life, liberty and property is regarded

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Jersey Community Unit School District 100 Release Honor Roll & High Honor Roll For Second Quarter

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JERSEYVILLE - Jersey Community Unit School District 100 released the honor roll and high honor roll for students from 8th-12th grade. Below is the full list of names. Lists are alphabetized by last name. HONOR ROLL 8TH GRADE BEEMER, CHLOE I. BOGLE, EMMA E. BOWLES, JACOB S. BRUNAUGH, ADEN M. CAMPBELL, ADDISON P. DALEY, BREONAH K. DEWITT, RYLIE N. DONG, BRIAN ENTRIKIN, EMMALYNN F. FORRESTER, KAELYN M. FRITZ, MORGAN L. FROST, MASON G. GIBERSON, RYKER J. GILL, HAILEE J. GREEN, ANNALEE N. HART, KEEGAN W. JUDKINS, LILIAN C. LAIRD, ALAINA L. LAKIN, JOSIE R. LEBLANC, ELLA G. LECLAIRE, AUBREE-PAIGE LITTLE, TARYN R. LUTHER, THOMAS W. MANN, LEVI A. MARTIN, ALEX B. MCCOY, JAYLYNN R. MCDUFFIE, MYLES R. MILLER, AMELIA M. NEVLIN, CARSON R. RAWE, MYRA J. RICHARDSON, LANEY ROBINSON, KATHERINE E. ROTH, DYLAN A. SCHUSTER, SAWYER E. SHAW, KAYLEE G. SHORT, BRODY J. SIMPSON, SCOUT E. SOFFRAY,

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