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ChatGPT cannot yet outscore most law students on exams, new research suggests, but it can eke out a passing grade.



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ChatGPT passes law school exams despite 'mediocre' performance
Google Pixel Review: Assessing the New Smartphone

By BRIAN X. CHEN

The Pixel, which uses Android software and Assistant, an A.I. virtual assistant, is, relatively speaking, mediocre, but fans of Android won’t regret buying one.

A bullet journal (sometimes known as a BuJo) is a method of personal organization developed by designer Ryder Carroll.^[1][2] The system organizes scheduling, reminders, to-do lists, brainstorming, and other organizational tasks into a single notebook. The name "bullet journal" comes from the use of abbreviated bullet points to log information,^[3] but it also partially comes from the use of dot journals, which are gridded using dots rather than lines.^[4] First shared with the public in 2013, it has become a popular organization method, garnering significant attention on Kickstarter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Pinterest.^[5][6]

Method[edit]

Bullet journals are usually handwritten and kept in a single notebook. The core tools of a bullet journal are:

• an index
• rapid logging
• logs
• collections
• migration^[1]

The index functions like the index to a book, or a table of contents, pointing to where information on different topics is located.

Rapid logging uses a system of symbols (e.g. dashes, asterisks, circles, etc.) to simplify, abbreviate and organize information. These symbols can be explained in a key, typically located in the front of the journal. Information can be organized into tasks, events, notes, and other categories.

Logs are to-do lists, organized on different time scales, including daily, weekly, monthly, and future logs. Logs are often called spreads since they typically spread across two adjacent pages.

Collections make up the bulk of a bullet journal, and organize information by content – these can be logs, lists, trackers, etc. Other popular collections include habit and mood trackers, fitness or diet trackers, a list of books to read, restaurants to try, etc.

Described as the "cornerstone" of bullet journaling,^[3] migration is the practice of periodically updating lists to new lists, such as carrying over unfinished tasks from one month's log to the next.^[1] This helps users stay organized, productive, and on task by allowing them to prioritize what things need to get done, and what can be placed on hold. Migration can also refer to the process of moving into a new notebook.

Example page from a bullet journal, showing some typical notations.

substandard
adjective
below a satisfactory standard:這解釋沒問題，話雖然如此說，碰到諸如「不過iPhone在美國所採用的移動數據網絡實在難以令人滿意。」說法，老美他們應該不會採用AT&T是SUBSTANDARD的。而可能是「不太適合的」。


In Health Reform, a Cancer Offers an Acid Test
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Success will be judged by whether Washington begins to fix the fundamental problem with our medical system: the mix of soaring costs and mediocre results.



substandard housing/accommodation
substandard work/goods

(No matter what you may have learned at your mother’s knee, ‘hunky-dory’ probably does not come from a street in Yokohama where sailors could find a bit of all right.)

all right
adj.

1. 1. In proper or satisfactory operational or working order: checked to see if the tires were all right.
   2. Acceptable; agreeable: Delaying the repair is all right by me.
   3. all-right (ôl'rīt') Informal. Satisfactory; good: an all-right fellow; an all-right movie.
2. Correct: Your answers are all right.
3. Average; mediocre: The performance was just all right, not remarkable.
4. Uninjured; safe: The passengers were shaken up but are all right.
5. Fairly healthy; well: I am feeling all right again.

adv.

1. In a satisfactory way; adequately: I held up all right under pressure.
2. Very well; yes. Used as a reply to a question or to introduce a declaration: All right, I'll go.
3. Without a doubt: It's cold, all right.

USAGE NOTE Despite the appearance of the form alright in works of such well-known writers as Langston Hughes and James Joyce, the single word spelling has never been accepted as standard. This is peculiar, since similar fusions such as already and altogether have never raised any objections. The difference may lie in the fact that already and altogether became single words back in the Middle Ages, whereas alright has only been around for a little more than a century and was called out by language critics as a misspelling. Consequently, one who uses alright, especially in formal writing, runs the risk that readers may view it as an error or as the willful breaking of convention.

Idioms: all right

1. Completely correct, as in You have a perfect score--your answers are all right. (It could just as well be put as "all your answers are right.")
2. In proper or working order, in a satisfactory way, as in The engine is running all right now. [Late 1800s] Also see turn out all right.
3. In good health, as in John had the flu, but he's all right now. [Early 1900s]
4. Not injured, safe, as in It was just a minor accident and everyone is all right. [Early 1900s]
5. Very well, yes, as in Do you want to leave now?--All right, or All right, we'll stay home. [First half of 1800s] Also see all right with you.
6. Certainly, without a doubt, as in It's late all right, but it will probably come today. [Mid-1800s]
7. Hurrah! Good for you, as in All right! your team has done it again! [Slang; mid-1900s]
8. Also, all-right. Good, satisfactory. For example, This restaurant is all right, or Harry is an all-right guy. [Slang; mid-1900s]

sub•stan•dard (sŭb-stăn'dərd)
adj.
1. Failing to meet a standard; below standard.
2. Linguistics.
a. Of, relating to, or indicating a pattern of linguistic usage that does not conform to that of the prestige group in a speech community or to that of the standard language.
b. Not in accord with notions of good English; nonstandard. See Usage Note at nonstandard.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright

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adj. - 標準以下的, 不合規格的
━━ a. （製品・語法などが）標準以下の.

substandard 同義字：Of low or lower quality: common, inferior, low-grade, low-quality, mean2, mediocre, second-class, second-rate, shabby.


mediocre(mē'dē-ō'kər)
adj.
Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary. See synonyms at average.

[French médiocre, from Latin mediocris : medius, middle + ocris, a rugged mountain.]