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Some of these observations aren't particularly surprising, but this line really took me out of it: > Yes, I know some texts, especially in the sciences, are expensive. However, the…

Using the scheduler estimates from the FSRS simulator [1], for desired retention held equal at 85%, I received approximately 20-30% improvements in workload upon switching to FSRS …

It definitely is! It's unfortunate that what seems to have developed to be the consensus view on SRS within most language learning/high-load traditional academic circles (>90% of t…

Pleased to see this posted here again. Nielsen's writing on Anki and memory systems more broadly has been nothing short of incisive, inspiring and paradigm-shifting in contributing…

Anecdotes don't make data. I'm keen to see any significant study that demonstrates the existence of so-called cancel culture, but for now it seems to be making a big fuss over a fe…

I'd argue that the trend can come from two places, the less rational type you mentioned which appears to occur to enhance compatibility with an in-group, and the type which is base…

Whilst this may be too critical, I find that if you wish to use Anki for proper "learning" rather than simple memorisation, cloze deletions are the wrong way to go about it. They s…

If I'm interpreting this correctly, it seems that the author falls victim to the same fallacies he mentioned in his post. By assuming that all discussion of politics inherently dev…

Fairly simple, use my brain as well as the methods listed in https://nabeelqu.co/understanding to understand the material, then use Anki for any details that are useful to remember…

To anyone's who's used LibreOffice recently - is it still as buggy and terribly performing as a few years ago? I remember trying to open a 10 page document with a few images and it…

There are many books out there that apply mental models from a specific topic to a more broad context. However, are there any good books that provide mental models to accelerate th…

As usual with anything that isn't open source, I have significant doubts about the longevity of this. Making a few questions on each article and putting them in Anki is probably mo…

> This is a misdirection. Yes there are a very small minority of people who do call for this but it is what I'm talk about is simple opposition to others political beliefs. If I sa…

> Maybe I'm naive, but it seems pretty obvious that it's because technology is mostly full of leftists, so they tolerate their own extremists and ban their opponents. Deplatforming…

I'd assume another reason is that given that a small number of far-right threads/communities exist, you're going to have people leaving simply because people who are against, or at…

I'm curious, can you point me towards some examples of the data you suggest? I personally haven't seen anything of the kind, although perhaps newer data may suggest slightly lower …

I think the core of a lot of these issues is the distinction between universal findings which almost always are in favour of "progressive" worldviews and anecdotes which aren't nec…

Often when learning new material, I find it takes significantly longer than I would like to produce an adequate conceptual map of an idea within my mind. I can almost always do it,…