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yermierc
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About yermierc
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Comment #17683521
Memorang ( https://www.memorangapp.com ) | Los Angeles, CA | Full-Time | Remote-OK | Software Engineering Lead | # Overview We're building the world's first content-agnostic study …
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Comment #13152713
I can completely relate to that frustration. I came from an engineering background before I went to medical school and I struggled a lot with the different styles of learning (appl…
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Comment #10742476
Currently you can export the HTML and also as printed sheets. In the next few months we'll enable exporting to formats such as csv/tsv. (This is currently supported in the admin in…
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Comment #10739277
Flexbox to the rescue! This is a pretty good guide: https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/
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Comment #10733888
Thank you for the questions. I think it's likely multi-factorial and to be honest there are many features we haven't yet built that Anki has and are in our backlog... there's still…
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Comment #10733809
I'm not sure what you are angry about, but please let me try and clarify a few things: >A better app that doesn't crash as much Working on it. Worth noting that it's free to downlo…
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Comment #10729315
> Could you please create a mailing list for different professions/subject areas so potential customers could be alerted when relevant premium study sets are released? That is a fa…
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Comment #10729021
Thank you, it really means a lot since we've been working on this for over 3 years now (finally hiring employees this past month!). I wish the best of success to you too. In refere…
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Comment #10728811
We're starting with the assumption that learners will not be able to religiously follow a schedule. That means that whether you're cramming, checking in sporadically, or completing…
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Comment #10728768
It's a private codebase at this time. If you'd like to contribute, we're hiring full-time software engineers. (Python back-end). https://www.memorangapp.com/jobs
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Comment #10728760
It's an interesting thought! Boredom can definitely lead to study fatigue, but the people in this example were medical students preparing for a high-stakes board exam at a top-10 i…
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Comment #10728699
You don't need to be logged in to use the website. Here is an example of something simple: http://www.memorangapp.com/flashcards/44604/Exotic+cats/Anim... You can also click the se…
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Comment #10728340
I see that you're angry, but I think it's because you misread my comment. When I wrote "I encourage you to learn a subject towards 100% mastery and you'll see exactly what we mean"…
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Comment #10728300
>Do you offer data export? We have this at the admin level and plan on making this a user-accessible feature as soon as we can. >Does your service offer benefits to people who aren…
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Comment #10728194
>Can you elaborate more on what exactly memorang does that keeps people "engaged in vivo" Between algorithm choices, learning modes, and other customization options there are dozen…
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Comment #10727994
You have a few quick options for content: 1. When you sign up, the dashboard guides you through picking subjects. 2. You can search for what others have made: https://www.memoranga…
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Comment #10727863
Don't have strong opinions one way or the other on Knewton. That being said, I generally feel that enterprise software where you sell to institutions and publishers is fundamentall…
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Comment #10727777
This message really resonated with me. Thank you very much for sharing. One thing that we've really thought about is how to learn in the real world for subjects outside of school. …
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Comment #10727719
I can't answer with an exact number until we can do sufficient prospective studies, but I can share some data: We have done some studies where two students were already using Anki …
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Comment #10727712
What you're describing is exactly in line with what I've experienced anecdotally and what we've seen in our studies and retrospective analysis of tens of millions of questions answ…
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Comment #10727585
"lack of good quality material" You definitely are correct and I agree with you 100%. The problem is that you can't just throw a tool at people and expect it to stick - ultimately …
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Comment #10727567
I've actually been following you guys for at least a year and think what you're doing is pretty cool. Memorang started out as a pure anatomy tool and we've been actively building o…
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Comment #10727524
It's not that we don't support or respect privacy, but that everything we do is to foster a positive environment of collaboration to minimize content creation redundancy and build …
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Comment #10727433
"A friend" reporting in... While many people may love Anki, you can count me out. I used it extensively during my first 2 years of medical school along with trying physical cards, …