Those 7 pages cannot be necessary. Could someone sum it up in a paragraph with wikipedia references?
Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm
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#12Those 7 pages cannot be necessary. Could someone sum it up in a paragraph with wikipedia references?
If you're too lazy to either read it or use google, then why shouldn't we be?
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#13Wozniak is an interesting and respectable guy; I have the feeling that he tries to remember everything, or something close to it. This strategy works well for declarative memories, but does not generalize with the same efficiency for other memories.
SuperMemo is an ingenious program with a rotten UI. I have been looking for better ways to do this and would be interested in speaking with anybody else with similar interests.
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#14Pimsleur language CDs use this technique; I believe they call it "graduated recall" or some such. It's been very effective for me. Of course, it's not fine-tuned for the individual, but it's still pretty good.
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#15I will make a shameless, shameless plug.. (disgusting) I have been working on a simpler spaced repetition system (the Leitner System relies on a simple yes/no response) implemented as a wepapp: http://flashcarddb.com The article mentions the popularity of spaced repititon software in Poland. And sure enough a large number of my incoming users are from Poland and a few other European countries that are familiar with t…
(edit) Sorry. I misread your post. Here's the rest of my original comment:
I've been using SuperMemo off and on for the last ten years. It is by no means an elegant or user friendly app. However, there is a lot of science behind it and it's worth checking out by anyone interested in memory. Readers of yc should have no problem with it.
Another point worth mentioning is that Wozniak has shared his knowledge with the world. He publishes each algorithm and explains it in detail. He also writes extensively about memory and learning and it's all available on his website. He also provides free downloads of older versions of the app.
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#16Those 7 pages cannot be necessary. Could someone sum it up in a paragraph with wikipedia references?
Solve this problem automatically, and you have a viable startup!
Re: Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm
#17Those 7 pages cannot be necessary. Could someone sum it up in a paragraph with wikipedia references?
I agree. Those 800 pages of Anna Karenina couldn't have been necessary either. Fortunately, I was able to aquire the Cliffs Notes.
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#18I will make a shameless, shameless plug.. (disgusting) I have been working on a simpler spaced repetition system (the Leitner System relies on a simple yes/no response) implemented as a wepapp: http://flashcarddb.com The article mentions the popularity of spaced repititon software in Poland. And sure enough a large number of my incoming users are from Poland and a few other European countries that are familiar with t…
(edit) Sorry. I misread your post. Here's the rest of my original comment: I've been using SuperMemo off and on for the last ten years. It is by no means an elegant or user friendly app. However, there is a lot of science behind it and it's worth checking out by anyone interested in memory. Readers of yc should have no problem with it. Another point worth mentioning is that Wozniak has shared his knowledge with the w…
I think r7000 (a significant improvement over the earlier r6000 model) was referring to the shamefulness of plugging his/her _own_ software. ;)
So no Mac version? The site mentions an in-progress Linux version but it sounds like it's not happening.
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#19I will make a shameless, shameless plug.. (disgusting) I have been working on a simpler spaced repetition system (the Leitner System relies on a simple yes/no response) implemented as a wepapp: http://flashcarddb.com The article mentions the popularity of spaced repititon software in Poland. And sure enough a large number of my incoming users are from Poland and a few other European countries that are familiar with t…
(edit) Sorry. I misread your post. Here's the rest of my original comment: I've been using SuperMemo off and on for the last ten years. It is by no means an elegant or user friendly app. However, there is a lot of science behind it and it's worth checking out by anyone interested in memory. Readers of yc should have no problem with it. Another point worth mentioning is that Wozniak has shared his knowledge with the w…
Dude, I meant my reference was a shameless plug. I was doing the plugging. Sorry if that was unclear!
I couldn't agree more with your points about Wozniak and Supermemo. Wozniak, Leitner and others were my inspirations. I used their systems while studying myself.
(Edited the original to make it more unambiguous!)
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#20Those 7 pages cannot be necessary. Could someone sum it up in a paragraph with wikipedia references?
The article actually discussed this very issue.