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Re: Spaced Repetition

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Post by 19f191ty »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #32

If anyone's studying Japanese, I made two iOS apps for spaced repetition systems specializing in the unique needs of learning Japanese. The first is a flashcard application called Manabi. It uses a similar algorithm as Anki with a priority on UX. https://manabi.io The other is Manabi Reader, which complements the flashcard app. It curates feeds of interesting short-form content, has one-tap dictionary lookups, option…

This looks really cool. Do you have plans for an android version? I wouldn't mind paying for this.

Re: Spaced Repetition

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Post by ddffre »

mlevental wrote: post #33
burtonator wrote: post #31

I'm absolutely in love with spaced repetition. Last year I ran an experiment where I would do Duolingo but ONLY in my spare time. 5-30 minutes per day but only when I'm waiting in line, having a cup of coffee , or driving my car on the highway (just joking about that last one). After about a year I realized that I had a passable understanding of German. Mind you I did this in my SPARE time... so it was basically like…

I see you promoting your app/site constantly. I don't understand why this isn't against the rules on hn.

I just saw that something that I am working on might be relevant to the topic. Same way that people post relevant links to the post.

Re: Spaced Repetition

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Post by deepaksurti »

A very useful and quick reference to be productive at Anki itself is Anki Essentials and after working through that, I find my useful using Anki the right way. Though I don't think having multiple decks is a good idea and have found using single deck to be much more mimicking how consolidation of what you have learnt happens in real life, randomly across different subjects.

Does anyone here have tips to memorize the standard library of the programming language you use say Python using Anki? While yes there is the quick look up to the lib using a standard dev environment, what I am pointing to is having to lookup for details for the library function assuming that you know the function is the right choice because you have added it your long term memory. If this is useful for nothing, it will be useful at least for the algorithmic interviews which should be aptly named harakiri :-) [2]

[1] https://alexvermeer.com/anki-essentials/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku

Re: Spaced Repetition

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Post by mkl »

dguo wrote: post #42
asymmetric wrote: post #39

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Do you use multiple decks? I found myself creating several, and then finding it hard to follow up on many of them. It’s a pity though, because some of the cards in them were interesting, but the whole deck wasn’t. Maybe I should have a “misc” one.

I don't. Everything goes into a single deck so that my review sessions interleave[1] topics. But if you have cards that you don't find interesting or useful anymore, maybe it'd be better to just delete them. [1]: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-interleaving-...

Doesn't that mean you have to manually put the subject into each card?

E.g. I am currently using Anki to learn more keyboard shortcuts for Bash, Tmux, and vim, and the deck tells me which program the card is talking about. I already have to put context for vim visual mode keys in those cards.

Edit: Ah, just saw your other comment about doing something like it with tags.

Re: Spaced Repetition

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Post by gnicholas »

zelly wrote: post #4
kreetx wrote: post #3

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Not so much to complain, but a thing I noticed while scrolling fast is that the screen is black for a split second, and then text appears. I wonder why that is?

what browser?

The screen went white for me in iOS/Safari.

Re: Spaced Repetition

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Post by hobofan »

adbge wrote: post #34
jeffshek wrote: post #26

If anyone's interested, I've compiled a lot of strategies and tips around spaced repetition and Anki that I've learned over five years and ~11k cards. https://senrigan.io/blog/everything-i-know-strategies-tips-a...

Neat! I have a similar page I put up at 10k cards. We should be friends http://rs.io/anki-tips/

Thanks! There are some good insights in both of your articles. In particular I realized that I probably started out too basic with Anki. I didn't know what "cloze" type cards were, and they seem to be very useful for a few lists I want to memorize!

Re: Spaced Repetition

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Post by gexla »

dang wrote: post #49
mlevental wrote: post #33

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I see you promoting your app/site constantly. I don't understand why this isn't against the rules on hn.

It isn't against the rules to link to one's own work in contexts where it's relevant. It is against the rules to use HN exclusively for promotion. This falls somewhere in between, but https://hn.algolia.com/?query=getpolarized.io%20by:burtonato... is probably a bit excessive.

What I find interesting about that list is that it makes for a decent story as you read through his comments. It shows the struggles of building an open source app and attempting to make that work sustainable. You see the reason he started it, the technical challenges and the difficulties of raising funds. If someone else wanted to do the same, this is a great search string. I would be hesitant to try as he appears to be traveling a rough road.

Re: Spaced Repetition

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Post by Maxbunny »

FiberBundle wrote: post #17

I use Anki, but I have the problem that I tend to associate the specific form of the question, a particular latex formula etc. with the answer. As soon as I look at the question or read the first couple of words, the answer already pops up, so I'm afraid that I don't actually learn to remember the concepts but rather question/answer pairs. Does anybody have some recommendations for dealing with this problem?

Good recommendations so far, but personally I find one method to be the most effective : multiple question versions in conjunction with randomization

Say you have decided to brush up on your first grade math, and you make a card for multiplication. Instead of just making one "2 2 = 4" card, you make one card containing three potential questions, so you add "5 4 = 20" and "3 * 3 = 9" to the same card. Each time this card is scheduled to appear, Anki will randomly choose one of the questions to display.

This way you prevent your memory from overfitting to the irrelevant context and force it to remember the actual concept, because you have to use your knowledge of how multiplication works every time. You have to pick a large enough selection of possible questions for that to work, for me three is usually enough. Additional bonus : anki reviews get less tedious, because you don't feel like always seeing the same old stuff.

Here's a template for creating such cards: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/947272864

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