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I am one of the least qualified people in the world to write cards for a topic I am learning. I would quite likely create cards that would help me memorize inaccurate information effectively and efficiently. I'd rather not take that risk.
One of the barriers to adoption (to my adoption, anyway) not mentioned in the site author's list: I am one of the least qualified people in the world to write cards for a topic I am learning. I would quite likely create cards that would help me memorize inaccurate information effectively and efficiently. I'd rather not take that risk.
I've tried spaced repetition systems several times. The problem that I always discover is that I don't really have stuff that's worth memorizing. Things that are actually important I remember without trying and for the rest of the things, doing daily card reviews starts to feel like a pointless chore after a while.
I'm in a similar position of never having found a use where memorising lots of facts would be useful. The main use I keep seeing is vocabulary building when learning a language. I'm sure people are using the system for learning other stuff too though? Seeing this did make me wonder how I might be able to get better at memorising important parts of iso/iec standards at work, but I can't see how that maps to flashcards
Mixing the questions between both pools and studying as a unit I've found has had two great benefits: 1) I'm not focusing on Technician first and then going for General as a "bonus" and 2) it helps me see the connections between the material.
One of the barriers to adoption (to my adoption, anyway) not mentioned in the site author's list: I am one of the least qualified people in the world to write cards for a topic I am learning. I would quite likely create cards that would help me memorize inaccurate information effectively and efficiently. I'd rather not take that risk.
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It’s amazing how many people try to make an inferior clone of Anki and profit off of it. The only people who ever fall for it are ones with low computer literacy.
The majority of the population has low computer literacy
As H. L. Mencken observed in 1926 [0]: "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the North American public."
Perhaps there should be an event next year to note the centenary of that astute observation, which seems to have aged quite well.
I've tried spaced repetition systems several times. The problem that I always discover is that I don't really have stuff that's worth memorizing. Things that are actually important I remember without trying and for the rest of the things, doing daily card reviews starts to feel like a pointless chore after a while.
* Learning biology, memorize terms like "anabolic reaction" or "reverse transcriptase"
* Learning algebra, memorize major groups like S_n or GL_n
* Learning statistics, memorize the major probability distributions, their means, and standard deviations
* Preparing for math contests, remember things like "Chinese remainder theorem"
That's a tiny part of learning, but it dramatically accelerates the other parts. At that point, when you're working through texts, you'll understand what you're reading without looking things up or thinking about it. And when you're engage in complex problemsolving, you'll have the knowledge ready.
Do this either on or before the first (surface learning) pass, and once they're memorized, use them in more advanced contexts (e.g. reading research papers, teaching, complex problemsolving, etc.).
All this stuff interconnects, and SR gives a fast, cheap way to start building out the simpler parts of the knowledge network.
Dropping a product recommendation -- my favorite spaced repetition + notetaking + learning app: https://www.remnote.com/ I'm not affiliated, just a big booster. For those familiar with Anki it follows the same conventions. It has an excellent system for managing cards. Adding cards is as easy as writing a bullet point: [front of card] == [back of card]. They got the ergonomics right and clearly know the space very we…
- it has a clunky and complicated UI: interactions with blocks/line was clunky on mobile and web.
- The table UI for showing your cards, can also be very limiting.
- Converting blocks to cards by adding `` is an ingenious idea.
- The use of "AI" is really over-rated.
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Insanely expensive. 18$ usd per month?? I’m going to guess it’s also an Electron monstrosity
It’s amazing how many people try to make an inferior clone of Anki and profit off of it. The only people who ever fall for it are ones with low computer literacy.
Dropping a product recommendation -- my favorite spaced repetition + notetaking + learning app: https://www.remnote.com/ I'm not affiliated, just a big booster. For those familiar with Anki it follows the same conventions. It has an excellent system for managing cards. Adding cards is as easy as writing a bullet point: [front of card] == [back of card]. They got the ergonomics right and clearly know the space very we…
I'm a big fan of Mochi[1] (also unaffiliated) after getting frustrated with the clunkiness of Anki. Mochi has great native apps on macOS and iOS (and maybe more?), the cards are formatted in markdown so I can generate them with LLMs with a custom system prompt, and I just found out today they have an API so I might try my hand at getting an LLM to push new cards on its own via. an MCP server. 1. https://mochi.cards/