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Re: Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

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Post by motbus3 »

calpaterson wrote: post #106

Longtime anki user here. I think the thing people never appreciate with flashcards is that deck maintenance is real work. And in many cases, it's not work that you can do yourself as a learner of the material: the deck really needs to be created by someone who knows the material. Commercial decks, where the deck maintainer is paid for his efforts, make a lot of sense. And I suppose if they are making money out of the…

No one is appreciating cheap working solution from good folks and prefer to accept the free spy-me stuff going around.

I see lots of people also moving stuff with AI that will clearly be biased and force products down your throat. This might be the end of the internet as we know, but the next thing, although sometimes looks exciting, will be controlled by faceless greedy monsters.

I guess the fact that we all didn't prioritise those small businesses is getting somewhere

Re: Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

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Post by bigDinosaur »

asymmetric wrote: post #108
bigDinosaur wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.supermemo.com/en/blog/supermemo-is-better-than-f... seems to suggest that yes, it is a major improvement over SM-2, and given how critical they are of FSRS I'm happy to believe them. SM-2 to my understanding is basically the simplest possible spaced repetition algorithm - I think something like 'double the review interval if easy, otherwise multiply by some difficulty factor to reduce this interval depend…

Isn’t the linked article claiming that SM is superior to FSRS?

SM is claiming that the latest versions of the SM algorithm (namely SM-19) are vastly superior to FSRS (maybe it is?).

They state in contrast:

We do not dismiss the work behind FSRS. It is a commendable open-source effort and a marked improvement over ancient algorithms like SM-2.

For context, Anki uses SM-2's algorithm (albeit apparently heavily modified for various special cases) if FSRS is not enabled.

Re: Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

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Post by fragmede »

kyorochan wrote: post #100
apparent wrote: post #97

Spaced repetition seems like an ideal candidate for vibecoding. Sure, it gets complicated if you want all sorts of multimedia support, but for a lot of people, that's not necessary. How hard is it to build something like this, especially in 2026?

You could fit the most basic version of a spaced repetition program on the back of a napkin. Why would you want to vibe code yet another program lacking a bunch of useful features though?

Why would you want to install someone else's bloated mess that includes a ton of crap you'll never use?

Re: Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

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Post by nickkell »

calpaterson wrote: post #106

Longtime anki user here. I think the thing people never appreciate with flashcards is that deck maintenance is real work. And in many cases, it's not work that you can do yourself as a learner of the material: the deck really needs to be created by someone who knows the material. Commercial decks, where the deck maintainer is paid for his efforts, make a lot of sense. And I suppose if they are making money out of the…

Is it really beneficial to use a deck created by someone else? I thought part of the learning process is really engaging with the cards - by writing them, thinking about them, and making mental associations with things you already know.

Re: Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

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Post by tvshtr »

infotainment wrote: post #5

On the plus side, the actually good mobile Anki client, AnkiDroid, remains out of the hands of this potentially questionable new entity. (AnkiDroid has always been run independently, which is good, considering the state of the iOS client, which has always been neglected.)

AnkiDroid is *just* an interface over the shared core/engine (written in rust nowadays)

Re: Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

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Post by EE84M3i »

dddddaviddddd wrote: post #67
tpoacher wrote: post #61

I love anki. But upon reading this I think it's high time I exported all my notes in simple text format, just in case. Maybe also try Fernando Borretti's flashcard app I saw (and dismissed) recently here

Anki uses a SQLite database for all its data, so it's already an open format.

Anki also regularly takes local backups.

Re: Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

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Post by lkos »

nickkell wrote: post #114
calpaterson wrote: post #106

Longtime anki user here. I think the thing people never appreciate with flashcards is that deck maintenance is real work. And in many cases, it's not work that you can do yourself as a learner of the material: the deck really needs to be created by someone who knows the material. Commercial decks, where the deck maintainer is paid for his efforts, make a lot of sense. And I suppose if they are making money out of the…

Is it really beneficial to use a deck created by someone else? I thought part of the learning process is really engaging with the cards - by writing them, thinking about them, and making mental associations with things you already know.

I would also like to second that. For me, making Anki cards was 50% of the learning.

Re: Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

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Post by apt-apt-apt-apt »

saubeidl wrote: post #92
SpaceManNabs wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there that much of a difference?

Yeah, FSRS is much better. For me it was the difference between learning 10 new words of Mandarin a day and learning 20, with the same time commitment.

Does using FSRS result in less retention, due to scheduling less reviews than other systems? Or is it actually more efficient in a meaningful way by cutting out unnecessary reviews?

Re: Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub

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Post by kyorochan »

fragmede wrote: post #113
kyorochan wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could fit the most basic version of a spaced repetition program on the back of a napkin. Why would you want to vibe code yet another program lacking a bunch of useful features though?

Why would you want to install someone else's bloated mess that includes a ton of crap you'll never use?

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