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Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by hammerbrostime »

I love Anki, been using it for the last year. What has been most powerful for me, is that I no longer take standard notes when trying to learn a new topic. Instead, all of my notes are in "question" form, so that I can keep on top of it over time. The spaced repetition keeps my learning efforts efficient and keeps things from leaking out of my wetware memory.

The synchronization feature between devices has also proven to be very useful, as I use my laptop usually to put in new questions, but use the iPhone app to quiz myself whenever I have a few spare minutes during the day (waiting in line, walking to work, etc).

UI is a little wonky at times, but its features and flexibility more than makes up for it for a dedicated student.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by albertoleal »

meesterdude wrote: post #16

This is really great! I'm building a SaaS that is similar to this, but I was feeling bummed about not releasing it as open source; but now I can just point people to this if they want to run their own. awesome!

I'm also planning and building on a flashcard app; and am facing a similar dilemma on whether to monetize (make it SaaS) or go all out open-source. At the moment my barometer seems to be leaning towards open source. I already have REST API backend done, and am working on UI.

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The only novelty on my app is that it uses an algorithm based on upvotes/downvotes (e.g. HN, Reddit, etc) to measure card performance rather than a variant based on SuperMemo and friends.

I already wrote a spec on it (feel free to steal =P): https://github.com/grokdb/spec

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by Houshalter »

temp wrote: post #8
tormeh wrote: post #2

>It's highly recommended that you install Anki from this package instead of relying on the version distributed with your OS, as the packages in the official repo are often very out of date. Why is this still a problem in Linux-land? Why can't we just make some but not all packages rolling-release? Making Anki rolling-release won't make the distro unstable by any sensible meaning of the word.

>Why can't we just make some but not all packages rolling-release? Does that include Anki's dependencies? And if it does, does it include all other packages that depend upon Anki's dependencies? Also, does it include thousands of other packages similar to Anki that also "won't make the distro unstable by any sensible meaning of the word"? Don't think you'll have a "just some rolling-release packages" distro by the en…

Why does Anki have dependencies? Why is there software that uses Anki as a dependency?

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by yermierc »

tryitnow wrote: post #187
yermierc wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"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, Quizlet, and even my own custom batch files and macros. I think that it works for a very particular use case, and you need to fully commit to it to get the intended benefits. My personal belief is that an "adaptive" learning system doesn't…

This looks great! I would totally shell out money for a premium card set - if only my professional area was represented. 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? For example, have a sign up list for people interested in accounting, one for law, one for technology exams etc. I would totally give…

> 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 fantastic idea, thank you so much! We can definitely create a few mailing lists and I'd be happy to keep you all in the loop. We currently have 10 new subjects in development and are scaling to release at a rate of (ideally) 3-4 per month by next summer. We hired a director of content specifically to recruit teams of experts and to oversee this creation process more fluidly. I'm going to set this up ASAP.

Send your email to feedback@memorangapp.com and your intended subject. It's possible one of our next releases will be appropriate for you.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by lemonberry »

EvanL wrote: post #183

Someone please create a browser extension that automatically adds every word you "Look Up" to an Anki stack. My vocabulary would be vastly improved if I had this, I always find myself looking up the definition of the same complex words over and over again that are for whatever reason slippery for me to remember.

I always wanted a dictionary app that would make flashcards based on words I looked up.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by afarrell »

such_a_casual wrote: post #142
afarrell wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Systems that do not follow the goldern rule: "treat others how you want to be treated" This is a good first-approximation to an ethical system, but ultimately fails in many areas of the real world. I would prefer that the systems that provide me with food do so without demanding that I pay them money, but that is in direct conflict with the need to pay people to do the work to create and maintain that system. I wou…

You are misrepresenting my thesis by saying that respect and equality would mean that the user expects charity. It's about how you would expect and want to be treated if you were a user of the system. A company that provides you with food isn't necessarily trying to own your eating experience. A company that provides you with physical flash cards isn't trying to own your learning experience. It's very clear from thei…

Ah. Now I see the distinction you are drawing.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by vehementi »

such_a_casual wrote: post #170
jonahx wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> OP presented their case without any regard for the other side, "never ever" as they put it. They didn't even consider the possibility that not all of us are so sensitive, that not all of us are helpless marshmallows squashed at the first f bomb, creamed by the first, second, or hundredth joke at our expense. That is the argument I'm making. Not that rules should not exist, but that rules need to address the fact th…

> it's just that your point of sensitivity is the idea of people ever talking behind your back Exactly, everyone has their own values. I value honesty. OP values dishonesty.

Though you haven't yet been called out for it, in your posts you repeatedly create a false dichotomy: either the boss is honest and must say "fuck you, you are a stupid fucking chef" or the only other choice is to be dishonest and patronise. That is not true. In this post, I am providing you direct feedback about how you are wrong, without calling you an idiot or saying something like "what the fuck do you think this is, reddit?" despite your basic errors in argumentation. Speaking these words would not be verbal abuse.

I'm pretty sure verbal abuse has a specific definition (not related to morality), and is not the same thing as "offensive to me", so you can't just redefine it as you did above.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by titanomachy »

steveridout wrote: post #42
wahnfrieden wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SRS is best used to reinforce things you learned outside the flashcard environment. So put things into Anki that you have some real-world context to anchor that memory to, and use Anki to reinforce that memory, not to create new memories that lack any vivid context in your mind outside of the drab flashcard app window where you first discovered the term in isolation. Ideally you're consuming native media, talking wit…

I make software to help language learners generate flashcards for SRS while reading or watching videos: http://readlang.com It works as a browser extension for reading web-pages or you can upload texts and whole novels to read via the web-app. You can then click-to-translate words and phrases that you don't understand, and it generates cloze flashcards for use in it's own flashcards, or for export to apps like Anki.…

I love it! I was looking for something exactly like this a while ago but I didn't find your site.

I'm especially impressed by the accuracy of contextual translations. I've just done a few simple texts, but it always provided the correct translation in context even for words with several meanings. How does this work?

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