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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 temp »

tormeh wrote: post #19
temp wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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…

If the new version of Anki needs a new version of a dependency, just install the new version alongside the old one. Whatever happened when I installed this deb may also be an option. If handling this is a huge problem, why not have all the rolling-release programs include their own dependencies. Most of us have so much storage space that, without films/games/music, we couldn't fill it even if we tried . It's cool to…

>If the new version of Anki needs a new version of a dependency, just install the new version alongside the old one.

Yes, and do that with every other package as well.

Are you even considering the implications of what you're saying? The next-to-latest version of Anki is for example in the repos of the most popular distribution. The latest version of Anki is not in the repos, and its dependencies break something in that distro.

You're free to install Anki's latest version, but there are reasons why stable distributions will not just jump on the latest version of a fairly unknown package.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by wahnfrieden »

tokenizerrr wrote: post #28
wahnfrieden wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$100 is such a hurdle that commercial app developers need to center their pricing model around it? I think you're overplaying its influence.

Anki is a commerical app developer? Last I checked it's non-commercial/open source except for the iOS app.

The iOS app, which we're talking about re: the Apple developer fee, is most certainly a commercial endeavor. The FOSS desktop app doesn't change that.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by cblop »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #15
cblop wrote: post #5

I used Anki for 30 minutes to an hour each day for about a year to memorise around 1500 Japanese characters and their readings, with the aid of a mnemonic technique. So long as you have an hour a day to dedicate to the flashcards without fail , you will retain the memorised information. My problem was that a job and location change altered my daily routine entirely, so I stopped reviewing the cards. One year later, I…

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 think you're absolutely right there: constant immersion is needed to provide the context for learning. My mistake was that I wasn't reading enough Japanese to make use of the memorised characters from Anki, so they were quickly forgotten.

There still remains the problem of review card creep, though. After adding about 5 new cards a day for a year and reviewing them every day, I ended up having to review hundreds of cards a day. Your suggestion might fix this too, though, now I think about it. If I'm using the memorised information outside of Anki (by reading Japanese articles, etc), I'll remember them better, leading to less reviews of those cards in the future.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by cblop »

yummyfajitas wrote: post #9
cblop wrote: post #5

I used Anki for 30 minutes to an hour each day for about a year to memorise around 1500 Japanese characters and their readings, with the aid of a mnemonic technique. So long as you have an hour a day to dedicate to the flashcards without fail , you will retain the memorised information. My problem was that a job and location change altered my daily routine entirely, so I stopped reviewing the cards. One year later, I…

I think you aren't supposed to start with hundreds of cards. Start with 10, once their frequency drops to once/week or less, add 10 more, repeat ad nauseum. Since the frequency of cards drops integrably, you'll always have a constant and manageable number of cards to review.

I was adding 5 new cards a day, which seems to be quite common amongst language learners. I figured the SRS algorithm would take care of giving me a manageable frequency.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by cconcepts »

nolite wrote: post #7
[deleted] wrote: post #3

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There's another problem: there's no way to easily make cards from the mobile app! You have to do it on the desktop and then switch to mobile. Really kills the incentive for the mobile app

I only make cards on the android mobile app - have never used Anki any other way.

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by pmoriarty »

cblop wrote: post #5

I used Anki for 30 minutes to an hour each day for about a year to memorise around 1500 Japanese characters and their readings, with the aid of a mnemonic technique. So long as you have an hour a day to dedicate to the flashcards without fail , you will retain the memorised information. My problem was that a job and location change altered my daily routine entirely, so I stopped reviewing the cards. One year later, I…

For learning foreign languages, I found TPR (Total Physical Response)[1][2] to be very effective.

A great intro to it is an article called "Leave me alone! Can't you see I'm learning your language?"[3]

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_physical_response

[2] - http://www.tpr-world.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Catego...

[3] - http://wolofresources.org/language/letmealonech1ch2.htm

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by Shank »

I've used AnkiSRS and recommended them, but I still don't have a good solution to catch up on decks that you're behind on. It's very good for keeping memory in tact with lots of info.

Gwern has an excellent overview of spatial repetition software too: http://www.gwern.net/Spaced%20repetition

Re: Anki – a program which makes remembering things easy

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Post by PSeitz »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #15
cblop wrote: post #5

I used Anki for 30 minutes to an hour each day for about a year to memorise around 1500 Japanese characters and their readings, with the aid of a mnemonic technique. So long as you have an hour a day to dedicate to the flashcards without fail , you will retain the memorised information. My problem was that a job and location change altered my daily routine entirely, so I stopped reviewing the cards. One year later, I…

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…

For me SRS worked splendid inside the flashcard environment so far. I'm pretty solid on 500 japanese characters now, but I also learn related words of the characters simultaneously.
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