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Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by M4v3R »

dajohnson89 wrote: post #3

My memory sucks, and I would love an app to help me. Alleviate my concerns about data privacy, and make it available on Android, and I'll give it a serious try.

It's highly possible that in reality you have a very good memory, like most of people. For example if you're a programmer you probably remember hundreds of API calls, syntax features for various languages, keyboard shortcuts and so on.

I always taught myself that I have terrible memory but then I realized that it's not terrible - it's selective. We have so much information coming at us every day that our brains have to make choices what to remember and what to forget in few minutes. The problem is how to make them cooperate and actually remember stuff that we want :). I found that if I really want to remember something there are two things required - repetition and connecting it with something I already do remember.

Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by ttctciyf »

daveguy wrote: post #20
AndrewKemendo wrote: post #15

I want people to want this but I know that people don't. Imagine having a rewind button on your whole life, with annotations and references. That means everything you think or associations you make can be "sourced." That's an amazing thing that would eliminate any self delusion, deceitful action or inconsistent behavior. Trouble is, humans are knots of inconsistency, deceit and delusion and we can't live otherwise. I…

Reminds me of the third episode of Black Mirror: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entire_History_of_You Similar, but in the case of the episode you could also replay every interaction you had with other people... Was that a slight frown before they smiled?

Or this Ted Chiang story?

> There’s no denying the usefulness of software that can actually answer the question “where did I put my keys?” But Whetstone is positioning Remem as more than a handy virtual assistant: they want it to take the place of your natural memory.

https://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/fall_2013/the_truth_o...

Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by leviathan »

vc4 wrote: post #30

Wow the app size is 159 MB, just wonder what all they have baked inside https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/the-memory-app/id1182717566?...

probably the whole Elephant for the logo.

You can download the app in iTunes, find the .ipa file and extract it to look what's inside.

Edit: also it's not the actual size that you will download on your phone. Visit the AppStore from your device and it will show you the correct size for you.

Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by tscs37 »

M4v3R wrote: post #31
dajohnson89 wrote: post #3

My memory sucks, and I would love an app to help me. Alleviate my concerns about data privacy, and make it available on Android, and I'll give it a serious try.

It's highly possible that in reality you have a very good memory, like most of people. For example if you're a programmer you probably remember hundreds of API calls, syntax features for various languages, keyboard shortcuts and so on. I always taught myself that I have terrible memory but then I realized that it's not terrible - it's selective. We have so much information coming at us every day that our brains have…

>For example if you're a programmer you probably remember hundreds of API calls, syntax features for various languages, keyboard shortcuts and so on.

As a programmer my memory is largely used to remember hundreds of API calls, syntax features for various language and memes.

There is no space for my daily life in there so on average my memory goes back like 8 minutes, just beating the average goldfish, after that it's pushed away for more important stuff.

Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by gressquel »

daveguy wrote: post #21
desireco42 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good point. Still, MySQL in 2016, almost 2017 :)

I think the point is: if it's able to handle the data needs of one of the largest sites in the world do you really need to worry about it not being able to handle a pet app? It is obviously up to the task.

I don't think thats a good point. I mean I can probably make a console application using .txt file on disk as the database and scale it to handle large websites.... if I had spent $100M on servers and 10 years of my life. Almost anything is possible with most of the technologies out there. But its about using the right tool for the job.

Stackoverflow is huge, its built with SQL server. If they had for example used mysql they would probably have had to hire 2x engineers + spent twice as much time tuning and tweaking.

All those top1000 mysql sites are heavily customized and tweaked to perform as well as they do. Using other modern technologies may had saved them 1000 of hours and money.

Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by djhworld »

Ever since I was a child I've always dreamt of some way of being able to 'download' and organise my memories. Like, if you're looking at an awesome view, or some serendipitous event happens that's too quick for a camera (e.g. a shooting star)

Obviously as I've grown older the reality of something like this is in the realm of science fiction, along with the privacy concerns of others and keeping memories that you would rather forget, but often I find myself in situations like at a concert where I'd rather not be viewing it behind a phone/camera screen.

I've seen wearable cameras in the past for people who suffer from memory problems, but I don't think anyone's ever commercialised it - for obvious reasons.

Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by Fnoord »

pitaa wrote: post #24
dajohnson89 wrote: post #3

My memory sucks, and I would love an app to help me. Alleviate my concerns about data privacy, and make it available on Android, and I'll give it a serious try.

Same here. My memory is terrible. I've looked at these types of apps, but I have never seen one that was actually helpful. Instead I stick with sticky notes for to-do's, and a folder of txt's of notes from meetings/conversations that I think I'll want to remember. This really helps remembering details, unfortunately I still can't remember faces for the life of me.

I can highly recommend this course, Learning How To Learn [1]. Among things it explains how memory works, how to avoid procrastination [2], and how to use several tools at your disposal in order to improve your memory. It is free, btw.

[1] https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

[2] https://alexvermeer.com/getmotivated/

Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by Veen »

desireco42 wrote: post #17
djsumdog wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm looking at hosting my own paperwork to replace Evernote: https://github.com/twostairs/paperwork I've been using Evernote since I first used the PalmPre app (they probably have the highest platform support out of any app), but with the recent price changes, I'm not sure if they'll be around for much longer. If I'm going to pay for something, I might as well have control of the data too.

I cringe on anything that uses MySQL to store information, but looks like something I wished I made, so I will definitely check this out, thanks for posting.

I'm confused by this comment. My understanding is that MySQL is a respected and powerful relational database used in millions of projects because it's feature-rich, reasonably perfomant, and stable. Am I wrong?

Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by CaveTech »

gressquel wrote: post #35
daveguy wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the point is: if it's able to handle the data needs of one of the largest sites in the world do you really need to worry about it not being able to handle a pet app? It is obviously up to the task.

I don't think thats a good point. I mean I can probably make a console application using .txt file on disk as the database and scale it to handle large websites.... if I had spent $100M on servers and 10 years of my life. Almost anything is possible with most of the technologies out there. But its about using the right tool for the job. Stackoverflow is huge, its built with SQL server. If they had for example used my…

You can't bash on a technology by pulling numbers out of your ass and calling it a day.

It sounds like you've been drinking a lot of kool-aide and haven't given MySQL any real thought.

Re: The Memory App – Instant personalized memory recall

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Post by theflork »

dajohnson89 wrote: post #3

My memory sucks, and I would love an app to help me. Alleviate my concerns about data privacy, and make it available on Android, and I'll give it a serious try.

unfortunately not everything can be solved with an app. i highly recommend the coursera 'learning about learning' course for some deep insight on how our brains work and how to maintain and improve them.
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