Does anyone know of a card set for FAA pilot's license? Seems like a near-ideal use...
https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks?search=faa
No clue on quality.
Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards
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Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards
#302My boy is 11 now. We've used Anki with him every day since he was about 5. Examples of things he's memorized, for fun: * every country, recognized by unlabeled shape on the map * spelling * many body parts, names of bones and organs, from illustration * chemical elements, by symbol (Na, Fe, Zn, etc) * unix filesystem commands * numeracy references (km from here to Japan, earth to sun, meters from home to school) * re…
Jesus christ. I often wonder why I can't compete at school and this is why.. you never know how much prep/silver spoon other kids got
Derek Sivers is definitely better off than most of us, but what he's describing is something any engaged parent could do. That's not a "silver spoon". Hell, my family was lower-middle-income (into solid middle-income with both parents working, then down again, these things can cycle) and they would quiz us on things like that. Though not with Anki. It's just good parental engagement.
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#303Earlier quoted context omitted.
> So there isn't a resource management argument. Time???
You think you know better how to spend Derek Siver's son's time than he does? If you enjoy it and want to learn it, it's not a waste of time. Or at least, there are likely plenty of things ordinary people do that are bigger wastes of time.
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Yeah I've had a similar issue with the Anki-like system Wanikani uses for learning Japanese Kanji. I can keep up for some time, but as soon as I get busy with something else, I get overwhelmed by the piling up reviews. It has been very effective for the ones I learned when I was able to keep up though. Recently a friend got me into Duolingo with him, I've been managing to maintain a streak on it because if I'm too bu…
Are you using Duolingo for Japanese? If so, please stop. There are better and more efficient ways, as you've probably noticed. Anki (with a Core3k or similar deck, 10-50 new cards a day depending on your daily life) + reading is the way to go in my opinion. You can use jpdb to see your progress relative to the material you want to read.
Yeah, as I said, it's not very effective and I'm only really managing to keep it up due to being able to do a quick 15 minute lesson right before bed. I have some workbooks and do often end up perusing and attempting to converse in japanese to practice, but I don't manage to keep it as consistent due to all the other things I have to balance.
Language learning and art practice both tend to quickly get put on the backburner for weeks whenever I get busy with a project or whenever work gets busy.
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That's super weird, I wonder if GP just copy-pasted it or if there's some other weird automated business going on.
GP is a well known entrepreneur: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_Baby
Interestingly this taught me I never look at usernames, thanks for pointing out
Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards
#306My boy is 11 now. We've used Anki with him every day since he was about 5. Examples of things he's memorized, for fun: * every country, recognized by unlabeled shape on the map * spelling * many body parts, names of bones and organs, from illustration * chemical elements, by symbol (Na, Fe, Zn, etc) * unix filesystem commands * numeracy references (km from here to Japan, earth to sun, meters from home to school) * re…
Genuine question, how will memorizing this info help him?
I’m a parent too, and have prioritized activities that teach my child critical thinking (so they can self-solve problems).
I’m curious if I should be layering in some memorization activities like this, which is why I ask.
(Please don’t take my question as judging, I’m genuinely curious how it’s helped because I might replicate. And I’ve got huge respect for all your writing over the years)
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#307One tip for working with Anki: you will likely learn better - and review cards more regularly - if you write the cards yourself instead of using a preexisting deck. Going through a course / textbook -> taking notes on paper -> adding key concepts as Anki flashcards -> reviewing them daily: extremely effective Preexisting decks can work - I used one to successfully study for my Amateur Radio License - but that assumes…
ChatGPT is great at taking my notes and turning them into Anki cards. Some tweaks are occasionally needed, but I have done well on numerous exams letting ChatGPT figure out the cards (and the formatting tedium) for me.
Would you mind giving an example of the kind of prompt(s) you use to get these card generated?
On a different note, ChatGPT has been making me feel stupid because I fail to come up with many use cases, while it seems like tons of technically unskilled people come up with all kinds of uses...
Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards
#308My boy is 11 now. We've used Anki with him every day since he was about 5. Examples of things he's memorized, for fun: * every country, recognized by unlabeled shape on the map * spelling * many body parts, names of bones and organs, from illustration * chemical elements, by symbol (Na, Fe, Zn, etc) * unix filesystem commands * numeracy references (km from here to Japan, earth to sun, meters from home to school) * re…
Genuine question, how will memorizing this info help him? I’m a parent too, and have prioritized activities that teach my child critical thinking (so they can self-solve problems). I’m curious if I should be layering in some memorization activities like this, which is why I ask. (Please don’t take my question as judging, I’m genuinely curious how it’s helped because I might replicate. And I’ve got huge respect for al…
Any interesting links or suggestions on critical thinking activities? Thanks!
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#309Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not perfect, but it's better than not doing it. He enjoys it.
That is important. SRS doesn't work for many people because, in short, they don't really enjoy it.
When I start to dislike opening up Anki, it’s usually because my cards are too complex and take too much time to memorize. Creating multiple cards with single cloze words makes the process much more enjoyable. Anki has helped me so much with memorizing programming language syntax for example.
Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards
#310My boy is 11 now. We've used Anki with him every day since he was about 5. Examples of things he's memorized, for fun: * every country, recognized by unlabeled shape on the map * spelling * many body parts, names of bones and organs, from illustration * chemical elements, by symbol (Na, Fe, Zn, etc) * unix filesystem commands * numeracy references (km from here to Japan, earth to sun, meters from home to school) * re…
I swear I have read this exact same comment before Edit: oh good I’m not crazy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38428309
I clicked the comments section hoping to see sivers response because I remember him mentioning it before. I’m glad I did.