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Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by bob_theslob646 » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 12:59 PM UTC

a7b3fa wrote: post #125

OJFord wrote: post #28

Weird, I was actually thinking of a related AskHN, that comments here are obviously now the place for. Is there anything similar people use for sort of general 'knowledge base' type things - like people use one big text file, or Obsidian, or Logseq, or Notion, or whatever - but with some kind of Anki-like reminder/retrieval rather than just deliberate searching to look something up? Or do people successfully use Anki…

RemNote seems like a close match to what you're describing: https://www.remnote.com

What is rem note?

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by lenartowski » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:10 PM UTC

alabhyajindal wrote: post #111

lenartowski wrote: post #75

SSR tools and flashcards are amazing for knowledge retention. When I started learning new language, my google sheet with words I wanted memorize grew to hundreds pretty quickly. I wanted the simplest possible app that would let me to import and repeat words from my list anytime I have even a few minutes to spare. And being a developer, of course I decided to write one myself. It’s a bit different than anki and obviou…

This looks amazing! Love the design.

Thanks, appreciate feedback! Let me know if you have any questions

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by lenartowski » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:16 PM UTC

Jtsummers wrote: post #124

alabhyajindal wrote: post #116

Can anyone comment on why most people want software like Anki to be a native application? Most people who implemented their own SRS have done so in the form of a mobile app. Why? I would think that having a web app would be much easier from a single developer point of view: maintain one application that can be accessed from any device. I am biased because I'm a web developer but I'd like to be corrected.

I want a native app for Anki (and similar things) because I don't always have an internet connection. It's pretty much as simple as that. Anki does have a web version which I have used, though.

Progressive web apps[0] are one solution to that. I’m not saying it’s perfect but it is possible to have both I think

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_app

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by jakderrida » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:18 PM UTC

sivers wrote: post #18

My 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…

> * unix filesystem commands

Father of the century, just for that alone.

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by coldtea » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:31 PM UTC

brobinson wrote: post #334

bheadmaster wrote: post #286

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Damn, that's a really human-like response. This bot game is really getting serious.

Sivers is an OG. Definitely not a bot. I've looked at sivers.org/multiply at least once per year for the last 15 years.

Yeah, I mean as far as HN goes, he's kind famous.

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by coldtea » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:31 PM UTC

Is there an Anki alternative with better UI/UX?

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by biophysboy » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 1:51 PM UTC

TheArcane wrote: post #179

biophysboy wrote: post #60

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I’ve used it for 4 years now to learn Japanese. It might be a simple matter of lowering the max # of review cards or the max # of new cards. Also, given that you mentioned enjoying duolingo more, there are browser extensions/repos out there to enhance the Anki experience. I have some that help me make cards based on material I’m reading for fun. I was having the same issue as you, and I had to fix it by making it mor…

> there are browser extensions/repos out there to enhance the Anki experience Any specific ones you wanna give a shout out to?

I use yomichan and mokuro for my system, which I believe are Japanese focused. But I’m sure there are equivalents for other popular languages

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by earthling8118 » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 2:06 PM UTC

Jtsummers wrote: post #302

brcmthrowaway wrote: post #291

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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.

I'm not taking a side, but I don't think that's a fair comparison. My family was lower income than this. My parents were at work so that we could have shelter, food, and not go into crippling medical debt for even basic care. There wasn't time for this kind of interaction.

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by jagaerglad » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 2:13 PM UTC

I have used anki for 4-5 years now, ~50% of days. I have a tiny worry that there is a "google effect"¹ of sorts associated with Anki. Before, in high school, I used to just read the chapter in the course book and then do well enough on the exam. In university, I also do well enough on the exams, however, I feel like I'm not learning the material/the bigger picture as well. For one, reading the book chapters takes so much more time when you're adding cards in between, watching a lecture video takes about twice the time of the video length. It's easy that the task becomes "creating cards" instead of "learning". I might be doing it wrong, adding too many cards, not reading the chapter and then summarizing it by adding cards. Still, the thought has struck me a couple of times, if I was braver I would stop using Anki and just do a lot of the practical stuff the knowledge would be useful for and let my brain do the filtering

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_effect

Re: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards

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Post by OJFord » Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 2:55 PM UTC

niyumard wrote: post #52

OJFord wrote: post #28

Weird, I was actually thinking of a related AskHN, that comments here are obviously now the place for. Is there anything similar people use for sort of general 'knowledge base' type things - like people use one big text file, or Obsidian, or Logseq, or Notion, or whatever - but with some kind of Anki-like reminder/retrieval rather than just deliberate searching to look something up? Or do people successfully use Anki…

Actually Logseq comes with built-in flash cards. That's why I love it. https://unofficial-logseq-docs.gitbook.io/unofficial-logseq-...

Interesting, maybe I should try it out again. I wanted to like it, but I just kept hitting bugs even just for basic things as I was getting started. I think the big showstopper one for me was something like link a page and then rename it, and the link's broken; I found an issue for it and the response was like unfortunately due to implementation detail this is really hard and probably won't-fix. At which point I just thought ok nope that's table stakes as far as I'm concerned.

Edit: found it: github.com/logseq/logseq#7519 (maybe there's another way of a basic page link that isn't a query so it's not quite as bad as I described above, but still)