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Anki: Memorization with Spaced Learning

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Resurfaced independently across 5 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
5
submitters
5
observed span
2017–2024
peak thread · 429 comments
636 pts
latest 20+ return · 2024-01-28
540 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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Also worth reading is the excellent (and pretty extensive) article by Michael Nielsen[1] showcasing how he used Anki to create an in-depth knowledge about AlphaGo. Personally, I've used Anki to keep remembering/revisiting the concepts that I use for a while and then move onto something else. Common APIs of programming languages and their standard libraries is one such area. I've found that while it's not really difficult to learn and get into the flow of using a programming language (or…

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) * recognizing/naming photos of…

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
1186

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Total comments
601

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2017-12-24Anki: Powerful, intelligent flash cardsbased240
2018-08-26Anki: Memorization with Spaced LearningFirst breakout · Best threadtarboreus636172
2021-06-09Anki: Powerful, Intelligent Flash Cardsdefaulty20
2022-05-29Anki – Powerful, Intelligent FlashcardsClaude_Shannon40
2024-01-28Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cardsHall induction · Latest 20+ point returnbcg361540429