To Remember Everything You Learn, Surrender to This Algorithm (2008)
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2007–2026One 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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HN comment orderFew people have tried Anki (a free alternative to SuperMemo). Even fewer have tried its add-ons, which is where it truly shines! Vanilla Anki is mostly good for text flashcarding, with the phone app helpful for making use of those little bits of downtime throughout the day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-4xOe79epU&list=PL3MozITKTz... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzBoDe3PgAc&list=PL3MozITKTz... Glutanimate has taken Anki to a whole new level. He created a painless UI for occluding any part of an image and…
You know. I've never been interested in these e-ink notebooks where you can write on a digital screen that acts like paper. I've always felt that actual pen and paper were superior. However, if you add some good spaced repetition software to one of these e-notebooks then I think you will have finally surpassed pen and paper for note taking. I'm thinking of something like, you take a note on a page and then save it. A week later the…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1004
- Total comments
- 323
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-02 | Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? (2008) | 0xdeadbeefbabe | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-08-07 | To Remember Everything You Learn, Surrender to This Algorithm (2008)First breakout · Best thread | colinprince | 740 | 208 |
| 2020-10-09 | Surrender to This Algorithm (2008) | tosh | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-10-10 | Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm(2008) | emre | 4 | 0 |
| 2020-11-27 | Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm | joubert | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-02-19 | Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm | ilia_lotov | 4 | 0 |
| 2021-08-16 | To remember everything you learn, surrender to this algorithm (2008)Hall induction | sanmak | 215 | 110 |
| 2024-02-18 | Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm(2008) | Tomte | 6 | 0 |
| 2024-12-27 | Want to Remember Everything You Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm (2008)Latest 20+ point return | Bluestein | 30 | 5 |