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Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

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655 points domenicd | 3 comments | 18 May 25 11:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source
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Pooge ◴[18 May 25 12:45 UTC] No.44020989[source]▶
I'm sorry, I didn't read the article but I thought my experience would be a good anecdote.

I've used Anki for multiple years and learned around 18'000 Japanese words. It's difficult to say but I'd say I've learned how to read around 5'000 kanji. When I studied in Japan, my kanji reading—don't mix that up with comprehension!—was way above everyone else's. And most of my classmates were either Korean or Chinese.

That's what 10 minutes of free time—I did that during my daily train rides—can get you! Keep practicing. Being ignorant is the first step towards becoming more knowledgeable.

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1. Alex-Programs ◴[18 May 25 13:08 UTC] No.44021138[source]▶
I made a tool based on this principle!

We spend hours a day browsing the web, so I made a browser extension[0] that translates sentences at your knowledge level into the language you're learning, so that you're always learning a little through immersion.

I also used the same "10 minutes a day on Anki" strategy with my A levels, and it made the revision process so so much nicer because stuff I'd learnt two years ago was as fresh as if I'd learnt it a couple of months ago, rather than years.

[0] https://nuenki.app

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2. chappi42 ◴[18 May 25 13:31 UTC] No.44021301[source]▶
Looks not bad but a) billing/prices should imho be prominent and not hidden behind trial or get started. And b) not sure if 5/12/20 per month is not too much? The About section is nice. (I use two other paid language services, thus no need/interest in another)
3. jjmarr ◴[18 May 25 21:31 UTC] No.44024457[source]▶
Fascinating, great app. I wish it automatically adjusted the difficulty based on whether I understood the sentence.