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Spaced repetition systems have gotten better

(domenic.me)
655 points domenicd | 1 comments | 18 May 25 11:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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Gys ◴[18 May 25 16:48 UTC] No.44022622[source]▶
I found it a little annoying that SRS is immediately explained to mean Spaced Repetition System, but then the F is added without explaining what it stands for. Most references of the article do neither. Except https://github.com/open-spaced-repetition/fsrs4anki/wiki/The... which says the F means Free. Seems a little too easy? I found nothing else. Chatgpt says it means Flexible, which actually makes more sense? Anybody else can chip in?
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1. ayrtondesozzla ◴[18 May 25 17:58 UTC] No.44023168[source]▶
When "FSRS" is first used it's a clickable link, and the first sentence on that link is:

> FSRS (Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler) is a modern spaced repetition algorithm that was developed by Jarrett Ye.

If I do a search of "flexible spaced repetition software" I get no results, which strongly suggests the dumb guesser you're using guessed something plausible to placate its user. This is common behaviour for this type of software.

In summary, I politely suggest you critically review how you interact with knowledge on the internet.