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Effective learning: Rules of formulating knowledge (1999)

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159 points swatson741 | 2 comments | 01 Sep 25 14:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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hereme888 ◴[01 Sep 25 17:06 UTC] No.45094504[source]▶
Too bad Piotr Wozniak (inventor of SuperMemo) is such a hermit and uncompromising of his lifestyle choices, that most of his life's work was eventually superseded by open-source solutions (Anki + FSRS).

I had tons of material in SuperMemo for years. Gave up and fully switched to Anki.

At least I'm thankful for his spaced-repetition algorithms. Also, his articles restored my love for learning and helped me confirm that school was an insane waste of time and resources.

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steve1977 ◴[01 Sep 25 19:11 UTC] No.45095654[source]▶
Last time I checked, Anki was nowhere near SuperMemo in regards to incremental reading features. Especially not with FSRS.

SuperMemo is actually almost the only reason I still keep a Windows VM.

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1. hereme888 ◴[01 Sep 25 23:35 UTC] No.45097573[source]▶
> "the only reason I still keep a Windows VM."

Another key point: its dependencies on native but very outdated Windows libraries.

No plugins, no way to modify or improve anything. Fully closed source. Feature request? Wait months until your email shows up in Dr. Wozniak's queue for incremental-reading of his emails. And one year until maybe the next version of SuperMemo. Or write the request on his wiki, to be debated by community members. It's so impractical.

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2. steve1977 ◴[04 Sep 25 07:16 UTC] No.45124500[source]▶
These are all fair points, and yet SuperMemo meets my needs better than Anki.

Which is a thing I experience quite often. I love the idea of open source, but often the proprietary products are „better“ for what I need them.