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Comment by andai

I'm in a similar boat. I end up re-learning the same things over and over again.

I found a solution recently. "Critical mass." If I just don't see something frequently enough, my brain keeps deleting it.

So, if there's a fact you have trouble remembering, try memorizing it 100 times in one day. That's "inefficient", as far as memory goes, but it'll do the trick! And I like solving problems once and then moving on.

(Anki, conversely, is designed for efficiency, which means it's designed to be as painful and unrewarding as possible, but that's a rant for another time... suffice it to say if you design your software so that I constantly want to stop using it, your efficiency drops to zero!)

parent andai 2 months ago

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