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Just curios, what do you use Anki for? I always wanted to use it but I never felt it worth the daily effort.

Kinrany 4y ago
Contact info of friends in case of an emergency was the most obvious case. Definitions of rarely but repeatedly encountered terms is the most useful one. Note that it's only a daily effort the first few days. Over time a single card takes like a dozen repetitions (depending on the complexity).
Hamuko 4y ago
I have three Anki decks: one for Japanese vocab, one for kanji, and one for the NATO phonetic alphabet.
lervag 4y ago
I use it for all sort of things: * Vocabulary in different fields * Concepts in maths, physics, comp.sci. * Geography * People I want to remember (both historical and more distant relationsships) * Some useful numbers (e.g. visa card number) * Silly things (like the periodic table) * Programming languages (syntax and similar that I might otherwise forget, and useful standard libraries and third-party libraries) * Useful tools and ideas/concepts I want to remember I make my cards atomic. No long answers. And I avoid having a large workload - I add new cards at a rate such that I review about 60 +- 30 cards per day. It takes me ~15-20 minutes, and I find it very much worth the effort!
brushfoot 4y ago
I can't say enough good things about Anki. It's the best learning tool I've ever used. I dump in everything I care about: command syntax, architecture, diagrams (image occlusion), Udemy course material, etc. It's amazed me the difference it makes versus having to pause and Google all the time. You're faster, you're more competent, and you're better prepared to speak persuasively on the topics you study. I only wish I had found it sooner. Highly recommended.
- pddpro 4y ago
  The hardest part seems to be sitting down to create those flashcards.
rgoulter 4y ago
Anki is killer for vocabulary (and I've heard health science), since this involves a long tail of terms you might need to recall with somewhat low frequency. Otherwise, if you use something frequently, you won't need effort to recall it. In programming, I've found that putting in the effort to make flashcards can help guide understanding. - Understanding some thing is easier if you can recall some basic facts of the domain. And at least, taking the time to break some concept down into basic facts will show what you're familiar with and unfamiliar with.
bulbosaur123 4y ago
I use Anki for studying rare words in dictionary, traffic rules, traditions and foreign languages.
karatinversion 4y ago
Like others in the thread, I use it for foreign-language vocabulary, and this is the large majority of my cards. However, I have also found that when I'm trying to learn a new topic or domain, making 10-20 cards for basic concepts very early on really helps me get over the initial hurdle where nothing is familiar.
tpoacher 4y ago
Short answer: EVERYTHING.

Contact info of friends in case of an emergency was the most obvious case. Definitions of rarely but repeatedly encountered terms is the most useful one. Note that it's only a daily effort the first few days. Over time a single card takes like a dozen repetitions (depending on the complexity).

Hamuko 4y ago

I have three Anki decks: one for Japanese vocab, one for kanji, and one for the NATO phonetic alphabet.

lervag 4y ago

I use it for all sort of things: * Vocabulary in different fields * Concepts in maths, physics, comp.sci. * Geography * People I want to remember (both historical and more distant relationsships) * Some useful numbers (e.g. visa card number) * Silly things (like the periodic table) * Programming languages (syntax and similar that I might otherwise forget, and useful standard libraries and third-party libraries) * Useful tools and ideas/concepts I want to remember I make my cards atomic. No long answers. And I avoid having a large workload - I add new cards at a rate such that I review about 60 +- 30 cards per day. It takes me ~15-20 minutes, and I find it very much worth the effort!

brushfoot 4y ago

I can't say enough good things about Anki. It's the best learning tool I've ever used. I dump in everything I care about: command syntax, architecture, diagrams (image occlusion), Udemy course material, etc. It's amazed me the difference it makes versus having to pause and Google all the time. You're faster, you're more competent, and you're better prepared to speak persuasively on the topics you study. I only wish I had found it sooner. Highly recommended.

pddpro 4y ago
The hardest part seems to be sitting down to create those flashcards.

rgoulter 4y ago

Anki is killer for vocabulary (and I've heard health science), since this involves a long tail of terms you might need to recall with somewhat low frequency. Otherwise, if you use something frequently, you won't need effort to recall it. In programming, I've found that putting in the effort to make flashcards can help guide understanding. - Understanding some thing is easier if you can recall some basic facts of the domain. And at least, taking the time to break some concept down into basic facts will show what you're familiar with and unfamiliar with.

bulbosaur123 4y ago

I use Anki for studying rare words in dictionary, traffic rules, traditions and foreign languages.

karatinversion 4y ago

Like others in the thread, I use it for foreign-language vocabulary, and this is the large majority of my cards. However, I have also found that when I'm trying to learn a new topic or domain, making 10-20 cards for basic concepts very early on really helps me get over the initial hurdle where nothing is familiar.

tpoacher 4y ago

Short answer: EVERYTHING.