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I actually found this article when searching for things related to spaced repetition. But I am wondering how well it would work due to the sequential nature of

I actually found this article when searching for things related to spaced repetition. But I am wondering how well it would work due to the sequential nature of the stuff being remembered. I think it's probably easier to navigate from one day to the next with the method of loci or similar, than it is to recall a single day just from its date.

medstrom 3y ago
Yes, you wouldn't use a date. A more likely structure would be: - the front of a flashcard shows a photo from 20 June and the back shows a photo from 21 June - the front of another flashcard shows that same 21 June photo and the back shows a photo from 22 June - and so on! If you have multiple photos per day... maybe you could create a mosaic for each day? Bonus if the mosaic randomizes the order of items on every showing, but not necessary. This seems definitely automatable!
- phreeza 3y ago
  Nice idea, though I guess then in order to actually recall a specific day you'd have to traverse through the entire series? Kind of like a linked list vs an array. Maybe some hybrid approach could work with some "anchor" days that you can get to directly and then traverse from there.
  - medstrom 3y ago
    You'd think so, but that shouldn't be necessary with spaced repetition. It's the same how you'd memorize a verse such as the following: > Roll forth, my song, like the rushing river, > That sweeps along to the mighty sea; > God will inspire me while I deliver > My soul of thee! > Tell thou the world, when my bones lie whitening > Amid the last homes of youth and eld, > That once there was one whose veins ran lightning > No eye beheld. There are 8 lines in this verse, so you make 7 flashcards. One flashcard just teaches you how to remember the second line, having heard the first line. Another flashcard just teaches you how to remember the third line, having heard the second line. Et cetera. Then someone comes along and quotes the first line to you, and you can immediately reproduce the rest.
    - turtleyacht 3y ago
      The Nameless One by James Clarence Mangan
    - phreeza 3y ago
      Yea so for a poem this is working as intended of course, but when remembering your life would you not prefer to be able to recall arbitrary days without having to recite your life from day one?
      - medstrom 3y ago
        OK, you want to be able to respond to a query like "when did I have that new cool hamburger?" Something like that? I'd think you usually could since you do have other memories aside from what the flashcards gave you (I hope). Like this: - you know that you had a fight with your partner sometime in June - you know (thanks to flashcards) that you had that new cool hamburger some days after you had a fight with your partner - therefore, you had that new cool hamburger in June Presto! And if you have some other fact to tie a June memory to an exact date, and you can probably "walk" to the exact date for the hamburger too.

medstrom 3y ago

Yes, you wouldn't use a date. A more likely structure would be: - the front of a flashcard shows a photo from 20 June and the back shows a photo from 21 June - the front of another flashcard shows that same 21 June photo and the back shows a photo from 22 June - and so on! If you have multiple photos per day... maybe you could create a mosaic for each day? Bonus if the mosaic randomizes the order of items on every showing, but not necessary. This seems definitely automatable!

phreeza 3y ago
Nice idea, though I guess then in order to actually recall a specific day you'd have to traverse through the entire series? Kind of like a linked list vs an array. Maybe some hybrid approach could work with some "anchor" days that you can get to directly and then traverse from there.
- medstrom 3y ago
  You'd think so, but that shouldn't be necessary with spaced repetition. It's the same how you'd memorize a verse such as the following: > Roll forth, my song, like the rushing river, > That sweeps along to the mighty sea; > God will inspire me while I deliver > My soul of thee! > Tell thou the world, when my bones lie whitening > Amid the last homes of youth and eld, > That once there was one whose veins ran lightning > No eye beheld. There are 8 lines in this verse, so you make 7 flashcards. One flashcard just teaches you how to remember the second line, having heard the first line. Another flashcard just teaches you how to remember the third line, having heard the second line. Et cetera. Then someone comes along and quotes the first line to you, and you can immediately reproduce the rest.
  - turtleyacht 3y ago
    The Nameless One by James Clarence Mangan
  - phreeza 3y ago
    Yea so for a poem this is working as intended of course, but when remembering your life would you not prefer to be able to recall arbitrary days without having to recite your life from day one?
    - medstrom 3y ago
      OK, you want to be able to respond to a query like "when did I have that new cool hamburger?" Something like that? I'd think you usually could since you do have other memories aside from what the flashcards gave you (I hope). Like this: - you know that you had a fight with your partner sometime in June - you know (thanks to flashcards) that you had that new cool hamburger some days after you had a fight with your partner - therefore, you had that new cool hamburger in June Presto! And if you have some other fact to tie a June memory to an exact date, and you can probably "walk" to the exact date for the hamburger too.