wedrifid comments on Spaced Repetition Database for the Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions Sequence - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 25 June 2010 08:31:20AM 0 points [-]

Hmm... Does Anki allow me to review all of my decks of study material simultaneously? Specifically opening up an individual topic of study defeats at least half of the purpose that I use spaced repetition for!

Comment author: Mark_Neznansky 02 July 2010 12:07:55AM 4 points [-]

Anki also allows to tag cards, so instead of splitting your data bases to different decks, you can split them to different tags on a single deck. This way you can review them all together, as well as review specific tags if the need rises.

Comment author: wedrifid 02 July 2010 02:51:41AM -1 points [-]

Excellent! Thanks Mark. That's a feature that may tip the balance. I'll certainly consider Anki for the iPhone app at least.

Comment author: gwern 02 July 2010 05:10:38AM *  1 point [-]

It's a pretty standard feature. I mean, Mnemosyne has always had categories*, as has SuperMemo. I'm hardpressed to think of any serious SRS which doesn't include categories or tags.

* instead of tags; tags are part of Mnemosyne 2.x

Comment author: divia 26 June 2010 05:39:26AM 1 point [-]

It doesn't allow you to review all your decks simultaneously, but you can merge decks by importing one deck into another. http://ichi2.net/anki/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#How_can_I_merge_or_split_decks.3F