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28 Post author: sentientplatypus 07 August 2013 06:29AM

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Comment author: sentientplatypus 08 August 2013 01:57:04AM 1 point [-]

I've got Anki downloaded, but I haven't used it yet - I'll definitely give it a shot now. Not having to make cards before I can start studying makes getting myself to try a lot easier, thanks.

Comment author: ChristianKl 08 August 2013 04:20:00PM *  1 point [-]

Not having to make cards before I can start studying makes getting myself to try a lot easier, thanks.

Actually probably not. Making your own cards is valuable when reading a text because it forces you to actually go into detail and investigate which information is in the text.

Anki exists to prevent forgetting information that you learned. If you try to learn cards that contain information which you don't understand you will waste time.