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Viliam_Bur comments on Open Thread, November 15-22, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 20 November 2013 09:22:57AM 4 points [-]

Don't overcomplicate it. Anki allows you to create many "fields" for the card, but you often need two (question, answer) or four (question, footnote for question, answer, footnote for answer). Start now.

Don't worry about creating too many cards, or getting your answers wrong. You learn even by getting wrong answers. The only failure is to stop using Anki. -- Unless the questions are badly designed, in which case don't hesitate to redesign them. For example if there are two questions you often confuse with each other, try replacing them with a question "what is the difference between X1 and X2?".

Create some schedule for using Anki. For example: "the first thing after I start my computer".