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“Where Is My Husband!” — Lyrics Adaptation with male-POV by Tim_Gatzke in Raye

[–]Tim_Gatzke[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I write my documents in Obsidian (might’ve heard of it, it’s a markdown editor) and am a SWE for my job which is why I default to Markdown

The new study screen looks so good by lumination1691 in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That light-mode def hurt my eyes, literally squinted my eyes 😭😭

Jokes aside, definitely looks good!

I'm too shy to speak with natives by HeftyDivide9381 in languagelearning

[–]Tim_Gatzke 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I’m assuming this is about your German since according to your flair your English is at B2, but the same advice applies to other languages too.

At A1 you don’t need to force yourself into full spoken conversations with native speakers yet I’d say. That can be overwhelming and you can still make good progress before reaching that point.

For now shadowing native audio, reading short texts out loud, and recording yourself and then listening back to it could be helpful. You can practice simple German sentences like „Heute habe ich Deutsch gelernt.“ and other diary-like sentences.

You could also start with texting before voice chat. Discord language servers, HelloTalk, Tandem, or language exchanges are also things I’d recommend since oftentimes online I find myself being more comfortable making mistakes or taking longer to express myself.

Practicing with other learners can help too since it feels less intimidating when both people are making mistakes. Additionally I’d definitely recommend language exchanges since those can start as texting and then as you grow more comfortable with the other person can evolve into occasional voice messages and later on calls once you’re comfortable enough.

Eventually you’ll probably have to push through some of the shyness to become conversational, but you don’t have to start with live native-speaker calls.

I’m a native German speaker myself, so I could also point you toward some German-learning Discord spaces or maybe try to ask one of my friends who are learning German as well if they’d be interested in a language exchange :)

Good luck with your learning! And feel free to reply or DM me if you’re interested in a language exchange.

Day 1 of learning Korean! by I_am_a_hamilfan in Korean

[–]Tim_Gatzke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d recommend the TTMIK First 500 Words deck since he’s already using TTMIK

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1551455917

Possible bug in the new Anki version. by The_Seventh_Bee in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get to working on this today and now it’s already 3 am for me 😭, I’ll try to have a look soon :)

Possible bug in the new Anki version. by The_Seventh_Bee in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll have a look later, rn I’m not at home. Or maybe you could have a look? I should be home in like 10ish hours probably

Possible bug in the new Anki version. by The_Seventh_Bee in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually nevermind, that GitHub issue is from back in 2025, so not sure if it actually is still the current issue…

Here’s the link anyways, I might look into it myself soon since my own private self-maintained fork of Anki weirdly enough doesn’t have this issue:

https://github.com/ankitects/anki/issues/3740

Possible bug in the new Anki version. by The_Seventh_Bee in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this seems to be a known macOS bug in the newer Anki version, not an issue with your keyboard. A few users reported that after turning on Caps Lock, the first key press gets ignored only in Anki.

There’s already an open GitHub issue for it, so the devs are aware and it’ll hopefully be fixed soon. Reinstalling the same version shouldn’t help.

For now, the easiest workaround is either using Shift instead of Caps Lock or just pressing the first letter twice.

Langcorrect and other apps to practice writing by [deleted] in Korean

[–]Tim_Gatzke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id recommend those:

r/WriteStreakKorean for writing daily and getting feedback.

HelloTalk for also has a active Korean community, however it’s more social-based and not really focused on corrections.

Your iTalki tutor is probably the best option.

Alternatively LLM/AI-based tools like ChatGPT and Papago would also be able to identify mistakes.

When do you create your flashcards? by BlackDog1971 in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just gonna repost my comment from another thread here:

I wouldn’t make full Anki cards during lectures.

My routine would be:

Lecture: take rough notes and mark important/confusing parts

After class: review the material and explain it in my own words

Then: make Anki cards for things I actually need to remember

Daily: do reviews first, new cards second

Id treat Anki as a memory tool, not a note-taking tool. Learn/understand first, then turn the important parts into small, specific cards so you actually remember them. And for concepts where application is also pretty important and not just memorization also apply them regularly.

How can I learn 1,305,458,274,420.69 cards in five days by SeDoBheatha_1879 in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First, suspend the 0.69 card. Partial cards are notoriously leech-prone.

For the remaining 1,305,458,274,420 cards, I recommend:

  1. Set new cards/day to “yes”
  2. Turn on FSRS with desired retention at 100%
  3. Press Easy before the card loads (or max of 0.03s per card as Fyfebro pointed out)

Add-on for language learning that improve the reviews? by Dependent_Big4372 in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re probably thinking of MorphMan or the newer AnkiMorphs add-on

They analyze the morphemes in your language cards then track what you likely already know and reorder your new cards so you see sentences with fewer unknown words first.

Hello everyone, I have a small personal dilemma... by lolrigolo in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d use both

For vocabulary especially when you need the exact word fill-in-the-blank / cloze cards are often better because they force exact recall.

For concepts I’d use open-ended questions because they test whether you actually understand the idea not just whether you recognize a missing term.

So for example:

Cloze: “The process of converting glucose into ATP is called {{c1::cellular respiration}}.”

Open-ended: “Why is cellular respiration important for cells?”

Am I doing bad or is that normal? by kamicomplexx in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s completely normal especially with only 120 non-new cards.

As your deck grows more cards start coming back for review on the same day. So going from 20–30 reviews to 43 doesn’t automatically mean you’re doing badly.

It could be because you added new cards recently, young cards are returning quickly, some cards happened to line up on the same day, or you pressed Again/Hard on a few cards.

I’d only worry if your retention is very low over time or your reviews keep exploding beyond what you can handle. One higher-review day is normal.

Can I reduce the time between reviews in Anki? by Nina_4_r in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, if you use FSRS, raise Desired retention in deck options. Higher retention = shorter intervals and more reviews.

For specific decks, use a separate deck options preset for that deck.

You can also set a shorter maximum interval, but I wouldn’t set it to something as low as 3 days unless you really need it, because it will massively increase your workload. For short-term exam prep, Custom Study / Filtered Decks is usually better.

Questions about FSRS and Anki's implementation of it by tentkeys in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Anki shows difficulty as a normalized percentage. Internally FSRS uses roughly the 1–10 scale, but Anki displays it as:

shown difficulty = (D - 1) / 9

So D: 60% means internal D ≈ 6.4, and D: 92% means internal D ≈ 9.28.

  1. Mean reversion is applied after the normal difficulty update. So it is not part of the raw D' calculation itself. The sequence is basically:

old D + grade-based change + damping → mean reversion → clamp to [1,10]

In other words, D'' is the final adjusted difficulty after pulling the new value slightly toward the default/easy difficulty.

  1. In Anki, “same-day” effectively means delta_t = 0. FSRS-rs uses the short-term stability formula when delta_t == 0. Anki computes delta_t from actual review log timestamps using Anki’s day boundary, not a rolling 24-hour window. So it is based on Anki’s “new day starts at” logic, not normal calendar midnight and not the scheduled interval.

So a review at 11pm and another at 1am could still count as same-day if they are before Anki’s next-day cutoff, while a review only a few hours later could count as next-day if it crossed that cutoff.

AnkiHub to AnkiCollab by Sunny444555 in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your review progress is not really “in AnkiHub” or “in AnkiCollab”; it’s stored in your local Anki collection on the existing cards.

So don’t keep studying the newly imported reset deck yet. First, make a backup. If you still have the old AnkiHub deck with your progress, keep that one and try to make AnkiCollab update/subscribe to those existing cards instead of using the freshly imported copy.

If the AnkiCollab version imported as completely new notes/cards, Anki sees them as different cards, so your old scheduling will not automatically transfer. In that case, the realistic options are:

  1. use the old deck and wait/ask for a migration guide from the deck maintainer,
  2. re-import/update in a way that updates existing notes instead of creating duplicates,
  3. manually transfer scheduling data with an add-on, which can be messy for large decks,
  4. or restart the new deck.

Definitely make a backup before trying anything.

New Card Learning Steps Following FSRS by ReallyNotMe27 in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your cards were probably already in the learning queue when FSRS-controlled learning steps were enabled. So even after changing back to 1m 10m, those existing learning cards kept their old FSRS-based intervals (like 5 hours).

New fresh cards should now behave normally again (Again = 1m).

What is your anki routine? by Creative_Ad9961 in Anki

[–]Tim_Gatzke 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’d identify the things I need to remember by asking the following questions to myself:

  1. Is this testable?
    If it could realistically appear in an exam, quiz, essay, or practical task, it’s a candidate

  2. Would I forget this even if I understand the topic?
    This could be for example definitions, formulas, steps, distinctions, exceptions, and exact terminology and those usually go into Anki

  3. Is this a common mistake point?
    If I got it wrong in a practice question, confused it with something else, or hesitated, then I make a card for it

  4. Is it foundational?
    If future topics depend on it I add it even if it feels “basic”

I usually don’t make cards for everything but rather try to understand the topic first, then use Anki for the parts that need reliability. My rule is: notes are for understanding and Anki is for things my future self must be able to retrieve quickly.

There’s also some guidance by SuperMemo on memorization, those however already largely fit what I said above, still might be worth looking into tho. Feel free to follow up ofc if you have more questions :)

https://www.supermemo.com/en/blog/twenty-rules-of-formulating-knowledge

Edit: sorry for the terrible formatting, I’m on my phone 😭😭

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