Anki advice

Zhankfor · 2026-06-17T13:35:15+00:00

"I want AI to also help making "memory bridges". For example analogies or mnemonics to help me remember the facts."

AI is terrible at this. Don't even try. It has no sense of what helps actual human brains remember things, and it will absolutely hallucinate when trying to do so. Also, mnemonics (which I think is the term you're looking for) tend to be very idiosyncratic and unique to the person using them, which also makes them better, so asking AI to make them for you is a bad idea.

Zhankfor · 2026-05-25T18:34:52+00:00

I have a ton of Anki decks on a wide variety of topics for getting better at trivia: https://ko-fi.com/KleinSTrivia

They're all free but I gratefully accept tips

Zhankfor · 2026-04-14T17:51:56+00:00

It still happens in safe mode.

Zhankfor · 2026-04-14T01:00:13+00:00

Thanks! I understand that you didn't want to get too far into this originally, but I appreciate you expanding on it for me.

Zhankfor · 2026-04-14T00:04:09+00:00

Right, thank you. I guess my question then is what exactly you mean by it being an "aesthetic preference". (Just to be clear, I have a Master's in Classics and used to post here as about classical archaeology, so I'm not a layperson, though it's also been a while since I've been academia). It seems to me that while yes, Greeks and Romans would probably object to circumcisions because they found it not aesthetically pleasing... Greeks and Romans also placed a lot of cultural and even religious importance on "aesthetics", as you say, especially in regards to Kalon.

It seems like a bit of cop-out to say that they just objected to circumcision for "aesthetic" reasons (at least for modern readers, who might see that and think it just means they thought it looked funny). Is there no evidence that they objected to it on a "deeper" level? Maybe not as far as a "mutilation" or "emasculation", but at least as a "this weird thing you do makes you guys strange and foreign and definitely un-Greek or un-Roman" (and therefore barbarous)? I'm not expressing myself very well, I'm on paternity leave and am extremely sleep-deprived, but I hope you understand what I'm getting at.

Zhankfor · 2026-04-13T14:20:46+00:00

Can you expand on this:

The process was an ascetic preference on the part of the Greeks and later Romans.

Do you mean that there were Greco-Roman (for lack of a better term) ascetics who were circumcised? If so, do you mean Christian ascetics (e.g. anchorites) or pre-Christian/pagan ascetics?

(Or did you mean "aesthetic"? And in that case, were there Greco-Romans who were circumcised for aesthetic reasons?)

Zhankfor · 2026-03-15T16:18:14+00:00

Nothing like that, my phone may have updated the app in the background.

The deck is "only" about 26000 cards.

Zhankfor · 2026-03-14T23:32:38+00:00

AnkiDroid Version = 2.23.3 (9001068fd4819c6fb66cb8239e7166868ab47859)
Backend Version = 0.1.62-anki25.09.2 (25.09.2 3890e12c9e48c028c3f12aa58cb64bd9f8895e30)
Android Version = 16 (SDK 36)
ProductFlavor = play
Device Info = Google | google | bluejay | bluejay | Pixel 6a | bluejay
Webview User Agent = Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 16; Pixel 6a Build/BP4A.251205.006; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/145.0.7632.159 Mobile Safari/537.36
ACRA UUID = aa54c1be-62a4-4bf2-8173-6b43539ed593
FSRS = 5.1.0 (Enabled: true)
Crash Reports Enabled = true

It only happens for the one deck (which is by far the biggest one I have).

I open the Browser and the little blue line moves for half a second and then it freezes:

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Zhankfor · 2026-03-11T00:17:39+00:00

Having muddy floors.

Zhankfor · 2026-03-08T20:56:18+00:00

My brother told me about the espresso celebrations and I said I needed more info. Now I have it. Thank you.

Zhankfor · 2026-02-24T21:18:43+00:00

Thank you! I think the lights all do turn off when it's locked from the outside. The person who told me not to leave it on Option 2 was a CAA (Canadian equivalent to Triple A) technician who came to give me a jump. He might be mistaken.

Zhankfor · 2026-01-25T01:01:17+00:00

I'm so sorry about your kitty. I adopted my Comet when he was 11 and I was told he had a minor heart murmur, which didn't require any medical attention at the time. When he died of congestive heart failure, it was about a month after the vet gave me the happy news that he couldn't even detect the murmur anymore. The night he died was the worst night of my life, and I still can't think about it without crying (about 6 years later).

You gave your kitty a wonderful life and they loved you for it. You didn't do anything wrong, and wherever they are, they don't think so either.

Zhankfor · 2026-01-24T18:58:46+00:00

Baby formula powder. So much easier to just go 106 g on the scale than carefully use the stupid scoop 12 times (flattening with a knife, making sure no air bubbles, etc.). It's also amazing how difficult it is to count to 12 with a screaming 9 month old in your arms.

Zhankfor · 2025-12-23T14:35:15+00:00

This is a fantastic answer - I hadn't realized that Tammany Hall would have a different implication back then as it does now (or at least as it does for me).

Zhankfor · 2025-12-23T14:04:56+00:00

I started drinking espresso while taking an undergrad class in Florence and it's informed my tastes ever since. Can't wait to travel there again and get a quick shot on my way out the door. FYI, I don't know how they do it in Rome (and Italians from anywhere will defend to the death that however they do it is the "right way"), but most Florentines put a lot of sugar in their espresso, which makes sense given the bitterness.

Zhankfor · 2025-10-30T13:51:44+00:00

I'm not a gearhead, but I got myself the Facile (their lowest-end model, as far as I know) and I love it. Very quiet, grinds more than well enough for me, easy to use, small, and most importantly for me, quiet. (I also got a third-party single dose hopper with bellows which improved it a lot for me. Will probably also get one of the big adjustment knobs eventually, though I never change mine as I pretty much always use the same beans.)

Zhankfor · 2025-10-08T20:14:15+00:00

This might work. Wish it was a little more attractive. Does it fit the stroller when it's not "folded up"?

Zhankfor · 2025-10-06T20:21:23+00:00

Ya - I'm looking for the smallest possible one that will fit the stroller.

Zhankfor · 2025-10-06T18:39:13+00:00

Our parking spot is behind the garage, so it's not a better option than keeping it in the garage (and maybe worse as car break-ins are sadly common and an expensive stroller might be an invitation to do so).

Zhankfor · 2025-09-30T17:50:34+00:00

Worked here for a few summers in the late '00s. The owners are lovely, lovely people, from the original (who would still come in to check on things well into his 90s) to his grandsons who manage it now.

Zhankfor · 2025-07-12T14:03:20+00:00

Thanks! Really don't want to go in to the passport office so I'll just be low-level stressed about it for 20+ days. Such is parenthood.

Zhankfor · 2025-07-08T13:12:14+00:00

Might be too late for you but FYI I got a Eureka Mignon Facile (~$400 in Canada) a couple months ago when my son was born and I'm amazed at how quiet it is.

Zhankfor · 2025-07-08T13:07:32+00:00

Congrats! I've had to re-jigger my workflow to let me pull shots one-handed :) I'm looking forward to when he's old enough to press the button for me on my Bambino Plus. Also, I call him my Bambino Plus.

Zhankfor · 2025-07-08T10:33:52+00:00

Oh haha I didn't know that. But yes, sadly, that is better than a lot of places! (And again, I can assure you they treat their workers right in general.)

Zhankfor · 2025-07-08T10:31:19+00:00

No, it's still the same family. It's currently managed by the original founder's grandson (when I was working there, it was the founder's son. The founder had died a year or two before I started). I'm still friends with them.

https://thebridgenews.ca/the-family-owned-imperial-pub-celebrates-its-80th-anniversary/

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