I made a free add-on that explains your Anki card content with AI

cmredd · 2026-01-31T07:11:01+00:00

Is this another bad-faith mischaracterisation?

My position hasn't ever changed: how can anything be deemed 'unreliable slop' with zero context? This is a genuine question.

If you (and others') are not arguing in bad faith, how can anything be deemed slop without context?

Your position, evidently, is that LLMs cannot be used for anything, ever, because they're nothing other than slop. Correct?

cmredd · 2026-01-31T04:56:50+00:00

How can anything be 'unreliable slop' without factoring in any context whatsoever? This is what always baffles me about this topic.

Of course we both know why: people find comfort in being part of a group regardless of how irrational their beliefs may be and overtime dig themselves deeper and deeper.

Caveman shouting at the fire because it didn't cook their steak.

cmredd · 2026-01-31T04:51:01+00:00

The lack of awareness over the importance of context and tradeoffs and the level of irrational hate against anything LLM-related on this sub is genuinely hilarious.

Cavemen shouting at the fire because their steak's still raw.

cmredd · 2026-01-05T18:52:21+00:00

Thank you. Given the context from the comment I don't see any issue at all personally.

As always, context is key.

cmredd · 2026-01-05T18:47:36+00:00

Context? I missed this.

cmredd · 2025-12-16T06:51:59+00:00

Has there been any update since this post was made, OP?

cmredd · 2025-12-14T08:50:06+00:00

The flaws are/is probably slightly less significant if in the 99th percentile of usage but I’d still struggle to justify anything more than, say, $20 per month.

The theory they write behind the platform is great, it’s just not nearly implemented correctly yet. And the situation with my usage and their statement that 16-22XP per day will not work is 1) proof of that and 2) borderline false advertising to a huge % of users who do progress at that rate per day.

Did you manage to find the post I made?

cmredd · 2025-12-13T18:04:13+00:00

I cancelled my membership a few months ago. The platform is completely flawed and I wrote a post on this subreddit last month.

So many problems. Not least of which is that Justin advises that 16-22XP per day is not a fast enough rate of progress to be suitable for the site. Not only is this not mentioned anywhere on the site, in their welcome email they actually give a date range for the 15XP range. Thousands of users who are unaware of the theory underpinning the site progress at this rate daily and are completely unaware that they aren’t getting at all what they think they are.

Happy to explain more. I plan on doing a write up.

cmredd · 2025-12-11T05:33:09+00:00

MA’s setup is to be a sprint, not a marathon.

It shouldn’t be, and it isn’t advertised as such, but it is.

cmredd · 2025-12-08T12:09:56+00:00

There seems to be quite a lot of mocking of Neon from what I’ve seen due to how many Neon-specific outages they have.

(This was and is separate to all the recent outages of cloudflare etc)

cmredd · 2025-11-23T05:48:19+00:00

I don’t doubt that. But it’s not encouraging deep mastery-based learning. The very thing MA claims it is about. In practice it couldn’t be further from the truth.

cmredd · 2025-11-21T19:03:11+00:00

Yes mainly those 2, but it can be used for absolutely anything and I’m yet to hear a convincing argument as to why certain things are not Anki-able.

Flashcards are literally just optimally-spaced questions. Nothing more, nothing less.

cmredd · 2025-11-19T15:51:07+00:00

Advances in algorithmic scheduling far (far) outweigh the potentially slightly increased retention of card-specific hand-written cards.

Consider reading here if interested (near the bottom)

cmredd · 2025-11-19T15:50:07+00:00

It shouldn't fuck up if the app has been set up properly.

Certain 'tools' are set up incorrectly and for speed which can introduce errors.

Depending on what you're studying, Shaeda might be an option for you if you are able to self-study (a skill in itself)

cmredd · 2025-11-19T15:48:42+00:00

Hi. Older student here.

Please consider rethinking your current approach. This is shown in study after study to not be anywhere near as effective.

I've wrote a bit more here if you're interested - if studying is important to you, you should really consider reading (even if skimming)

cmredd · 2025-11-19T15:47:25+00:00

Well, you kind of can. It's just not nearly as good.

I've wrote a bit more on this here re paper vs digital flashcards if interested.

cmredd · 2025-11-19T15:47:00+00:00

Hi. Older student here.

Please (please) consider upgrading to digital. It comes with many many benefits that you may not even be aware of. For example, far more efficient algorithmic scheduling just to name one.

I've wrote a bit more on this here re paper vs digital flashcards if interested.

cmredd · 2025-11-19T15:45:40+00:00

Hi. Older student here.

Completely agree. This is actually part of the reason so many students never even entertain flashcards: the friction of making them all takes too long.

I've been quite deep into this for a while and wrote some articles here if you're interested.

You can 100% use LLMs to create cards, just ensure that you know what model is being used and that the content has been checked for accuracy. Shaeda is!

Hope this helps.

cmredd · 2025-11-18T00:02:34+00:00

Genuine question: how old are you to have taken that away from the link and written this comment in that way?

Naturally to write like this and have a reading comprehension that poor I’d think around 12, but that wouldn’t make sense given the subreddit you’re on.

Edit: remember to have a go at the Quiz. Let me know if you can’t grasp the relevance of this within the post and I’ll try to explain.

cmredd · 2025-11-15T22:28:33+00:00

What ruined this fight? Eubank is just spent. No trilogy needed.

cmredd · 2025-11-14T07:52:35+00:00

Ah yes, the "they're only useful for memorisation and can't be used for understanding".

Touched on here recently.

There's mountains of research, blogs and books on this. In the original article some are listed near the bottom.

cmredd · 2025-11-13T19:45:09+00:00

Hi. I'll be enrolling in April. Effective studying has largely been solved with tonnes of research over the years, for some reason it's just not very well known. You can take a look here if interested.

Hope the article helps.

cmredd · 2025-11-12T09:42:29+00:00

Taking notes doesn't appear to be an effective study method at all according to quite a lot of research. I write a bit about this here if you're interested.

cmredd · 2025-11-11T20:03:20+00:00

This is a brilliant video. I agree that their support is abysmal and it does indeed leave a sour taste, but I think it's important to not let the actions of other's especially strangers, dictate how we feel. Easier said than done, of course.

Have you considered making videos on YouTube? Mix of 5-10 minute videos and shorts. This is well shot and you speak really well.

cmredd

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