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I'm in a similar position of never having found a use where memorising lots of facts would be useful. The main use I keep seeing is vocabulary building when learning a language. I'm sure people are using the system for learning other stuff too though?

Seeing this did make me wonder how I might be able to get better at memorising important parts of iso/iec standards at work, but I can't see how that maps to flashcards

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In what context do you find yourself wanting to recall a specific part of an iso/iec standard? Distill that context into a short description and put it on the question side of the flashcard. The answer side then has the corresponding information you want to memorize.

But of course it's possible that you almost never need the same information twice, in which case committing it to memory wouldn't be particularly useful.

I've built one for the US Amateur Radio exam pools (which are public) as I'm trying to sit for both my Technician and General in the same volunteer exam session.

Mixing the questions between both pools and studying as a unit I've found has had two great benefits: 1) I'm not focusing on Technician first and then going for General as a "bonus" and 2) it helps me see the connections between the material.

I have used Anki to memorize cube numbers and roots, recipes, and music theory. If you're interested in other ideas, you can browse public decks here: https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks.

Here's Michael Nielsen on using spaced repetition for math:

https://cognitivemedium.com/srs-mathematics

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