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vsizov··on Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards
Anki is awesome. I used it for a couple of years to improve my English vocabulary but I ended up using spreadsheets like airtable because of few reasons:

1) Import/export is limited when I want to create a batch of flashcards from the list (from ChatGPT for example)

2) It's hard to stick to it and do it everyday. I wish it showed some progress in motivating way. This is why we use TODO lists after all. We human beings love to see the progress. I wish it also included some sticky effect of Pop It Game or Bubble Wrap.

So I just created an Airtable table with few fields: Word, Translation, Days, Repeat (function field "DATEADD(Edited, Days, 'days')"), - used for filtering, Attachment, Edited_at (automatic field).

"Days" is "Single select": 1, 4, 10, 25, 55, 90, 200 days. I set this field with number of days I want to repeat flashcard in.

Sounds cumbersome but it's not. I see the progress - less rows in the table after every click. It's far from ideal anyway and it's not an actual SSR of course but it works for me. And because of some reason it's easier to stick to.

Anyway, Anki is great for most of the cases.

vsizov··on Long-term health risks after having adenoids or tonsils removed in childhood
If you have your tonsils removed you most probably have not a very strong immune system, originally. So it's OK to expect that you're less healthy during the life. I don't think that tonsils removal is causing this, the root of the problem is deeper I think. I have my tonsils removed a year ago when I was 32 because of problems with my joints. They are better now actually. So I would say, you need to remove your tonsils when it's absolutely necessary.
vsizov··on Worked for 52 Years, Still Running: 1912 C-T 4WD Electric Truck
Yeah, I was also confused by 2 hours charge. It's very uncommon for lead-acid batteries...
vsizov··on Worked for 52 Years, Still Running: 1912 C-T 4WD Electric Truck
Awesome, I like it a lot. One note about motor power: 85V * 10A = 850W (which is 1.15 HP) so that seller gives a wrong information!

Thanks for the article