Agent J asks: “On the contrary can’t this whole “delete delete delete ambivalence ambivalence ambivalence” mentality be used as a band-aid fix to un-attraction to studying in general (and not lack of interest in the language) to the point that there’s, like, nothing to SRS? I think the biggest reason people dread Anki (or SRS…
Service Announcement: AJATT Library (Re-)Integration with AJATT Plus
by khatzumoto
Hey there, Tiger. The recent backend upgrade over at AJATT Plus has made it possible to provide lifetime access to data over there as well. So…as of today (actually, as of January 27), the AJATT Library is migrating back over to AJATT Plus. Since AJATT Plus can now do everything that the AJATT Library was…
Stop Trying To Do Things Well: Getting Over Zero
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 6 of 11 in the series Mediocre ExcellenceThe biggest hurdle is not quality but quantity. Specifically the quantity known as 0. It’s not doing things badly that’s the problem, it’s not doing them at all. So stop trying do things well. Stop trying to do things better. Stop giving a fucare…
Support Ticket System Backlog
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series The Great Support Ticket System Backlog of 2013Hey gang, This is just a quick note to let you know a little something. The support ticket (suptic) system is broken. Partially in technical sense (overrun by spam), but mostly in a human way (me). In fact,…
There Is A Magic Silver Bullet
by khatzumoto
Looking for silver bullets is the silver bullet. The very act of seeking awesome solutions — magic silver bullets — is itself what will lead you to find something or some combination of things. You keep asking high quality questions, and you start getting high quality answers. Just to keep things moving, you might want to keep using regular bullets while you search for them magic ones, but…yeah, I mean, you don’t stop driving cars until you can figure out how to travel faster than light speed, right?
SRS: If In Doubt, Throw It Out — Ambivalence Is the Greatest Enemy
by khatzumoto
Cards you’re ambivalent about are worse than cards that you hate. Cards you hate get acted on instantly, but the ones you’re ambivalent about are allowed to accumulate until they outnumber the ones you love, and then the whole language, your whole life just becomes one big “meh”. So recast ambivalence as hate. If in…