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_tsz4··on Anki: Memorization with Spaced Learning
I'm a big fan of spaced repetition, made a lightweight browser extension to carry around with me when I'm surfing the web https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/harvest-take-notes...
_tsz4··on How do you manage / plan your life?
Love the gardening/farming metaphor. I also use it in the context of investing in myself and those around me, not necessarily for immediately perceivable results. Anytime we do something like reading it's planting a seed for ourselves at some unknowable time in the future for harvesting. I actually themed a passive learning app I made (https://harvest.li) around it :p
_tsz4··on Simple Ways to Be Better at Remembering
+1 for spaced repetition. I automated a schedule (1, 7, 17, 35 days) based on the SuperMemo algorithm for stuff that I read that I want to remember. Currently exists as a browser extension:

(Chrome) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/harvest-grow-your-...

(Firefox) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/addon/harvest-gr...

_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
Firefox port done: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/harvest-grow-...
_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
understand completely about the google signin. will look into how to display the URL as well to give people peace of mind. one day soon will add a dedicated authentication service.. this was just the easiest way to get up and running.

getting signed out happens for a variety of reasons, probably unrelated to the extension itself. ill keep an eye out though to see if there is a systematic reason

thks for the feedback mate!

_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
hah i do this all the time. added a "delete" button to get rid of the useless-in-hindsight stuff
_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
thks for the link. i think main difference is that harvest uses spaced repetition for passive learning, i dont want to see every thing every time i open a new tab. i like looking at my momentum backgrounds :)
_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
mobile app in the plan
_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
lol good idea. can you guys add your emails to: https://aetolabs.com/harvest/

i won't spam you, promise. will notify everyone there about updates like the firefox port

_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
ive actually never tried anki before, but will check it out now. thks for the details!
_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
yes, i will be sure to ping you guys here
_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
interesting. ive heard this a lot. will port it
_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
google extensions are basically all javascript :p and the styling is from https://semantic-ui.com/ backend is node planning to make a simple mobile app so i can save stuff from my phone too. i can do a more detailed writeup later on!
_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
I'm trying to expand my Chinese vocab, so I usually do something like "<characters> translation"

eg. 拓展 expand

_tsz4··on Ask HN: What non-work task have you automated?
Passive learning. Whenever I come across something cool or interesting, I put it into a chrome extension I made called "Harvest". It sends me email reminders of what I've added on a spaced repetition schedule (1, 7, 17, 35 days into the future) for optimal retention

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/harvest-grow-your-...

_tsz4··on Show HN: Harvest, the easiest way to grow your mind (spaced repetition learning)
Yep - same things that you submitted. I use it for new concepts, interesting ideas, lifehacks, quotes.. anything I want to be reminded of in the future
_tsz4··on Show HN: Harvest, the easiest way to grow your mind (spaced repetition learning)
I always find useful tidbits or inspiring quotes as I browse the internet. Harvest lets me write or copy & paste the text so I can be reminded of them later with an automated email scheduled with a spaced repetition algorithm for optimal memory and learning. Try it out and let me know what you think!