On Jul 9, 4:05 am, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually, you cannot freeze your own brain during holidays and prevent it
> from forgetting :-)
I agree. But, isn't there a way to catch up in a more efficient manner
than just working through the backlog of cards in their order due? I'm
thinking of the *relationship* between interval size and overdue'ness.
I.e., the "risk of forgetting" instead of merely how overdue a card
is.
For example: If I haven't reviewed for 2 weeks, I could have the
following cards which illustrate the extremes:
1. A card I reviewed for the first time the day before I went on
vacation.
2. A card I first saw 2 months before my vacation, which I've
reviewed so many times that its interval was 20 days.
And, this card which illustrates something in between:
3. A card I first saw 2 week before my vacation, which reviewed so
many times that its interval was 7 days.
Let's say all those cards were due on the first day of my vacation.
Are they all of equal value? Should I spend my valuable "catch up"
time on all three? With equal priority?
What I see is that some cards (like #3) have a good chance of being
salvaged, and should be seen before cards like #2. Likewise, #1 may be
so far beyond the "forgetting curve" that it's not worth spending any
time on. Just push it back onto the "new card" queue.
I think the ideal way to handle this is:
1. Calculate a factor (percentage) from "amount overdue" and
"interval." This represents how far any overdue card deviates from the
theoretical forgetting curve (where you'd be if you reviewed on
time).
2. Prioritize cards by this factor, not merely which card is "the
most overdue."
3. Have a threshhold (300%?) where cards that are this far beyond
the forgetting curve are treated as not worth prioritization. Push
them back onto the new-card queue. (E.g., if a card's interval was 1
day, and due the first day of my vacation, and is now 14 days
overdue... should I waste my time seeing it first? Should I waste my
time seeing it at any time before I'm caught up? It's 1400% overdue!
Why would I see it before the card that had an interval of 20 days and
was 14 days overdue, a factor of 170%?).
To summarize: I think it would be useful to have a separate "catch-up"
mode which calculates "forgetting risk," focusing the user's time on
the higher risk cards -- which has nothing to do with how overdue they
are.
Probably make a great plugin. Or, am I wrong to view it this way?
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