Score Nested Cloze Deletions When You Remember The Parent

Posted on March 14, 2020

First read my article about [Overlapping and Nested Clozes](/anki/learning/code/python/overlapping-clozes.html). If you have nested clozes such as: > Cloze 1: `In 14[...], Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue` (answer: 92) and > Cloze 2: `In [...], Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue` (answer: 1492) Then remembering cloze 2 means that you remembered cloze... [Read More]

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Overlapping and Nested Clozes

Posted on November 21, 2019

Being able to use overlapping and nested cloze deletions is super useful in a flashcard application. It's something that I felt was sorely missing from the flashcard applications that I've used. * [*These are overlapping*] cloze deletions * These are [*overlapping cloze deletions*] * And these are [*nested*] cloze deletions... [Read More]

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Best Order To Learn Spanish Conjugations According To Word Frequency Data

Posted on February 21, 2019

If you want to tackle Spanish verb conjugation in an order that goes from most common uses to least common uses, and in an order that gradually builds your knowledge using the smallest increments possible, I think the curriculum below may be what you're looking for. * TOC {:toc} ##... [Read More]

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Two Short Python Scripts For Tomboy Notes

Posted on May 16, 2018

OK, here are two more scripts I wrote to do useful things with python and Tomboy notes. ## tbclip This first one copies whatever text is currently selected and creates a Tomboy note with it. NB: You must have *xclip* installed. ```python #!/usr/bin/python import sys, dbus, subprocess #Get the D-Bus... [Read More]

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Display Your Most Recent Tomboy Note

Posted on May 16, 2018

This is a handy little script I came up with. It displays the most recently modified Tomboy note. This is helpful if, like me, you make pull up a new Tomboy note for something quick and then accidentally close it by hitting *escape* or something. Creating a hot-key for this... [Read More]

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Delete Old Uncategorized Tomboy Notes From Cron

Posted on May 16, 2018

I read an [article](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2007/09/using-the-tomboy-d-bus-interface/) about using python and dbus to automate some stuff with Tomboy Notes and was inspired to do some coding of my own. ## In a Nutshell Use the code below (and a cron job) to automatically delete Tomboy notes that were last modified more than 30... [Read More]

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