Comment by Gys

1 day ago

I found it a little annoying that SRS is immediately explained to mean Spaced Repetition System, but then the F is added without explaining what it stands for. Most references of the article do neither. Except https://github.com/open-spaced-repetition/fsrs4anki/wiki/The... which says the F means Free. Seems a little too easy? I found nothing else. Chatgpt says it means Flexible, which actually makes more sense? Anybody else can chip in?

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jarrett-ye  1 day ago

What does the 'Free' mean in the name?

The algorithm (FSRS) supports reviewing in advance or delay. It's free for users to decide the time of review. And it will adapt to the user's memory.

Meanwhile, spaced repetition is one essential technology to achieve free learning.

FSRS runs entirely locally and has no risk under others' control.

source: https://github.com/open-spaced-repetition/free-spaced-repeti...

ayrtondesozzla  1 day ago

When "FSRS" is first used it's a clickable link, and the first sentence on that link is:

> FSRS (Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler) is a modern spaced repetition algorithm that was developed by Jarrett Ye.

If I do a search of "flexible spaced repetition software" I get no results, which strongly suggests the dumb guesser you're using guessed something plausible to placate its user. This is common behaviour for this type of software.

In summary, I politely suggest you critically review how you interact with knowledge on the internet.