Fed Up with Anki
Jan. 13th, 2026 11:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
disappointed_lesbianBowel function seems like it might be slowly returning to normal. In the meantime, I'm struggling with the associated abdominal cramps again. The dicyclomine I take for the cramps seems stronger sometimes than other times. The one I took last night didn't make me feel woozy, but the one I took this morning did. Maybe the inconsistency has something to do with the medication being expired.
I'm finally going to try to ditch Anki. I can't take the shit anymore. I increased my vm's RAM and anki still causes web browsers to freeze up. This is a problem because I need to use the web browser to look up the vocabulary I'm entering into anki.
I'm switching to mnemosyne. Formatting the cards will take a bit of time and be annoying, but the only real problem is going to be figuring out how to get microsoft azure tts voices working in mnemosyne. I'm hoping AI can guide me. In the past I tinkered with mnemosyne's code a little bit and it seems easier than anki to work with. I may not be able to have a regular study session for a few days. Actually, yes I will because most of my audio is saved on the computer. I haven't been using the latest tts voices because I'm running an old version of anki, because that's the only version I could build. Even if editing and building anki were easier, it'd still be a ram hog. I'm glad to be rid of it.
I had an even larger bowl of oatmeal for dinner tonight and damn it was good. I could have eaten more just because it was so pleasant a meal, but it was actually surprisingly satisfying, so much so that I skipped my second course.
I'm looking into graduate school in a foreign country other than Taiwan. Maybe Singapore.
I was looking at Microsoft's open positions today when I found job in Taiwan. I wonder whether Microsoft has an exit plan for employees in case of invasion. I wonder whether they'd even mention it to new employees.
It's nice to know that illegal immigrants are having an easier time than I am getting jobs:
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/13/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-employed-new-york-city-council
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-operation-highway-sentinel-arrests-over-100-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-gavin
Surely the school superintendent required a social security number to get hired. And police officers definitely should undergo thorough background checks. Human Resources is seriously dropping the ball.
I'm finally going to try to ditch Anki. I can't take the shit anymore. I increased my vm's RAM and anki still causes web browsers to freeze up. This is a problem because I need to use the web browser to look up the vocabulary I'm entering into anki.
I'm switching to mnemosyne. Formatting the cards will take a bit of time and be annoying, but the only real problem is going to be figuring out how to get microsoft azure tts voices working in mnemosyne. I'm hoping AI can guide me. In the past I tinkered with mnemosyne's code a little bit and it seems easier than anki to work with. I may not be able to have a regular study session for a few days. Actually, yes I will because most of my audio is saved on the computer. I haven't been using the latest tts voices because I'm running an old version of anki, because that's the only version I could build. Even if editing and building anki were easier, it'd still be a ram hog. I'm glad to be rid of it.
I had an even larger bowl of oatmeal for dinner tonight and damn it was good. I could have eaten more just because it was so pleasant a meal, but it was actually surprisingly satisfying, so much so that I skipped my second course.
I'm looking into graduate school in a foreign country other than Taiwan. Maybe Singapore.
I was looking at Microsoft's open positions today when I found job in Taiwan. I wonder whether Microsoft has an exit plan for employees in case of invasion. I wonder whether they'd even mention it to new employees.
It's nice to know that illegal immigrants are having an easier time than I am getting jobs:
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/13/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-employed-new-york-city-council
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-operation-highway-sentinel-arrests-over-100-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-gavin
Surely the school superintendent required a social security number to get hired. And police officers definitely should undergo thorough background checks. Human Resources is seriously dropping the ball.
