Is this normal?
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Have you tampered with the implants in any way ?
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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Maybe there was a rollback on the server responsible for your part of The Matrix? ;P On a more serious note: for a couple of years, I travelled to my parents' place every month or two. A rather tiring journey about 4-5 hours by car, most of it on the motorway. On several occasions, when looking at the road signs, I realized I had no recollection of long sections of the motorway that I should have passed! Even when concentrating, I couldn't come up with any memory at all. I'm pretty sure I wasn't asleep - at least not for that much of a distance. The only explanation I have is that I passed those sections so often, my brain simply didn't bother to record those parts again, as long as nothing special was happening. Later, I noticed similar occasions when driving to work - a much shorter distance. But most often, when I concentrated on it, I still could remember something. As for passwords, I occasionally had the experience that a password I often typed without thinking suddenly didn't work, and the harder I concentrated what it was, the more difficult it was for me to remember the actual password. It was like the process of concentrating interfered with my motor memory that let my fingers do the work without actually remembering the password as such. I blame it on old age and forgetfulness. I now use a password manager and never had that problem again. As for Alzheimer/Dementia: as long as you can still recognize (and name) your relatives when you see them, and no one reminds you that you 'already told me this 5 minutes ago', you shouldn't worry too much. :)
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)