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A long time ago, I had a server in a datacenter, that I couldn't log into remotely...I had to be standing in front of the KVM to type the password correctly. Ge
by Damogran6 4y ago
A long time ago, I had a server in a datacenter, that I couldn't log into remotely...I had to be standing in front of the KVM to type the password correctly. Geolocational muscle memory.
- runlevel1 4y agoThat sounds like "context-dependent memory": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context-dependent_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context-dependent_memory
- devoutsalsa 4y agoI used to use a password that had a number, and then SHIFT+number to get the special character on the number’s keyboard key. When I’d use a virtual keyboard that didn’t map the key to that special character, I couldn’t remember the password until I looked up a picture of a keyboard with a US layout.
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- nightfly 4y agoI've had a password on an SSH key I used like every day for years until it was entirely in muscle memory. Then one day I just... stopped being able to type it, couldn't remember anything about it all
- t-3 4y agoDifferent keyboards do this to me. I get off-by-ones really often when the spacing or layout is just subtly off from what I've been using.