I use a yubikey with a static password set in slot 2. There's a shorter mental password I add to the static password. Those combined mean my master password to my password manager is something I know and something I have.
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Don't stress too much about it, we all forget things. From a very old story on Reddit I would recommend double checking your carbon monoxide detectors just to be safe. Guy was starting to lose huge chunks of time and it turned out his apartment had a leak in it, but beyond that it's normal to forget passwords.
Um... about that... I live with my parents and I keep asking my dad to install a carbon monoxide detector, but he keep saying things like "I'll get to it when I have time"... bruh it's been years, I first asked when I heard of that reddit carbon monoxide story. ๐ฌ Um... I don't think he ever installed it, I mean there's a smoke detector.. and I just checked, there doesn't seem to be a carbon monoxie detector... um... ๐ฌ should I be worried? Now I'm getting worried...๐
Don't be worried, but they don't really need to be installed like it's some big operation. Swing by a hardware store, or even target or Walmart, I have the simple Kidde brand ones in my house, they have ones that show the PPM of CO for like, 10 to 20 dollars or something. You can put it on the wall if you like, just a couple of screws, or 3m strips or whatever. It'll come with a 9volt battery.
If it's not this time then at least you have it going forward. Small CO leaks do have short term memory issues, (I believe) sleep issues, irritability, and headaches as symptoms, but the worry is if a little is leaking then what happens if a lot starts leaking. Knowing is half the battle. Your dad is plain lazy, they're cheap and easy to install, and every house should have them. (I believe it's even code that you must have them).
For reference, in my house my PPM has never been above zero. You're more than likely fine, but it is alarming your house doesn't have any.
If you turn it on and ppm is up and it starts going off then I'd jump to action, which is usually calling the fire department if it's critical levels or just the gas company if it's lower, and seeing your doctor. Again not saying all of this to panic you, don't freak out, just good to know these things for your own safety.
You probably just forgot your password lol, but just to be safe pick up a CO alarm :). Maybe today if you don't have any
I know keepass has an xml exploit to get it to dump passwords. Maybe butearden has a similar vulnerability?
it doesn't sound like anything abnormal to just completely forget a new password, let alone one part of it. I would not see anything to worry about in this instance. but if you're worried about your memory more generally, how is your sleep? do you get enough, is it restful, do you snore, is your schedule consistent, do you eat before bed? there can also be lots of other common factors like unresolved emotional trauma or depression or neurodivergent traits. additionally, memory is a skill that can be trained if you want to have a good memory.
again, this incident is not something to worry about. if you feel like there's a pattern, there are many things you can look into but start with your day-to-day state. investigate how your body and mind feel. I can't even begin to get close to saying you may have a particular condition, just want to give some lines of thought you can investigate if you want.
I don't really sleep well. I can't really sleep so I just use my phone until I'm too tired to stay awake. And my parents say I snore very loudly. And I'm diagnosed with depression and I kinda get anxiety attacks recently. I can't function enough to go to college so I had to withdrawl. Now I can't even relax and log in to post memes on lemmy in peace ๐.
And um I'm not sure if this is relevent, but I recently just got so paranoid about my family shoulder snooping on my passwords so that's why I changed my Bitwarden password in the first place.
Memory problems checks out for all that, yes