When I was having massive amounts of radiation beamed at me, the tech apologized once for all the confirmation steps the process includes and I was like, I will recite my name and DOB every 3 seconds if I have to, I LOVE seeing all the confirmation check steps here!
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If you're brave, read "Set Phasers On Stun"
senior programmer responds, "ah, but ask instead why none of the CHECK()s are firing?"
and thus the junior became enlightened. and started saying "invariant" waaaay too frequently
Stuff only goes right one way, but there are a very large number of ways in which stuff can go wrong.
http://sunnyday.mit.edu/
That said IQ and consistency are orthogonal traits, you want both, we rarely do.
Not looking forward to where this all leads and how we come back from it
Since then I've gratefully noticed every time I'm asked to confirm my last name and DOB. Confirmation checks are good!
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/australia_digital_doppelgangers_privacy_award/
So name+DOB scares me.
Ideally PIN: like your name, but actually unique.
That's amazing you've had the same surgeon since you were a wee baby.