So...there's this thing my head does when someone mentions something anywhere near my areas of expertise, where my head will immediately begin tracing out how it works - what it interacts with - what the base requirements are - possible attack vectors - mitigative strategies - unless I suppress this reflexive thought pattern by force.

Is there a term for this?

'cuz it's -really- annoying, especially when I'm tired and the suppression isn't working so well.

It's also part of why I don't sleep right :-/

@munin oh, i fall asleep thinking about things all the time. i came up with an idea for doing encryption on a service like this the other night.
@rabcyr It's figuring out how to get to the sleep part that's the challenge :-/