Last Post Sends Emails and Letters to Loved Ones When You Die

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3 pointsvillageidiot3 comments

I think this is a brilliant idea in theory. In practice, the sticky part seems to be how Last Post finds out about your death. I guess someone has to notify them officially. Otherwise your relatives might be surprised when they open their mailbox some day. And you would be rather embarrassed that they had learned your parting thoughts before you wanted them to.

Could become a popular service among Wall Street types at the moment.

dead mans knob. Don't respond to x polls in a row and you're assumed to be incapacitated or deceased.

Trains have a similar mechanism, hence the name, it is to avoid a train going on to build an accident with a dead driver at the wheel.

I have a similar idea yet to be fleshed out revolving not around sending messages after you're dead but to alert others there might be a problem. Say you're travelling on your own between x and y, if you don't reach 'y' and reset the timer then an alarm is generated.

For solo travellers, people living alone in remote areas that sort of thing.

Makes complete sense. I like your idea. You should do it.

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