This isn’t really meant to save anyone’s life. But it would let someone know to come pick up your corpse before it melts into the carpet and your cat starves.

  • @SpaceNoodle
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    1611 months ago

    This already basically exists.

    • @solarbabies
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      311 months ago

      yes you can also set this up in Gmail, but why you would have it contact emergency services is beyond me. if it’s been that long, it’s no longer an emergency!

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        011 months ago

        For example, assisted living facilities require a check-in every day or else emergency services are dispatched.

  • @andrewth09
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    1011 months ago

    Literally just a dead man’s switch.

  • @[email protected]
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    911 months ago

    This is truly shitty, nice work.

    Wake up early, forget to unset the alarm, and leave for an early start at the office.

    The number of false calls it would generate is so high lol.

    • @ExtraMedicatedOP
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      1111 months ago

      A mobile app to control it remotely could help. The app could even require access to your contact list for some reason.

      • @[email protected]
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        1011 months ago

        "Hey boss, I won’t be coming in today because unfortunately I am deceased.

        With that in mind, I’d like to take this post-mortem opportunity to let you know what a total piece-of-shit dickhead you really are…”

        • @ExtraMedicatedOP
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          611 months ago

          You just took this from a shitty million dollar idea to a shitty billion dollar idea.

  • layzerjeyt
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    311 months ago

    You can request mail carriers to do this in a lot of places. Usually a service for elderly people who are living alone. If the mail carrier notices the mail isn’t getting taken out of the box they will have a process to alert someone to check in.

    It is a public service provided at no (low?) cost which merely formalizes an act of basic human decency. It is not gonna make anybody rich.

  • @edgemaster72
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    311 months ago

    Good news cuz the cat will just eat your corpse, which will eliminate some of the melting and delay them starving