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> This is not a dead man, I am really alive

Hi there! Just a friendly note since it appears that there might be a slight misunderstanding (perhaps ESL?)

The "deadman's switch" [1] is not in reference to you (the creator) being a literal dead person, but rather to the definition of your service being built to operate in the event something (like being kidnapped/killed/incapacitated) happens to the user.

Hope that helps clear up the confusion.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man%27s_switch



Hey there :), I tried to joke about it and I did it really badly, sorry, thats why I said I am really alive, trying to say that there is no switch for me, not yet.

Thank you!




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