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Just for fun, it would be cool if each of us remembers to take the time to leave at least 1 or 2 little puzzles for our descendants to figure out, as a way to h

Just for fun, it would be cool if each of us remembers to take the time to leave at least 1 or 2 little puzzles for our descendants to figure out, as a way to have happier feelings again one last time with you, in a way. My grandpa would totally have done something like this. I remember he showed me a big book of unsolved lost locations of buried treasure, and a related story he read me about a golden key hidden behind a wooden tile of Key West, FL in a large, painted wooden wall map of that part of the ocean. I'd totally love to leave a little puzzle for those I love. Maybe we could all try to remember to do so, or do it now way in advance by setting up cloud compute accounts running a script like a time capsule that will send out certain messages at a specific date in the future.

lostlogin 4y ago
> I'd totally love to leave a little puzzle for those I love. Maybe this is a good way of reframing my mess of a Home Assistant install. Why does the coffee machine turn on at that time? Why does the ventilation system do that?
- dopidopHN 4y ago
  « Gran pa is the gost in the machine honey, he often skip documenting his work, too »
  - brabarossa 4y ago
    Wait till people start personalizing ChatGPT…
  - AYBABTME 4y ago
    I'm away from my family (with a 3.5yo kid) and I've been annoying them and reminding them of my existence daily by talking to them over the security system, replaying "I love papa" songs in our Tesla when they drive and making the car fart when my daughter walks by it. I like to think if something happens to me, my wife could impersonate my "ghost in the machine" presence for a bit.
- deleted 4y ago
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quijoteuniv 4y ago
I like this idea. Some comments in the bank account of my daughters with some code. What else can stand the pass of time?
mingusrude 4y ago
In the last three years, I have lost my dad and my mother and father in law. Don't worry, you will leave puzzles behind you whether you want it or not. Taking care of the administrative remains of a modern human being is a big big puzzle.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  The mind departs and the body decays, but the bureaucratic soul lives forever in the paperwork of relatives.
intelVISA 4y ago
Why does grandpa's old Thinkpad keep beeping: .... ..- -. - . .-. ..---?
xen2xen1 4y ago
I've decided to make videos to leave for my descendants and family. Even just one person sitting and describing memories of people with a few family pictures looped in has to be interesting eventually. I'd love to hear my great grandparents talk about the dumb stuff in their life.
latexr 4y ago
> Just for fun, it would be cool if each of us remembers to take the time to leave at least 1 or 2 little puzzles for our descendants to figure out, as a way to have happier feelings again one last time with you, in a way. If you and your loved ones like puzzles, sure, but it’s a stretch to say each of us should do it. For many (I’d bet “most”) it’d just be frustrating to come up with or try to decrypt the puzzle. Do whatever makes sense for your case. I remember (but am failing to find) a story about someone who had Mario Kart on N64 and showed it to their grandfather who enjoyed it so much he bought an N64 and Mario Kart (and only that game) for himself. When they played together, the grandfather always won. Years later, after the grandfather died, they got his old game and console and occasionally played against their grandfather’s Mario Kart ghosts. They still failed to beat any of them, and that triggered fond memories.
- upwardbound 4y ago
  Aww that is incredibly heartwarming to hear about that Mario Kart story. It would be interesting for video gamers of today to leave video recordings for their descendants of their best ever runs on certain games that they love, because the idea of racing against one's grandpa's ghost to learn all his old tricks from seeing him do them is beautiful.

lostlogin 4y ago

> I'd totally love to leave a little puzzle for those I love. Maybe this is a good way of reframing my mess of a Home Assistant install. Why does the coffee machine turn on at that time? Why does the ventilation system do that?

dopidopHN 4y ago
« Gran pa is the gost in the machine honey, he often skip documenting his work, too »
- brabarossa 4y ago
  Wait till people start personalizing ChatGPT…
- AYBABTME 4y ago
  I'm away from my family (with a 3.5yo kid) and I've been annoying them and reminding them of my existence daily by talking to them over the security system, replaying "I love papa" songs in our Tesla when they drive and making the car fart when my daughter walks by it. I like to think if something happens to me, my wife could impersonate my "ghost in the machine" presence for a bit.
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quijoteuniv 4y ago

I like this idea. Some comments in the bank account of my daughters with some code. What else can stand the pass of time?

mingusrude 4y ago

In the last three years, I have lost my dad and my mother and father in law. Don't worry, you will leave puzzles behind you whether you want it or not. Taking care of the administrative remains of a modern human being is a big big puzzle.

TeMPOraL 4y ago
The mind departs and the body decays, but the bureaucratic soul lives forever in the paperwork of relatives.

intelVISA 4y ago

Why does grandpa's old Thinkpad keep beeping: .... ..- -. - . .-. ..---?

xen2xen1 4y ago

I've decided to make videos to leave for my descendants and family. Even just one person sitting and describing memories of people with a few family pictures looped in has to be interesting eventually. I'd love to hear my great grandparents talk about the dumb stuff in their life.

latexr 4y ago

> Just for fun, it would be cool if each of us remembers to take the time to leave at least 1 or 2 little puzzles for our descendants to figure out, as a way to have happier feelings again one last time with you, in a way. If you and your loved ones like puzzles, sure, but it’s a stretch to say each of us should do it. For many (I’d bet “most”) it’d just be frustrating to come up with or try to decrypt the puzzle. Do whatever makes sense for your case. I remember (but am failing to find) a story about someone who had Mario Kart on N64 and showed it to their grandfather who enjoyed it so much he bought an N64 and Mario Kart (and only that game) for himself. When they played together, the grandfather always won. Years later, after the grandfather died, they got his old game and console and occasionally played against their grandfather’s Mario Kart ghosts. They still failed to beat any of them, and that triggered fond memories.

upwardbound 4y ago
Aww that is incredibly heartwarming to hear about that Mario Kart story. It would be interesting for video gamers of today to leave video recordings for their descendants of their best ever runs on certain games that they love, because the idea of racing against one's grandpa's ghost to learn all his old tricks from seeing him do them is beautiful.