;;; Make it more difficult to kill emacs accidentally
  (defun my-kill-emacs ()
    "Confirm before 'save-buffers-kill-emacs'."
    (interactive)
    (if (y-or-n-p "Really kill Emacs? ")
        (save-buffers-kill-emacs)
      (message "Aborted")
      )
    )
  (global-set-key "\C-x\C-c" 'my-kill-emacs)

My emacs uptimes (M-x emacs-uptime) are generally the same as my machine's uptime, which is typically months. Emacs is one of the most rock-solid pieces of software I have running.

It's also great for remote. I have emacs daemons running continuously on my remote boxes. To start work on those machines, I log in and start my emacs client. I've never had a need for things like "screen".

My understanding is that without screen/tmux, the process will die if you disconnect the shell (on a remote box).

Interesting that --daemon works too (I've been running emacs through tmux for years, and never knew that).

Unbind it. Problem solved. That's what I do with my clumsy fingers.