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I Asked My Linux Server to Predict My Death. The Result Froze Me
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I thought it was just a script for fun. Until it gave me a date I can’t unsee — and started acting like it knew something I didn’t.
The Joke That Went Too Far
I was bored one night, tinkering on my Linux machine like always.
I thought: What if I could make my server predict my death date?
Not seriously — just a random future date from a script I’d call DeathPredictor.sh . I wrote it in 15 minutes.
DeathPredictor.sh
#!/bin/bash year=$(( $(date +%Y) + (RANDOM % 50 + 1) )) month=$(( RANDOM % 12 + 1 )) day=$(( RANDOM % 28 + 1 )) date -d "$year-$month-$day" +"%d %B %Y"
Simple. Creepy. Harmless.
But when I ran it…
It Gave Me a Real Date
user@server:~$ ./DeathPredictor.sh 16 April 2043 user@server:~$
Then the server froze. No logs. No CPU spike. Just silence — for 43 seconds.
Then it came back online.
The Date Meant Something
At first, I laughed it off. But 16 April 2043 felt… familiar. I searched my notes, my calendar, even old family records.
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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Faruk
Faruk | Sciencx (2025-09-24T22:31:36+00:00) I Asked My Linux Server to Predict My Death. The Result Froze Me | by Faruk Ahmed | Sep, 2025. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/09/24/i-asked-my-linux-server-to-predict-my-death-the-result-froze-me-by-faruk-ahmed-sep-2025/
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