The Lottery of Life
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HN · launched Mar 18, 2026 · 26 upvotes (top 22%) · 0 views
Niche: simulation games · 118 launches, 12 in the last 7 days ▼ -37% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a single-page interactive simulation using public demographic probabilities, which was created directly as an LLM artifact.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Feature requests: Display as a table instead of interactive spinner, Weight probability by neuron/cell count, not just organism count, Include microorganisms like bacteria and diatoms in the dataset
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 233 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #45 of 234 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 123 days after the earliest competitor.
- wake-lottery · github · 2026-09-27 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- lotto-generator · github · 2026-09-16 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Website that plays the lottery every second · hn · 2026-01-03 · 262 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- life · github · 2026-09-14 · 139 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- 1 in 65 million · ph · 2026-11-04 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- Math Gambling · hn · 2026-09-10 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- American Life · ph · 2026-10-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Richest people in the world by wealth creation instead of ownership · hn · 2026-07-11 · 60 upvotes · similarity 0.50
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