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- Yesterday, 6:30 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Still Life Synthesis Thread
- Replies: 638
- Views: 183947
Re: Still Life Synthesis Thread
It's really ugly: x=182, y=130 179bobo$179b2o$180bo4$51bo$49bobo$50b2o5$57bo$58bo3bo$56b3o4b2o87bobo$62b2o88b2o$153bo3$70bo$71bo$69b3o5$170bobo$170b2o$171bo16$135bo$134bo$134b3o$84bobo$85b2o15bo$85bo17bo27bo$77bo23b3o27bobo$75bobo53b2o$76b2o2$96bo$90bo3bobo$91b2o2b2o$90b2o29bo$121bobo$121b2o15bo$136...
- May 10th, 2024, 10:55 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
- Replies: 4578
- Views: 1765337
Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Years ago I did ran and did a census of the possible one Glider collisions with all stable objects up to 17 bits. A while back I decided to continue with the 18 bit ones. Never saw a natural Clock until this collision:
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x=9, y=13
3bo$2bobo$2bo2bo$b2o3bobo$o6b2o$b2o$2bo$o$2o2$bo$2o$obo!
- May 1st, 2024, 9:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thread for basic questions
- Replies: 4820
- Views: 1238513
Re: Thread for basic questions
"Just because you can, doesn't mean you should." This also applies to naming. There seems to be a lot of "naming" going on which is little more that people trying to assert some sort of ownership of the configurations in question. About a quarter century ago, out here i the real world, I submitted a...
- April 2nd, 2024, 11:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thread for basic questions
- Replies: 4820
- Views: 1238513
Re: Thread for basic questions
I would stick with Golly unless you are doing something that requires a custom implementation. Otherwise, pick a language you want to learn and start here for some advice on what to do next.
- March 19th, 2024, 1:22 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
- Replies: 4573
- Views: 1704502
Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Several variations of that object have been known since at least 2007.
- March 14th, 2024, 1:34 pm
- Forum: The Sandbox
- Topic: Glider Destruction Of Still Lives, Oscillators, Etc.
- Replies: 91
- Views: 19307
Re: Glider Destruction Of Still Lives, Oscillators, Etc.
"I think this has 1G destruction" Note that for an object of size (n x m) of period p, there are at most (p * (4*(n+4) + 4*(m+4))) collisions of a single Glider with that object. Usually far fewer because of symmetry and objects being "rounded", i.e., not extending to all four rectangle corners. Sin...
- March 5th, 2024, 1:06 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
- Replies: 4573
- Views: 1704502
Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread
In the wick stabilization I showed, however, the dominos change into dots and back. You are correct. I never got around to doing much with that type of link (Type F) and that's a Join to a couple of Type B Links I don't seem to have listed. Will save this in case I ever find the time to return to p...
- March 5th, 2024, 11:18 am
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
- Replies: 4573
- Views: 1704502
Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread
I do not think this p2 phoenix wick has ever had a completion before (at least, not as a phoenix): A much simpler version. x=34, y=27 5bo$5bobo$3bo$8b2o$2b2o$9bo$bo$10b2o$2o6bo$6bobo3b2o$2bobo$4bo9b2o2$16b2o2$18b 2o9bo$29bobo$20b2o3bobo$25bo6b2o$22b2o$32bo$24bo$30b2o$24b2o$30bo$26bobo$28b o! Years ...
- March 2nd, 2024, 7:22 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
- Replies: 4578
- Views: 1765337
Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Or minimize the size of the gap created.confocaloid wrote:Now I guess the next puzzle is to find a way to repair the damage to the coiled snake wick...
Or find a way to stop the fuse from burning, in order to create any sized gap.
- February 25th, 2024, 11:51 am
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Thread for your unsure discoveries
- Replies: 3273
- Views: 1499791
Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries
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x=15, y=15
2o$obo2$2bobo3bo$8bobo$4bobo$11b2o$4bo$12bo$3b2o$13b2o$5bobo$7bo5bo$9bobo$11b
o!
- February 20th, 2024, 9:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Golly suggestions
- Replies: 425
- Views: 204922
Re: Golly suggestions
Some of this is only obliquely related to Golly... I've always written RLE parsers assuming that the lines are left-justified, and are padded on the right if shorter than the header dimensions. Similarly, rows are top-justified, with blank lines at the bottom. So, I would argue that centering should...
- February 20th, 2024, 8:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: View multiple generations in 3D with Slice of Life
- Replies: 11
- Views: 856
Re: View multiple generations in 3D with Slice of Life
That might be an interesting application for 3-D goggles, especially if one lives in a jurisdiction where certain pharmaceuticals are legal. I'm semi-serious. Having the history tail off into the distance might be an interesting idea, especially if that volume can be manipulated and changes shown im...
- February 17th, 2024, 2:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Golly suggestions
- Replies: 425
- Views: 204922
Re: Golly suggestions
There's nothing wrong with requiring there to not be whitespace in a parseable token. In the case of RLE runs, that means that the count and the bit-type are a single token, and not split by whitespace or line breaks. In the header, is x=10 a single token, or three tokens? (I prefer three.) Then aga...
- February 14th, 2024, 6:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Golly suggestions
- Replies: 425
- Views: 204922
Re: Golly suggestions
You might consider putting together a validation suite of patterns and objects that an RLE parser should be able to handle, or at least fail gracefully. Similarly, an RLE validator webpage would be useful for testing the RLE output. It could inform a developer if the submitted RLE conforms to the st...
- January 17th, 2024, 12:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Research Notes & Organization Practices
- Replies: 6
- Views: 964
Re: Research Notes & Organization Practices
One alternative to big stamp collections (which become unreasonable beyond some size, and/or when there is a need for regular updates) is a plain text file containing RLEs with comments Yes. That's another good way to do it. I use it for temporary files or patterns needing more work. this solution ...
- January 17th, 2024, 1:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Research Notes & Organization Practices
- Replies: 6
- Views: 964
Re: Research Notes & Organization Practices
Rather than the massive "stamp collection"* file, you might want to consider setting up a database or spreadsheet where each pattern has it's own line or entry, along with metadata like target object, result object, number of gliders needed, notes, etc. Something sortable and searchable. Use apgcode...
- January 10th, 2024, 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would real-time collaborative cellular automata editing look like?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1158
Re: What would real-time collaborative cellular automata editing look like?
I took a quick look at that webpage, and whatever it may be, it's not the Game of Life. It has incorporated elements of Life, but one of the key factors to Life is the deterministic behavior. In Life, cells don't magically or randomly change state because of an act of God or some other external acti...
- January 9th, 2024, 9:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would real-time collaborative cellular automata editing look like?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1158
Re: What would real-time collaborative cellular automata editing look like?
Since Life is deterministic, if everyone starts with the same pattern, then everyone will see the same set of generations and same results. So all that is needed is to agree on which gen they will "stop" at and in order to do their next round of editing. The viewers can move forward at whatever spee...
- January 8th, 2024, 3:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thread for basic questions
- Replies: 4820
- Views: 1238513
Re: Thread for basic questions
From my incomplete records-- 8351 x=11, y=7 2o$obo$3bo$4bo$5bo3b2o$6bob2o$5b2o3bo! bonus: 1097 with no Gliders x=11, y=7 2o$o2b2o$2b2o2bo$5b2o$8b2o$8bobo$8bo! 212 to nothing x=7, y=7 2ob2o$ob2o2bo$5b2o2$4bo$3b2o$3bobo! I also noted a collision between a Glider and a MWSS that will produce only stabl...
- December 27th, 2023, 6:48 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Synthesising Oscillators
- Replies: 1875
- Views: 1133647
Re: Synthesising Oscillators
D'oh! Got them twisted around. Too many Toad pairs out there, and not all pseudo-objects.
- December 27th, 2023, 1:16 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Synthesising Oscillators
- Replies: 1875
- Views: 1133647
Re: Synthesising Oscillators
Much faster than the other 4 Glider construction:
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x=16, y=23
14bo$13bo$13b3o10$7bo$5bobo$6b2o$9bo$8b2o$8bobo3$b2o$obo$2bo!
- December 6th, 2023, 9:44 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Still Life Synthesis Thread
- Replies: 638
- Views: 183947
Re: Still Life Synthesis Thread
The last two steps seem to be repeated. x=287, y=15 8bobo177bobo$8b2o90bo87b2o$3bo5bo82bo6bo83bo5bo$b2o90b2o4b3o79b2o95bo$2b2o88b 2o88b2o89bobo2bobo$274b2o2b2o$bo3b2o174bo3b2o87bo$b2o2bo175b2o2bo$obo3b3o86b ob2o81bobo3b3o86bob2o$9bob2o2b2o78b2o2bob2o2b2o82bob2o2b2o78b2o2bob2o2b2o$8b 2obobo2bo81b2obo...
- November 20th, 2023, 12:05 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: Synthesis components
- Replies: 211
- Views: 57482
Re: Synthesis components
Yes. I did all the objects up to 17 bits, and didn't find much. Most of the one Glider conversions resulted in a smaller, more common object, which usually aren't of much use. Here's a list extracted from my database of the ones that seemed to have some usefulness-- "x=7, y=7 b2o$o2bo$o2bo$b2o$4b2o$...
- November 14th, 2023, 11:20 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: LLSSS min pop search results spam
- Replies: 72
- Views: 6472
Re: LLSSS min pop search results spam
I've always been interested in enumerating objects. I gave up on my search programs as they were just too slow and inefficient. But about six years ago started to run the StillLifeCount* program. Managed to to enumerate still lifes and pseudo still lifes up to 32 bits before I ran out of disk space ...
- November 14th, 2023, 4:36 pm
- Forum: Patterns
- Topic: LLSSS min pop search results spam
- Replies: 72
- Views: 6472
Re: LLSSS min pop search results spam
If you could provide files for each population, with one object per line, that would be most appreciated.