Thread For Your Accidental Discoveries

[apg]

Maybe we could add another column into the census table, which lists the seed/number for the first soup which generates each pattern

Yes, I was considering adding a dict to the class Soup to accomplish this. It should only take a few lines of code.

So of course I'm really most interested in the still lifes that nobody has ever seen floating in the soup before... and for that we'll need a central server.

Precisely. At the moment I'm getting to grips with the Google App Engine so that I can implement this in the cloud (in Java, most probably):

https://developers.google.com/appengine/

[codeholic]

Two fish ram a boat:

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x = 19, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
o2bo$4bo$o3bo$b4o12bo$16bobo$16b2o2$5bo$3bo3bo$8bo$3bo4bo$4b5o!

[velcrorex]

Another fun still life:

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x = 25, y = 19
4bo$4bo5bobo$4bo5bobo$10b3o$3o$23bo$22bobo$22bobo$23bo3$11boo$11boo5$
12boo$12boo!

[codeholic]

Wow! That's not just another fun still life, it is a century eater! And now it has a relatively simple slow salvo synthesis!

[codeholic]

Glider streams merger with repeat time p38

It can be reduced down to p35 by using a different honey farm synthesis:

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x = 53, y = 57, rule = B3/S23
42bo$42bobo$42b2o10$17bo$17b3o$20bo$19b2o2$25bo$24bo$24b3o4b2o$30bobo$
30bo$28b3o$27bo$28b3o$18bo11bo$18b2o10bobo$17bobo11b2o9$34bo$33b2o$33b
obo5$2o$b2o$o9$51b2o$50b2o$52bo!

[dvgrn]

Wow! That's not just another fun still life, it is a century eater! And now it has a relatively simple slow salvo synthesis!

Nice find! This actually does open up a lot of practical possibilities for using the bistable switch in self-constructing circuitry... in case anyone ever wants to do that.

Here's a slightly more cleaned-up version. It will still take quite a few slow-salvo gliders to build that initial constellation, but it's a very simple recipe to find now:

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x = 27, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
12b2o$12b2o3$5b3o2$3bo$3bo$3bo21bo$24bobo$24bobo$25bo3$13b2o$3o10b2o$
2bo$bo3$14b2o$14bobo$15bo!

[Sokwe]

Glider streams merger with repeat time p38

I can't remember if I've posted this before, but here's a p40 double dependent reflector based on this reaction:

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x = 62, y = 61, rule = B3/S23
60bo$59bo$59b3o8$50bo$49bo$49b3o5$30bo$30b3o$33bo$32b2o6bo$39bo$27b2o
10b3o$21b2o4bobo$21bobo3bo16b2o$23bo19bobo$23b3o17bo$26bo3b3o8b3o$23b
3o3bo3bo6bo$23bo4bo5bo6b3o$21bobo4bo5bo8bo$21b2o5bo5bo8bobo$29bo3bo10b
2o$30b3o2$33b2o$33bo$34b3o$20b3o13bo$22bo$21bo8$10b3o$12bo$11bo8$3o$2b
o$bo!

Here's a slightly more cleaned-up version....

The boat can be replaced with a block in multiple ways. Here are two examples:

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x = 67, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
12b2o38b2o$12b2o38b2o3$5b3o37b3o2$3bo39bo$3bo39bo$3bo21bo17bo21bo$24bo
bo37bobo$24bobo37bobo$25bo39bo3$13b2o38b2o$3o10b2o25b3o10b2o$2bo39bo$b
o39bo2$22b2o28b2o$22b2o28b2o!

The leftmost blinker could also be replaced, but since it is already part of a half traffic light, its probably more efficient to leave it as is.

[hought99]

simple reaction produces queen bee

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x = 31, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
2$5bobo$6b2o$6bo2$16b2o$4b2o9bobo6b2o$4b2o9b2o7b2o!

[mniemiec]

simple reaction produces queen bee

This is how the first period-30 glider gun was constructed, and subsequently the first breeder - ship + glider = queen bee. It can now be done more cheaply, as a shuttle can be made from three gliders. In fact, there are several 4-glider collisions that make a shuttle plus one appropriately-positioned block.

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x = 72, y = 52, rule = B3/S23
8bo$9boo$8boo$13bo11bo$12bo12bobo$12b3o10boo32bo$57bobo$oo48boo4bobo
11boo$oo48boo3bobbo11boo$56bobo$15b3o39bobo$15bo43bo$16bo17$39bo$38bo$
38b3o10$26bobo$26boo$27bo$$59bo$57bobo$oo13bo34boo4bobo11boo$oo14boo
32boo3bobbo11boo$15boo4bo34bobo$21bobo33bobo$21boo36bo!

[flipper77]

3 glider collision produces mold, hopefully someone can use this to break the 5 glider record:

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x = 143, y = 133, rule = B3/S23
141bo$140bo$140b3o$138bo$137b2o$137bobo125$bo$b2o$obo!

[mniemiec]

3 glider collision produces mold, hopefully someone can use this to break the 5 glider record: ...

While this is an impressive result from the census point of view, it's not terribly useful from the synthesis perspective, because the number of additional gliders required to clean up all the escaping gliders, not to mention the rest of the ash, would make this an extremely expensive mold synthesis. If you were to be extremely lucky and find a single "magic bullet" glider that could eliminate it all, it would create an impressive 4-glider mold, but even if it takes only 2 gliders, this would be equivalent to the current best synthesis, but also much larger and messier.

[knightlife]

Found this 22-cell still life at the end of a large methuselah:

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x = 16, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
12bo$12bo$12bo$3b3o4$11bo$11bo$11bo2$7b3o3b3o2$11bo$11bo$11bo$b2o$obo$
2bo!

[knightlife]

Beehive on dock from H+ship:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
13b3o$13bo$12b3o11$b2o$obo$2o!

Too much debris though.

[praosylen]

Long hook as a catalyst:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$4bo$4bobo$5b2o4$10bo$9b3o$9bo5$3b2o$o3bo14b2o$4o14bobo$7b2o9b2o$
2o6bo$2o3b3o$5bo!

Unfortunately, there is a spark that destroys the block and long hook before it catalyzes anything. Just manually delete the spark when it occurs. I hope this reaction turns out to be useful.

[Extrementhusiast]

Pi runs along a trail of blinkers:

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x = 265, y = 103, rule = B3/S23
263b2o$o261bobo$o261bo$o261bobo$4bo255bo2b2o$4bo255bo$4bo255bo$8bo247b
o$8bo247bo$8bo247bo$12bo239bo$12bo239bo$12bo239bo$16bo231bo$16bo231bo$
16bo231bo$20bo223bo$20bo223bo$20bo223bo$24bo215bo$24bo215bo$24bo215bo$
28bo207bo$28bo207bo$28bo207bo$32bo199bo$32bo199bo$32bo199bo$36bo191bo$
36bo191bo$36bo191bo$40bo183bo$40bo183bo$40bo183bo$44bo175bo$44bo175bo$
44bo175bo$48bo167bo$48bo167bo$48bo167bo$52bo159bo$52bo159bo$52bo159bo$
56bo151bo$56bo151bo$56bo151bo$60bo143bo$60bo143bo$60bo143bo$64bo135bo$
64bo135bo$64bo135bo$68bo127bo$68bo127bo$68bo127bo$72bo119bo$72bo119bo$
72bo119bo$76bo111bo$76bo111bo$76bo111bo$80bo103bo$80bo103bo$80bo103bo$
84bo95bo$84bo95bo$84bo95bo$88bo87bo$88bo87bo$88bo87bo$92bo79bo$92bo79b
o$92bo79bo$96bo71bo$96bo71bo$96bo71bo$100bo63bo$100bo63bo$100bo63bo$
104bo55bo$104bo55bo$104bo55bo$108bo47bo$108bo47bo$108bo47bo$112bo39bo$
112bo39bo$112bo39bo$116bo31bo$116bo31bo$116bo31bo$120bo23bo$120bo23bo$
120bo23bo$124bo15bo$124bo15bo$124bo15bo$128bo7bo$128bo7bo$128bo7bo$
132bo$132bo$132bo!

EDIT: Two bits turn a figure eight into a clock:

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x = 6, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
o2$3o$3o$3o$3b3o$3b3o$3b3o2$5bo!

[praosylen]

A p4 domino sparker can hassle a LOM precursor:

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x = 21, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
6b2o10b2o$5bo2bo8bo2bo$5b3o2b6o2b3o$8b2o6b2o$7bo10bo$7b2obo4bob2o$12b
2o2$11bo$9bo2bo$8bo2bo$9bo2$7b2o$2b2obo4bob2o$2bo10bo$3b2o6b2o$3o2b6o
2b3o$o2bo8bo2bo$b2o10b2o!

[simsim314]

Bug in a script gave me this:

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x = 21, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o14$19b2o$7b2o10b2o$7b2o2$2b2o$2b2o2$13b2o$13b2o!

[praosylen]

Two copies of cis-mirrored r-bees from 6 gliders:

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x = 9, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
obo3bobo$b2o3b2o$bo5bo2$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o2$bo5bo$b2o3b2o$obo3bobo!

[Extrementhusiast]

Herschel merge circuit?

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x = 43, y = 45, rule = LifeHistory
17.2C$16.B2CB$17.2B20.C$18.2B3.B13.3C$17.4B.B2C11.C$15.8B2C11.2C$5.2B
2.2B2.6B2CB.B$3.D15B2C$.DBD17B$B3D21B$.D23B$3.21B2C$8.B.14B2C$12.11B.
B$13.10B$10.12B18.C$9.14B17.C.C$9.13B18.2C$9.13B$9.B3D4B.2B12.2C$9.2B
D4B15.2C$9.2B3D2B16.C$9.6B$8.7B$7.8B$6.8B$5.9B$4.4B.6B$3.4B.7B$2.4B2.
6B$.4B3.6B$.3B4.6B11.2C$2.B4.8B10.2C$8.8B$7.9B$7.9B$7.10B$7.5B2C3B$7.
5B2C4B$7.11B$7.4BD7BC.2C$9.B3D4B2.2C.C$9.BDB2D2B$11.3B$12.2B!

[praosylen]

When I was trying to manually find a twin b-heptomino puffer, a spark coil appeared:

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x = 10, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
bo6bo$3o4b3o$ob2o2b2obo2$4b2o!

[Tropylium]

Junk gets pushed 3 cells in 27 generations:

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x = 19, y = 12, rule = LifeHistory
14.C2.D$13.C.CD.D$15.C2.D$12.3C3D$3.A9.C2.D$3.3A$A.2A.2A$A2.A2.A$4.2A
2$.A.A$2.2A!

Expensive glider support for regenerating this would probably be possible.

[praosylen]

I was manually searching 16x16 soups, and I found this LWSS-producing soup:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bobo3b6ob2o$b2obobobob3o$b6obo4bo$o9b3o$o2b2o2b2o3b4o$2b2o3bo2bob3o$2b
o2b2ob5ob2o$o2bobo2b3o3b2o$b6o3bo2b3o$bob3o5bobo$2bo3bo2b2ob2obo$2bo2b
o3bo2b2o$ob4ob2obobo2bo$2bob5ob5o$bo3b6ob2obo$o3b3o2b2o!

Edit: And a temporary aircraft carrier:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
o4bob2o2b2ob2o$5obo2bo3b2o$2b3obob3obo2bo$4obo3b2o3bo$obobo6bo2bo$b5ob
4o2b3o$b5o3b2ob2o$2bobob3ob4o$2bob4obob2o$b2ob5o2b2obo$3bo2b2obob2o2bo
$7bob2obobo$b3o3bob2o2bo$obob2obobobo2bo$obo3b2ob2o3b2o$o3bo4b5obo!

Edit 2: A snake:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2o2b2ob2o2bobobo$4bo4bo4b2o$o2b3ob2obobobo$3obo2bob3ob2o$obob2obo2b2ob
obo$b3o2bo2bob2o2bo$ob3obob5obo$o2bob2o4bo3bo$o2b2o3bo2bo$2o2bob3o2bob
3o$o4bo6b2o$bo2bo4bo2bob2o$o3b5o2b2obo$obo4bobobob3o$ob2ob4ob3o2bo$o3b
o2bo3b4o!

Edit 3: and a temporary tub with tail:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
ob2o4b3obo2bo$5obobobo2bobo$2o5bo2bobo2bo$b3o2bo2bo3b3o$2bob4obob2o$bo
bo3bo5bo$o4b2obobobo$2bo2b2o4bob3o$3o2b2obobob2o$b3ob3obo2b4o$o3bo2bob
6o$bo2bo2bo3b2o$2bob7o3b2o$2b3ob10o$2b3ob2o5bobo$3b3ob2ob3ob2o!

[praosylen]

Weird spark converts an eater head into a mango:

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x = 17, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
11bo4bo$9bobo2bobo$10bo4bo2$8b3o2b3o$2bo$bobo2b2o$2b2o3bo$4b3o$2b2o$bo
3b2o$ob3o2bo$bo3b2o$2b3o$4bo!

[praosylen]

Possible seed for a 2-glider salvo:

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x = 16, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$5b2o2$bo$obo$obo$bo10$11b3o$10bo3bo$9bo5bo$10bo3bo$11b3o$6b2o$5bo
2bo$5bo2bo$6b2o!

Incidentally, there's a cool reaction with the cleanup block where the block rotates an r-mango and gets shifted itself:

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x = 9, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
7b2o$7b2o2$2b3o$bo2bo$o2bo$b2o!

Unfortunately, it is not in the correct place to turn this into an oscillator.

[Extrementhusiast]

Odd reaction for creating a string of tied very long canoes:

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x = 35, y = 35, rule = B3/S23:T35,35
o$2o$2bo$3bo$4bo$4b2o$6bo$7bo$7b2o$9bo$10bo$11bo$11b2o$13bo$14bo$14b2o
$16bo$17bo$18bo$18b2o$20bo$21bo$21b2o$23bo$24bo$25bo$25b2o$27bo$28bo$
28b2o$30bo$31bo$32bo$32b2o$34bo!