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Kazyan

The standard H-to-B, Conduit 1, would fit there, but the p3 sparker is slightly too obtrusive. A smaller JLS result to replace it would seal the deal on a smaller p57 gun.

Kazyan

An idea for reducing the front-wings formation in the recent c/4o synthesis by replacing the three-beehives cluster: x = 54, y = 13, rule = LifeHistory 2.2A$A$A.2A$2.2A40.A$3.A39.2A5.2A$2.2A5.2C2A30.2A6.A$2.2A2.C2.C.CA31. A2C3.A$5.C.C.C.C2A31.C.C2.2A$6.C.C.CA3.A30.C.C.A2.A$8.C4.2A33.C3.2A$ 7.C.C4.A3...

Kazyan

Awesome! With any luck, a small p76 gun will come out of this.

Kazyan

Here is a blueprint for a cheaper construction of the central still life: x = 102, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 2b2o$b3o$b2o$2bo28b2o28b2o28b2o$32bo29bo29bo$3o28bo29bo28bo$31b4o26b4o 25b5o$3b3o29bo29bo29bo$7b2ob2o19b4o2b2ob2o16bo2b4o2b2ob2o16b7o2b2ob2o$ 3o5bob2o18bo7bob2o14bobobo7bob2o15bo10bob2o$8bo22b4o3...

Kazyan

The long hook with tail is unnecessary, but it's still neat to see it used to catalyze something. Correct. The purpose of the long hook with tail is to reduce the repeat time of the p5 glider duplicator design from 75 to 70: x = 103, y = 41, rule = LifeHistory 2B21.2A14.4B17.2B21.2A14.4B$2BA21.A13....

Kazyan

The closest I can manage is this, sacrificing a block to liberate a glider from the syringe: x = 58, y = 32, rule = LifeHistory 3.A53.B$2.2BA51.2B$2.3AB49.3B$3.4B47.4B$4.4B10.A34.4B$5.4B7.3A33.4B$ 6.4B5.A21.B13.4B$7.4B4.2A19.3B11.4B$2A6.9B17.6B8.5B$.A7.6B13.4B2.7B3. 8B$.A.2A5.6B3.B2.2B2.26B$2.A2.A4...

Kazyan

Hey, that might even make Rob's p16 a little cheaper to build. It currently costs eleven gliders, so it's an improvement if this constellation can be built with six gliders or less: x = 38, y = 51, rule = LifeHistory A.A$.2A$.A21$24.A.A$25.2A$25.A2$21.A.A$22.2A13.A$22.A12.2A$ 36.2A8$17.2A$17.2A$23....

Kazyan

I had an idea with which to possibly build new shuttle oscillators, but I don't think the search programs exist yet to do so. Consider the following reaction: x = 28, y = 3, rule = B3/S23 obo22bobo$b2o22b2o$bo24bo! It's completely possible that one, two, or three catalysts can be placed here such th...

Kazyan

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x = 100, y = 41, rule = B3/S23
10bo$8bobo$9b2o12$o$b2o$2o12$96b2o$97bo$95bo$20b2o15bo57b2o$19bobo6bo
7b2o58bo$21bo7bo6bobo57bob2o$27b3o67bobo$92b2o$92b2o$27b2o$28b2o60b2o$
27bo61bobo$91bo!

Kazyan

Integral with cis-hook in 7G:

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x = 27, y = 26, rule = B3/S23
15bo$14bo$obo11b3o$b2o$bo16bobo$18b2o$19bo2$15bo$16b2o$15b2o6$9b2o$8bo
bo$10bo3$6b3o$8bo$7bo17bo$24b2o$24bobo!

Kazyan

I was able to combine two variants on the drifter catalyst together to yield an eater that works in places that fishhooks do, but which produces a spark that can activate the pond-and-block reaction: x = 24, y = 38, rule = B3/S23 14b2o$14bo$15bo3b2o$13bobo2bobo$12bob2obo$12bo4bob4o$10b2ob4obobo2bo$ ...

Kazyan

Wouldn't a long beehive be the central region in xs20_bd0ehe0db ? If so, would the region in your fast component be a tire or a long tire? Yes, "long beehive" for xs20_bd0ehe0db's 3-length region is more consistent with how "long" is used everywhere else. The 4-length region is what I think of as a...

Kazyan

It also works with Catagolue's four-glider synthesis of a beehive with tail (although you probably already noticed that). x = 17, y = 21, rule = B3/S23 2bo$obo$b2o5bo$8bobo$8b2o3$15bo$3o11bo$2bo11b3o$bo$6bo$6b2o$5bobo$10b 3o$10bo$11bo2$6b3o$8bo$7bo! Along with the add cap, add long hook, and add ti...

Kazyan

Fast component that, surprisingly, gives us another 5G synthesis of an object:

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x = 13, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2bo$3bo$b3o4bo$7bo$7b3o3$b2o$obo$2bo2$6b2o$7b2o$6bo3b2o$10bobo$10bo!

Kazyan

3G + fishhook = HWSS:

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x = 9, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
2bo$3b2o$2b2o3$3b2o$4bo$4bobo$5b2o2$7bo$b2o4b2o$obo3bobo$2bo!

This is slightly interesting because the HWSS forms from one of the gliders in the same way that an LWSS normally forms.

Kazyan

Does this have any hope of being synthesised? It's a puffing tagalong for an existing spaceship (30P5H2V0) with a 39-glider synthesis : x = 13, y = 24, rule = DoubleB3S23 9.C$8.3C$7.C3.C$7.2C.2C$3.C$2.C.C2.C.4C$.C3.C2.C2.C$2.C.2C$3.2C$3.2C$ 3.C$2.3A$.A3.A$.4A$A5.A$A2.A$5.A$.A.A$2.2A3$3.A$.2A.2A$2.A...

Kazyan

Idea for a component that should be generally-useful, but some LLS investigation may be necessary to complete it: x = 87, y = 13, rule = B3/S23 58bo$20b2o37bo17bo$20bobo17b3o15b2o5b2o10bo7bo$22bo16bo3bo13b3ob2o2bo 11bo3b5o$22b2o19bo15bo2b2o13bob7o$43bo11b2o18b2o$2b2o18b2o17b2o11bo7b 2o18b2o$o2b3o14b...

Kazyan

4G version:

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x = 21, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
obo$b2o$bo$13bo$14b2o$13b2o2$17bo$17b2o$16bobo4$9b2o$10b2o5b2o$9bo7bo$
18b3o$20bo!

Kazyan

Such long period-multipliers with a fixed minimum population may be useful for self-constructing circuitry. Does this method allow for a glider stream to be thinned by a factor of n for every sufficiently large n ? Answering this will depend on whether there is a sufficient number of ways to get a g...

Kazyan

Idea for this xs20, with some confusion about how to insert the spark:

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x = 11, y = 14, rule = LifeHistory
C.C$.C4.A$5.A.A$3C2.2A.A$3C5.A$5.3A.2A$.A2.A2.A2.A$A.A2.A2.A$.A4.2A3$
4.2A$5.2A$4.A!

Kazyan

The size of the cleanup would seem to indicate this isn't an improvement on the current recipe, though it does have the distinction of being triggered by a temporary queen bee shuttle... It's certainly possible that the final stage could be built in less than 13 gliders, though: Here it is in 11G; ...

Kazyan

A throwback final step, the kind that we had before the advent of spark_search: x = 30, y = 30, rule = B3/S23 13bo$13bobo7bo$13b2o8bobo$23b2o4$11bo15bobo$obo7bobo14b2o$b2o8b2o4b2o 9bo$bo16bo$6b2o7b3o$6b2o3b2o2bo$11b2o$22bo$14b2ob2o2bobo$15bobo3bobo$ 15bobo4bo$16bo3$4b2o$5b2o$4bo$17b2o$16b2o$18bo$5b2...

Kazyan

Edit: One of the blocks can be replaced with a glider. x = 33, y = 29, rule = B3/S23 9bobo$9b2o$10bo$obo$b2o$bo3$14bo$12b2o14bo$13b2o12bobo$21b2o3bobo$10b o10bobo2b2o$8bobo12bo$9b2o12b2o3$30b3o$30bo$31bo7$30b2o$30bobo$30bo! Further reduction with a 4G popseq result and a 3G synthesize-patt result: ...

Kazyan

I love it when a plan comes together: x = 124, y = 46, rule = B3/S23 112bo$111bo$111b3o2$15bo$16bo76bo$14b3o12bo64bo3bobo$29bobo60b3o4b2o$ 11bo17b2o68bo$9bobo$10b2o$88bo$89bo16bo6bo$87b3o17bo4bo$105b3o4b3o$99b o$98bobo$97bo2bo$o22bo74b2o3bo$b2o19bobo77bobo$2o3bo15bo2bo58b2o16bo2b o$5b2o13bob2o60b2o9...

Kazyan

xs20 based on its only soup: x = 36, y = 40, rule = B3/S23 bo$2bo$3o7$13bobo$14b2o$14bo15bobo$19bo10b2o$19bobo9bo$19b2o2$16bobo$ 17b2o$4bo12bo$5bo$3b3o16b2o5bo$21bobo5bobo$18bobo8b2o$18b2o$34bo$33b2o $33bobo3$8bo$8b2o21b2o$3o4bobo20b2o$2bo29bo$bo22b2o$23b2o$25bo2$13bo 13b3o$13b2o12bo$12bobo13bo! Thi...

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