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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.

Several variations of that object have been known since at least 2007.

"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...

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...

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 ...

confocaloid wrote:Now I guess the next puzzle is to find a way to repair the damage to the coiled snake wick...

Or minimize the size of the gap created.
Or find a way to stop the fuse from burning, in order to create any sized gap.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

D'oh! Got them twisted around. Too many Toad pairs out there, and not all pseudo-objects.

Much faster than the other 4 Glider construction:

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...

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$4b2o$...

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 ...

If you could provide files for each population, with one object per line, that would be most appreciated.

What's interesting is not about the omnibus, but how it is formed. Except all you did was post it without any comment. You need to also tell your readers why you consider it interesting, not expect your readers to have to figure it out on their own. Most won't take the time, or not even have an ide...

So are you saying that there a million p2 rotor configurations ? I haven't found such a rotor configuration in wiki You seem to be interested in Period 2 Oscillators. The first things you might consider is to concentrate on the rotors, the active part of the oscillator, as well as the casing, those...

It's an Apple iOS problem as far as I can tell. One fix would be to not use the OS calls and write a method that goes through a directory and builds the list. Which kinda defeats the purpose of having the call available... One thing I did notice, but never investigated fully is that it does appear t...