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by HartmutHolzwart
February 25th, 2024, 11:45 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

I've been running a huge mess of 3c/6 b2f searches for just about every initialization I could think of. It's definitely still a work in progress, but this easily-solvable reduction to c/2 dropped out for this wick ("double snake"?). The quickest c/2 solution I could slop together, no doubt wildly ...
by HartmutHolzwart
February 16th, 2024, 8:48 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Pattern Of The Year 2023 Nominations
Replies: 53
Views: 5434

Re: Pattern Of The Year 2023 Nominations

The difference between ordinary stretchers and greystretchers is that the latter are always infinite families of stretchers of growing widths. As much as greyships are not single spaceships but families of them. They go one step farther so to speak. The particular twist in the new greystretchers is ...
by HartmutHolzwart
February 14th, 2024, 1:25 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

This c4d has 62 cells, but not contained in ships-c4d-small:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
16b3o$16bo$17bo$19b2o$20bo$15b3o$15bo$18b2o$15bo2b2o$18bo$13bob2o$12b
3o3bo$11b3obo3bo$10b4obo2bo$11bo$5b2obobob2o$2o3bo4bo$obo2bo$o6b3obobo
$3bo3b2o3bo$3b2o!
by HartmutHolzwart
February 9th, 2024, 8:48 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Pattern Of The Year 2023 Nominations
Replies: 53
Views: 5434

Re: Pattern Of The Year 2023 Nominations

Absolutely no idea on whether to split or not. But it's really impressive to have it all at one place! Thanks for the compilation. I wonder if we could still find the one ore other small improvement for the patterns, now that I see them again. Not that this would change the message: A gap is closed ...
by HartmutHolzwart
February 5th, 2024, 8:16 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

At dbell's suggestion I gave up on perfect clearance when trying to find a traffic light and/or both-phases blinker c/4d eater and it worked out much, much better, which is to say at all. Pictured here eating half of one traffic light, clearing a traffic light 4 half diagonals over (3 over is still...
by HartmutHolzwart
February 1st, 2024, 12:54 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: 50c/154 Condupillar thread
Replies: 9
Views: 761

Re: 50c/154 Condupillar thread

Btw., could someone run helix.pl and build_helix.py on 50c/154? That would most likely give alternative "standard" helices, but use much more *WSS.
by HartmutHolzwart
January 22nd, 2024, 3:40 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 260
Views: 22222

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

To me it looks as if there is a solution, only we're currently not advanced enough to find it. You're the only one anywhere near it...

The world of 3c/6 seems to be rich, but hard to explore. There is no smallish ship with useful sparks like the *WSS for 2c/4 or the spider for c/5. But who knows!
by HartmutHolzwart
January 15th, 2024, 1:57 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: LLSSS min pop search results spam
Replies: 68
Views: 5786

Re: LLSSS min pop search results spam

Great!

I would be interested in the actual ships found (say up to population count 79), just to see whether there are any surprises. Are they available in a Golly-readable format?
by HartmutHolzwart
January 12th, 2024, 3:02 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

It’s a pity that Keith’s programs are not easily available to the public. Other people making clever use of its features would potentially open a lot of new use cases. By this I assume you mean that his programs are not easily usable (and some experimental features might not be available). Keith's ...
by HartmutHolzwart
January 12th, 2024, 4:57 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Nice: Now the base ship no longer looks like an amoeba but more a compact blob…

It’s a pity that Keith’s programs are not easily available to the public. Other people making clever use of its features would potentially open a lot of new use cases.
by HartmutHolzwart
January 8th, 2024, 4:34 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 260
Views: 22222

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

I would have two partials you'd maybe be able to complete: x = 116, y = 123, rule = B3/S23 $17bobo$16bo2bo$15b2o$14bo$13b4o$12bo4bo$12bo2bo$12bo2bo$13bo$14b4obo$ 15bo3bo$16bo$16bobo17bobo$35bo2bo$15b3o16b2o$15b2o16bo3bo$15b3o14b3obo $29b2o$16bobo9bo3b5o$16bo10bo3bo$15bo3bo7bo5b2o$14b4obo7b3o3b4o$13b...
by HartmutHolzwart
January 7th, 2024, 5:56 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Construction Challenges and Ideas
Replies: 68
Views: 11955

Re: Construction Challenges and Ideas

Find fenceposts for all the wicks ind the jslife wicks collection, in particular those with period >50.
by HartmutHolzwart
January 4th, 2024, 4:12 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 260
Views: 22222

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

Nice one! I would take any front for that double block line as well...
by HartmutHolzwart
January 4th, 2024, 8:50 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 260
Views: 22222

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

maybe in beetwen you can find a completion for the following double block eater partial? x = 48, y = 110, rule = B3/S23 3$23bobo$22bo2bo$21b2o$20bo3bo$19b3obo$16b2o$15bo3b5o$14bo3bo$14bo5b2o $14b3o3b4o$15bo7bo$15b2o$15bobo$15b2o2bo$16bobo$32bo$16b2o13bo$16bo2bo 9b2obo$17bo2bo8bo$17b3o9bo4bo$18bo11b2...
by HartmutHolzwart
January 3rd, 2024, 1:46 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 260
Views: 22222

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

Many thanks for this! I think I can derive what I actually want on my own from there! Edit: Here is a clumsy proof of concept cobbled together with standard parts: x = 327, y = 159, rule = B3/S23 2$156bo3bo$155b3ob3o$154b2obobob2o$153b2o7b2o$154bo7bo$153b2o7b2o$151b 2obobo3bobob2o$152bobob2ob2obobo$...
by HartmutHolzwart
January 3rd, 2024, 8:11 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Soup search results
Replies: 2588
Views: 1892050

Re: Soup search results

Now this is weird!Somehow the debris of this multi switsch engine puffer is ignited from below after quite some long time.
by HartmutHolzwart
January 3rd, 2024, 3:22 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 260
Views: 22222

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

Looks like you got it done other than perhaps a few copy/paste errors. Thanks for notifying! Here it is corrected: x = 260, y = 210, rule = B3/S23 101b3o16b3o15b3o16b3o$100bo3bo14bo3bo13bo3bo14bo3bo$99b2o4bo12bo4b2o 11b2o4bo12bo4b2o$98bobob2ob2o3b4o3b2ob2obobo9bobob2ob2o3b4o3b2ob2obobo $97b2obo4bob...
by HartmutHolzwart
January 2nd, 2024, 2:58 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 260
Views: 22222

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

Just as a baseline for better solutions: x = 259, y = 210, rule = B3/S23 100b3o16b3o15b3o16b3o$99bo3bo14bo3bo13bo3bo14bo3bo$98b2o4bo12bo4b2o11b 2o4bo12bo4b2o$97bobob2ob2o3b4o3b2ob2obobo9bobob2ob2o3b4o3b2ob2obobo$ 96b2obo4bob2ob4ob2obo4bob2o7b2obo4bob2ob4ob2obo4bob2o$95bo4bo3bo4bo2bo 4bo3bo4bo5bo4bo3...
by HartmutHolzwart
January 1st, 2024, 12:25 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Thanks! I should've known...
by HartmutHolzwart
January 1st, 2024, 12:06 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Don't know whether this is a double post. I found this c/2 tub stretcher somewhere on my hard disk, presumably from Keith Amling: x = 156, y = 55, rule = B3/S23 105bo25bo17bo$104b3ob3o19b3o15b3o$103b2o3bob2o16b2ob3o13b3ob2o$102b2o 2bobobob2o15bo2bob2o4bo4b2obo2bo$103bo4bo3bo13b2obo4bobob2ob2obobo4bo...
by HartmutHolzwart
January 1st, 2024, 12:01 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 260
Views: 22222

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

... I'm aware of the steep p2 descent issue. I would just want a small p4 to p2 conversion, nothing else. Just for the sake of knowing it exists.
by HartmutHolzwart
January 1st, 2024, 10:17 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose
Replies: 260
Views: 22222

Re: amling questionable searches/ideas firehose

I tried to put together a c/2 against the grain grey ship in the sprit of the 2c/6 grey ship using only 2c/3 signals and as few p4 parts as possible. Howver, I failed with the sides... This is how far I got: x = 180, y = 211, rule = B3/S23 $61b3o16b3o15b3o16b3o$60bo3bo14bo3bo13bo3bo14bo3bo$59b2o4bo1...
by HartmutHolzwart
December 28th, 2023, 11:51 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Everybody else seems to think this is to trivial to mention, here is a two-way-different-speed grey stretcher based on Keith Amlings results: x = 141, y = 169, rule = B3/S23 84bo$80b2obo5bo$78bo2b2o2b4o2b3o$75b4o4b2o6b3o$67bo2bo3bob2obo2bo2b2o$ 67bo2bobob2o7b2o6bo$66b2o19bo4bobo$67bob2ob2o4bo3bo3bo6...
by HartmutHolzwart
December 27th, 2023, 4:55 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Front support for the following 2c/6 wick: x = 17, y = 72, rule = B3/S23 6b2ob2o$6b2ob2o$7b3o$8bo$7b3o2$6b2ob2o2$7b3o$7b3o$7b3o3$6b2ob2o$6b2ob 2o$7b3o$8bo$7b3o2$6b2ob2o2$7b3o$7b3o$7b3o3$6b2ob2o$6b2ob2o$7b3o$8bo$7b 3o2$6b2ob2o2$7b3o$7b3o$7b3o3$6b2ob2o$6b2ob2o$7b3o$8bo$7b3o2$6b2ob2o2$ 7b3o$7b3o$7b3o3...
by HartmutHolzwart
December 24th, 2023, 10:36 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3048
Views: 1116198

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Minor improvememt of the glider eating c/4d ship : x = 42, y = 44, rule = B3/S23 34b3o$32b2ob2o$15b2o14bo$15bobo3b4o2b3ob3o$15bo3bo5b4o$18b2o3bobo6b4o$ 17bo4bobo3bo4bo2bo$17bo2b4obo4b2o$17b2o3bo7b2o6b3o$11b2ob3o4b3o7b2o5bo $11bo3bo2b2o2bo8b3obo4bo$11bob3ob2o2bo9bo3bo2bobo$16bob4o8bob2o4b2o$ 15b3o13b...