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wwei23 wrote: ↑

October 4th, 2020, 1:17 am

Is that a Rule 110 unit cell?

Obviously.

MathAndCode wrote: ↑

September 11th, 2020, 8:37 pm

Giving an oscillator a plural-sounding name for its singular form might be confusing.

There's six Ls.

hotdogPi wrote: ↑

September 9th, 2020, 2:45 pm

This P4 needs to be added to the wiki. I think the title would be 20P4 unless someone has a better name.

I'll call it four Ls because of how one of its phases looks, though two of those Ls are differently shaped.

There was a discussion about it in this thread three months ago. Yes, that one. If switch engines are quite common, what's the chance of a 2-engine Cordership spontaneously appearing in soup? Zero. It's ridiculous (a 2EC is larger than the 16-by-16 square seed). And then I was proven flat-out wrong...

Moosey wrote: ↑

August 29th, 2020, 12:19 pm

Congratulations! At long last, the infamous tough-nut-to-crack has been synthesized!

Kazyan wrote: ↑

August 29th, 2020, 3:01 pm

Astounding work, and in such a simple base!

Please, let's not send congratulations. Spaceship syntheses, like new eaters for the same ships, are becoming regular and common.

Should this be called "Mathematician Weld Mathematician"? It's easy to come up with a smaller weld: x = 11, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 5bo$4bobo$4bobo$3b2ob2o$bo7bo$b3o3b3o2$b9o$o9bo$b9o2$b4ob4o$bo7bo$3b2o b2o$4bobo$4bobo$5bo! But there are so many ways to weld two mathematicians (or any large objects) ...

What, me?

ColorfulGalaxy wrote: ↑

July 16th, 2020, 11:17 pm

This one produces 4 beacons and 4 integral signs.

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x = 67, y = 1, rule = B3/S23
67o!

One-cell-thick lines were investigated by John Conway himself. He found the pentadecathlon through this method.

By the way, here's the LRLRRRRLLRL ant forming its wedge, at 1:1 scale:

What does it mean when a Langton's ant rule is "resolved"?

The lobster eater does release gliders. Fine then: x = 728, y = 399, rule = LifeHistory 67.2C$67.C2.C.C$69.2C.3C$75.C$69.2C.3C$39.A19.A9.2C.C$39.4A16.4A247. 2C$41.2A18.2A246.C.C267.A2.A$44.A19.A228.3A13.2C271.A23.2A$41.4A16.4A 51.2C174.4A7.5A5.2C266.A21.A2.2A$45.A19.A45.2C2.C.C173.A.A.2A5.A.A8.C .C...

x = 35, y = 35, rule = 237/34578/4 16.A$15.ACA$14.A3CA$13.AB3CBA$13.7A$12.9A$11.A9.A$10.A11.A$9.AC11.CA$ 8.A2C11B2CA$7.A2C13B2CA$6.A2.2B11A2B2.A$5.A3.2BA9.A2B3.A$3.3A3.2BA.C 5.C.A2B3.3A$2.AB2A3.2BA2.5C2.A2B3.2ABA$.A2C2A3.2BA2.CABAC2.A2B3.2A2CA $A3C2A3.2BA2.C3BC2.A2B3.2A3CA$.A2C2A3.2BA2.CABAC2.A2B3....

72P6H2V0 eaten: x = 41, y = 31, rule = LifeHistory 33.2C$33.C$31.C.C$10.A16.A3.2C$11.2A15.2A$11.2A15.2A$10.A16.A$12.A16. A$11.3A14.3A$13.A16.A$8.A4.2A2.A7.A4.2A$2A6.2A3.A2.A2.2A4.2A3.A$.2A. 3A.A2.2A6.5A.A2.2A$A4.2A15.2A$.4A3.3A7.4A3.3A2$.4A3.3A7.4A3.3A$A4.2A 15.2A$.2A.3A.A2.2A6.5A.A2.2A$2A6.2A3.A2.A...

Version 1 of a 44P5H2V0 eater, repeat time 623: x = 334, y = 79, rule = B3/S23 288b2o$269b2obob2o12b2o$268bo2b2obo2bob2obo$267bobo4bob2obob2o$253bo 14bob5o$253b3o14bo4bob2o$256bo12bo3bobob2o$255b2o11bo3bobo$268b2o3bo5$ 280b2o$248b2o30b2o$248b2o45b2o$294bo2bo$295b2obo$298bo$298b2o$283b2o$ 284bo$248bo...

Here is an example of a lightspeed ship (often called a photon generally) in a Life-like rule, Seeds: Here is another photon in Star Wars (one of the so-called Generations family of rules):

If you're just eating loafers but not getting gliders out of them, using Playle's converter… Stable loafer to B-heptomino converter, feeding into a standard conduit: x = 26, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 3b2o$3bo$2obo$ob2ob2o$5bo12b2o2bob2o$5bo11bo2bo2b2o$2b2ob2o11bobo$3bo 15bo$3bob2o18bo$2b2ob2o16b3o$22bo$...

Current eater collection: x = 448, y = 583, rule = LifeHistory 71.C$70.C.C$70.C.C$69.2C.3C$75.C$69.2C.3C$39.A19.A9.2C.C$39.4A16.4A$ 41.2A18.2A266.A2.A$44.A19.A267.A$41.4A16.4A266.A$45.A19.A260.A.2A3.A. A31.2A51.A$41.A2.3A14.A2.3A258.A2.A5.2A34.A46.A3.A$43.3A17.3A260.2A6. A29.A50.6A$44.A19.A299.A10.2...

These varaints of "SOS" are accessible? 595 xs20_bd0e970bd infinity 596 xs20_bd0ehe0db infinity 597 xs20_bd0ehe0mq infinity 598 xs20_bd0eis0qm infinity Well 595 is easy enough: x = 158, y = 25, rule = B3/S23 149bo$149bobo$149b2o$145b2o$39bo104bo2bo$39bobo102bobo$39b2o3bo 100bo$43b2o35bo9b2o$43bobo3...

Here's a staged eater for wasp with recovery time 721. I'm sure this could be improved substantially – the beehive left after the initial collision might be directly edible in some way. x = 256, y = 106, rule = B3/S23 246b2o$246b2o6$2b2o238b2o$bo2bo235bo3b2o8b2o$3ob2o234bobob2o8b2o$bo2bo 235bo$2b3o2...

awesome! x = 90, y = 50, rule = B3/S23 20b2o46b2o$20bobo44bobo$22bo4b2o32b2o4bo$18b4ob2o2bo2bo28bo2bo2b2ob4o$ 18bo2bobobobob2o28b2obobobobo2bo$21bobobobo34bobobobo$22b2obobo34bobob 2o$26bo36bo2$12b2o62b2o$13bo7b2o44b2o7bo$13bobo5b2o44b2o5bobo$14b2o58b 2o6$47bo$24b2o19bobo16b2o$3b2o19bo21b2o17bo19b2...

The fix you posted breaks the symmetry... Yeah, sorry, adding the block was more of a test than a suggestion. I wonder if an idea like this would be useful? I was just enumerating glider-to-*WSS one-time turners, and found one that works equally well from two different directions, very much along t...

Cores for eaters for brain . Feel free to complete them: x = 158, y = 45, rule = LifeHistory 32.2A105.2A$32.2A105.2A7$24.2A105.2A$24.A.A104.A.A$25.A106.A3$49.2A 105.2A$49.A106.A$47.A.A104.A.A$47.2A105.2A7$11.2C35.D69.2C35.D$11.2C 33.D.D69.2C33.D.D$.A5.2A37.3D59.A5.2A37.3D$.A7.2A35.D61.A7.2A35.D$.A. ...

Colliding a brain with a block produces a tub and an R-pentomino that perfectly fit RF28Bc – Herschel conduit made on-site! x = 34, y = 31, rule = LifeHistory .A5.2A$.A7.2A$.A.2A2.A.2A$4.A$.A4.A.2A$3.3A2.2A$A6.A10.2C$A.6A10.2C2$ A.6A$A6.A$3.3A2.2A$.A4.A.2A$4.A17.D$.A.2A2.A.2A9.3D$.A7.2A3.D6.D$.A5. 2...

60P3H1V0.3 bores through a transparent beehive and leaves a block ahead of it (and some junk): x = 16, y = 35, rule = B3/S23 b3o$2b2o$bo$o2b2o$3b2o$3o$o$o11b2o$2obo8bo$3b2o8b3o$2b3o10bo$2bobo$b2o bo$b4o$2bo2b2o4bo$5bo4bobo$bo2bo5bobo$11bo$2b2o$2bo$bobo$3bo$4bo$2bobo 3b2o$bo2bo3b2o2$2b3o$3b2o$2bo$3b2...

60P3H1V0.3 x = 43, y = 111, rule = B3/S23 19bo$17b3o$16bo$b2o13b2o$2bo$2bobo$3b2o6$2o$2o$28b2o9bo$28b2o7b3o$36bo $19b2o15b2o$15b3ob2o7bo$7b3o3bo2b3obo5b3ob3ob2o$5b2obobo2bo8b2ob2o2bo 4b2o$4bo3bobo2bobo3bo2b2o2bo3b2obo2bo$5bobo2bo2b2o4bo4bo$9b5o$11b2o23$ 39b2o$39bobo$41bo$41b2o54$19bo$19b2o$8b2o4b5o...