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Good writeup :D Here are a few more patterns, mostly from my Unrecognized CA post. From left to right; a 180-degree reflector, related splitter, and doubly-related adjustable gun: x = 239, y = 99, rule = B2ci3aejn/S2-c3-enr4-ait 4bo69bo69bo$4bo69bo69bo5$3bobo67bobo67bobo$2b2ob2o65b2ob2o65b2ob2o$2b 2...

On Stack Exchange there's a vertical-ellipsis icon that shows up to the right of each message, that lets you link back specifically to a previous message. There isn't anything like that on Discord (yet), is there? I suppose not, or at least not within clicking distance of a server chat! Here's a sh...

Well, this seems to have gained a small foothold - there are about 7 or 8 active members currently with some good discussion going on, and I certainly hope it can serve the purpose Rhombic mentioned for some. I've edited some more info into the main post, which I hope will entice a few more members ...

calcyman wrote:You have both SSE and SSE2, so it should be able to run outer-totalistic rules without any problems. Unless...

Apparently not Thank you for checking though!

Alright! (uname -m does show x86_64, for the record): $ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 6 model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 511 Processor stepping : 3 microcode : 0x10000c8 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : ...

./apgluxe -n 20000000 Greetings, this is apgluxe v4.2-ll1.2, configured for b3s23/C1. Lifelib version: ll1.2 Compiler version: 6.3.0 20170406 Python version: '2.7.13 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:48:08) [GCC 6.3.0 20170118]' Peer-reviewing hauls: Illegal instruction (core dumped) Ubuntu 17.04 :( Where ...

Boring-ish rule with a cool p58: x = 11, y = 18, rule = B2ci3aejn/S2-c3-enr4-ait 4bobo$3b2ob2o$2bo5bo$3b2ob2o$4bobo$bobo3bobo$4o3b4o$bo7bo$4bobo$4bobo 2$b2obobob2o$2bo5bo$5bo2$3b2ob2o$3b2ob2o$5bo! Examples: x = 565, y = 406, rule = B2ci3aejn/S2-c3-enr4-ait 441bobo$441bobo$441bobo2$442bo4$441bobo$440...

Well, before I go to sleep: https://discord.gg/bVP3EQM Channels and roles set up, although "Conwaylife Lounge" is a tentative name. Anyone who wants to test the waters as a "pioneer" to the server is totally welcome. This is definitely something that will appeal more to the younger members, I'd imag...

Ooh, alright, may as well give it a shot then. How's this channel order look? Rules Announcements Sandbox/General CGoL Other CA Questions/help Website discussion and whatnot could probably go into the general channel, but I'm not entirely set on it either way. I'll wait to make the server public unt...

Invite link: https://discord.gg/BCuYCEn I and some other folks have put together this little community server for the purposes of CA-related chitchat. It's not intended to be a replacement to these forums, but rather a supplementary platform on which to discuss ideas that might not be deserving of ...

Useless transparent block & probably-unsalvageable H-G x = 66, y = 17, rule = B3/S23 o39bo$3o37b3o$3bo39bo$2b2o38b2o20b2o$64b2o2$23b2o$23b2o3$bo39bo$bobo 37bobo$b3o37b3o22b$3bo11b2o26bo11b2o9b$15bo39bo$16b3o37b3o$18bo39b o! (I also rediscovered Hfx77H by accident looking for variations on this setup...

Thanks! No, they're not gfind partials — I found them while testing a non-totalistic hack to qfind. It's not really worth posting at the moment, so nobody should get their hopes up. I see (and wow, I'd completely forgotten what qfind was before looking up its thread again). Looks like it's serving ...

x = 106, y = 23, rule = B2eik3aein/S3-n4-i5-ak 2obo3bob2obob2o3bo50b2o17b2o$ob2obobo2bo3bobo53b2o17b2o$b4ob2ob2o2bo2b obo54b2o$bo4b4obo2bo4bo53b2o6b2o6b2o$2o3bobo2b2ob2o4bo17bo38b2o3b2o6b 2o$obo2bo2b2o3b3o20b4o6b3o7b3o12b2o3b2o11bo2b2o$o2bo2bo4b4ob4o16bobo7b 3o7b3o12b2o6b2o11b2o$o2bo6b3o4b3o16b2o7b...

@A for awesome: Very nice partials! This still with gfind? ----- Failed sawtooth, minpop 4500-ish: #C PULL1 salvo from BlinkerSpawn, ty x = 1016, y = 666, rule = B3/S2-i34q 153b2o$152bo3bo$151b2o4bo$57b2o92bo5bo$58b3o90b3o$58b2ob2o89b2ob2o$ 153b3o7$56bo$48bo8bo$47bobo5b3o$155bo$48b2o104bo$154b3o$44b...

P92 HWSS gun in Rhombic's Omnipotens rule: x = 31, y = 16, rule = Omnipotens 14.2A$6.2B5.A.A$5.B.B5.A$4.B8.3A$3.B25.B$3.2B23.B.B$29.B$2B11.3A$2B 11.A$13.A.A$14.2A$9.2B$9.2B$2.B$2.B$2.B! Could be bumped down to p46 with some way to edgeshoot the bi-blocks from the left (w/o the leftmost state-2 block)

Some reflectors/converters, for the most part faster than their equivalents in the OP: x = 61, y = 139, rule = B3/S2-i34q 18bo38bo$16b2o37b2o$17b2o37b2o10$8bobobobobo2$6bo11bo2$6bo4bo2bo3bo33b o$12bobo38bo$6bo4b3o4bo31b3o$51bo$6bo11bo2$8bobobobobo2$34bo$17bo39bo$ 15b2o15bobo20b2o$16b2o10bo11bobobo11...

Another "reverse taming" request here. I'd love to see a rule with gliders (i.e. small+common spaceships, not CGoL gliders) that also contains this p46 auto-shuttle: x = 4, y = 5, rule = B2k3-ckn/S23-ck o$2obo$o2bo$2obo$o! Bonus points if the rule allows for this pi ship as well: x = 9, y = 25, rule...

A tiny p52 reflectorless rotating osc, minpop 6: x = 16, y = 8, rule = B2k3-ckny4j/S2-e3-ckry4j5c o11bo$2o10b2o$ob2o8bob2o3$10b2obo$12b2o$13bo! I think this is the smallest RRO yet! (Coming in at just one cell under Saka's , the smallest out of the four listed on the wiki.) The above is its minimum ...

x = 16, y = 15, rule = B3/S23 10b5o$10bo4bo$10bo$11bo3bo$13bo2$2o$obo$bo2$3o$o2bo$o$o$bobo! [[ GPS 4 ]] gen 14-18 x = 46, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 9bo33b2o$2b2o4b3o32b2o$2b2o4bo3$2o42b2o$2o36bo5b2o$31b2o4b3o$31b2o4bo! leftmost block constellation reappears translated upward at T=88 and the rightmost co...

Yeah, you can construct this sort of circuit by chaining semi-snarks or even period-doubling herschel tracks: x = 45, y = 52, rule = LifeHistory 5.A.2A.3B$5.2A.A5B$10.5B$11.4B$12.4B$.4B2.B.3B.4B$.4B.18B$2A5B2A11BA 4B$2A5B2A9B3A4B$.B.15BABA4B$3.B2A12BA8B$4.2A7B2.13B$4.8B6.10B$6.7B7. 7B$5.10B6.8B$5.13...

Hm. x = 31, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 b2o2bob2o$o2bo2b2o$bobo$2bo$8bo7b6o$6b3o7bo5bo5b2o$5bo10bo10b4o$6bo10b o4bo3b2ob2o$7b2o10b2o6b2o! There are plenty of possible placements for a third *WSS that leave the transient eater intact, but I can't seem to get gencols to find any of them. Perhaps I'm misunder...

Thanks SO much! Kind of embarrassing on my part that I didn't find the answers to the last two questions on my own (especially with all the time I've spent on first page of the gencols:techniques thread these last two days... and biggiemac even asks my exact question a few posts up from chris_c's on...

Yes indeed; the standard cells don't lend themselves too well to being drawn conventionally. i'm well aware of how snugly this fits into the territory between "niche" and "useless" but i thought it'd be neat to discuss at the least

I think it'd be kind of cool to have a standard way defined of drawing patterns when drafting with pen and paper, or maybe when drawing a simplified explanation of a complex pattern. Dunno if it'd actually be useful, but here's a quick sketch of what I've worked out thus far: yQAzJ52.png Blocks seem...

Well I think the tlife sawtooth was the first explicitly-constructed parabolic sawtooth outside of Life (I just found out the rule has a comprehensive wiki page??!) but I don't feel too attached to it, truth be told, and blinkerspawn's optimizations rendered it much much more impressive than it was ...