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Blockic H to LWSS uses just 3 blocks: x = 47, y = 12, rule = LifeHistory .A$2.2A30.D$3.2A29.D.D$5.A28.3D$5A2.2A27.D2A$3.A3.2A28.2A$15.2A28.2A$ 15.2A28.2A3$11.2A28.2A$11.2A28.2A! The pre-H pattern is shown 6 generations before it would have become a Herschel. EDIT: This is probably not new since it u...

knightlife

It would probably be better to spend more time searching for a small (50 x 50 or less) stable G ---> LWSS than a catalyst for the converter posted above. It would certainly be more useful. Or a similarly small stable Herschel-to-LWSS, more likely. I keep seeing spontaneous LWSSes appear from slight...

knightlife

Blockic 90 degree reflector for LWSS:

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x = 26, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
14b2o$14b2o2$o2bo$4bo$o3bo$b4o15b2o$20b2o2b2o$24b2o3$20b2o$20b2o!

knightlife

Large patterns many times contain LWSS guns within them that I notice still use the 3-glider synthesis of an LWSS (although there are many clever ways to avoid that type of synthesis in periodic circuitry). A 2-glider synthesis could be useful if the necessary catalyst itself has a simple enough syn...

knightlife

2G ---> LWSS (if only these blocks were catalysts)

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x = 20, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
17bo$17bobo$2bo14b2o$3b2o$2b2o4$2o$2o3$4b2o$4b2o!

If a solution is found, then LWSS guns could be made with two glider guns instead of three.

knightlife

Here is a 7-glider synthesis using a different still life and borrowing from your synthesis:

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x = 115, y = 60, rule = B3/S23
112bo$100bobo8bo$100b2o9b3o$101bo25$2bo$o3bo$5bo$o4bo$b5o8$56b2o$57b2o
$56bo2$110bo$100b3o6b2o$100bo8bobo$101bo7$112b2o$112bobo$112bo$61b3o$
63bo$62bo!

knightlife

Sokwe wrote:Inspired by this

In 16 minutes! And the glider synthesis?

Any stable G ---> xWSS can now be made into a stable reflecting/converting MWSS ---> xWSS
(x = L, M, or H)

knightlife

Convert LWSS to glider:

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x = 23, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$5b2o2$2o17bo$2o16bo$18bo3bo$18b4o!

knightlife

Clean spaceship-to-glider reaction works with any standard spaceship: x = 16, y = 71, rule = B3/S23 10b2o$9bo2bo$10b2o$2bo2bo$6bo$2bo3bo$3b4o6bo$12bobo$12bo2bo$13b2o22$ 10b2o$9bo2bo$3bo6b2o$bo3bo$6bo$bo4bo$2b5o6bo$12bobo$12bo2bo$13b2o21$ 10b2o$9bo2bo$2b2o6b2o$o4bo$6bo$o5bo$b6o6bo$12bobo$12bo2bo$13b2...

knightlife

Isn't a block or blinker the most likely result from a Bellman catalyst at work, the same as random ash? Maybe the statistics are different for a complex catalyst? I was assuming a block would be the most desirable end result for a catalyst reaction, in terms of a quick and successful search. So far...

knightlife

There are no doubt thousands, probably millions, of better search candidates out there; it's just a matter of looking at enough Life reactions to spot them! Here is one that is similar, but starts with two blocks and has two nice sparks to work with: x = 56, y = 23, rule = B3/S23 6$11bo$10bobo$10bo...

knightlife

2 gliders (G0) to glider converter with repeat time 51: It reflects every other glider! The gliders don't have to be evenly spaced. This one is quite useful for counting in binary since it takes two gliders on the same track to produce one output glider. A simple application is to multiply the peri...

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Extrementhusiast wrote:produces a HWSS

NIce. Not Blockic but a quick and compact reaction (14x14 BB if cleanup block is moved closer).

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x = 44, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
5b2o28b2o$4bo2bo26bo2bo$5bobo27bobo$6bo29bo$12bo29bo$11bobo27bobo$11bo
bo27bobo$2o10bo17b2o10bo$2o28b2o3$9b2o28b2o$2o6b2o21b2o5b2o$2o8bo20b2o
7bo!

knightlife

Updated table of splitters: x = 2477, y = 955, rule = LifeHistory 2.4A2.4A2.4A20.4A2.4A2.4A67.2A580.4A2.4A2.4A20.4A8.4A$2.A2.A2.A2.A2.A 2.A20.A2.A2.A2.A2.A2.A67.2A580.A2.A2.A2.A2.A2.A20.A2.A8.A2.A61.A$2.A 2.A2.A2.A2.A2.A20.A2.A2.A2.A2.A2.A649.A2.A2.A2.A2.A2.A20.A2.A8.A2.A 62.A$2.4A2.4A2.4A20.4A2.4A2...

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What is possible with only one glider and a pile of blocks? Anything that glider synthesis can do, a blockic seed can do, although it may be a much larger starting pattern. But some Blockic seeds are very compact and can be more convenient because blocks can wait to be triggered at any time by a sin...

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This Blockic seed of 4 blocks produces an LWSS:

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x = 21, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o12$17b2o$12b2o3b2o$12b2o$8b2o$8b2o2$3b2o$3b2o!

A fifth block is needed to cleanup the remaining block:

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x = 20, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o12$17b2o$12b2o3b2o$12b2o$8b2o$8b2o$18b2o$3b2o13b2o$3b2o!

knightlife

A p19 oscillator would be nice. I was impressed by this p17 oscillator years ago (by Dean Hickerson): x = 15, y = 13, rule = B3/S23 5bo$4bobo$4bobo3b2o$b2obob2o3bo$2bobo6bob2o$o2bobob3obo2bo$2obobo4bobo $3bobo2b2o2b2o$3bobo3bobo$4b2obobobo$6bobobo$6bobo$7b2o! Maybe there is a similar oscillator with...

knightlife

A 5-block solution to the G-MWSS puzzle:

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x = 28, y = 28, rule = B3/S23
21bo$21bobo$21b2o7$9b2o$9b2o5$22b2o$22b2o$b2o$b2o$26b2o$26b2o6$2o$2o!

Now there is a 5-block seed for LWSS and MWSS.

knightlife

Single block seed destruction of this version of the Snark (165 ticks):

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x = 25, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o9$11bo$7b2o2b3o$7b2o5bo$13b2o3$5b2o$5bo$2b2obo$2bo2b3o4b2o$3b
2o3bo3b2o$5b4o$5bo15b2o$6b3o12bobo$9bo13bo$4b5o14b2o$4bo$6bo$5b2o!

knightlife

Snark destruction in 72 ticks from a single seed still life: x = 148, y = 20, rule = LifeHistory 21.2A39.A38.2A39.A$21.A.A37.A.A37.A.A37.A.A$14.A7.A31.A7.2A30.A7.2A 30.A7.A$14.3A37.3A37.3A37.3A$17.A39.A39.A39.A$16.2A38.2A38.2A38.2A3$ 8.2A38.2A38.2A38.2A$8.A39.A39.A39.A$5.2A.A36.2A.A36.2A.A36.2A.A$5....

knightlife

I am using the Seeds of Destruction program now and found this: x = 31, y = 27, rule = B3/S23 9bo$10bo$8b3o7$2o15bo$2o15b3o$20bo$19b2o3$11b2o$11bo$8b2obo$8bo2b3o4b 2o$9b2o3bo3b2o$11b4o$11bo15b2o$12b3o12bobo$15bo13bo$10b5o14b2o$9bo2bo$ 9b2o! Adding a single block turns a snark into a (one-time) 90 de...

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Blockic seed with 5 blocks produces an LWSS and 4 gliders:

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x = 40, y = 36, rule = LifeHistory
5.A$6.A$4.3A15$2A$2A2$17.2A$17.2A5$18.D19.2A$16.D.D19.2A$16.3D$16.D4$
33.2A$18.2A13.2A$18.2A!

The Herschel reaction that allows this is H + 3b4 ---> LWSS + 3G

knightlife

Snark destruction using 2 blocks:

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x = 32, y = 25, rule = LifeHistory
14.2A$14.2A6$18.A$18.3A$21.A$20.2A2$3.2A$3.2A7.2A$12.A$9.2A.A$9.A2.3A
4.2A$10.2A3.A3.2A$12.4A$2A10.A15.2A$.2A10.3A12.A.A$A15.A13.A$11.5A14.
2A$10.A2.A$10.2A!

knightlife

There is a 2-block seed that makes an LWSS with plenty to clean up: x = 20, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory 12.2A$12.2A3$2A$2A13$17.3A$17.A$18.A! I think the above has probably been found before because it has just two blocks. Add one more block: x = 20, y = 41, rule = LifeHistory 16.2A$16.2A19$12.2A$12....

knightlife

Slight mod of the snark destruction has a leftover glider for further destruction: x = 37, y = 18, rule = LifeHistory 19.A$19.3A$3.2A17.A$2.A2.A15.2A$3.2A2$13.2A$6.2A5.A$5.2B2A.2A.A$4.2BA B2.A2.3A4.2A13.2A$3.4B4.2A3.A3.2A13.2A$2.4B7.4A$.4B8.A15.2A$4B10.3A 12.A.A$3B14.A13.A$.B10.5A14.2A$11.A2.A$11.2A...

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