Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

[praosylen]

This pattern is eight cells, in a D8_1-symmetric way, away from being a p38 oscillator, and frustratingly, there's absolutely no hope of fixing it:

How exactly did you find it?

I'm afraid there aren't any fancy new tools — just a catalyst by Kazyan I've been manually messing around with occasionally for the last few months, so far without much success beyond the one loopable 2G —> interchange —> 2G I posted a while ago in ODT.

[MathAndCode]

Unfortunately, this is unconnectable.

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x = 19, y = 36, rule = LifeHistory
3.2A$3.2A9$12.2A$12.A$10.A.A$10.2A$14.A$13.A.A$2C11.A.A$C.C9.2A.2A$2.
2C12.A$12.4A$11.A$11.A.A$12.2A2$15.2A$15.A.A$17.A$17.2A6$.3C$.C$3C!

[C28]

transparent block that doesn't survive

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x = 26, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
3bo$2b2o$bob2o$3o2bo$2bobobo$3bobobo$4bo2b3o$5b2obo$6b2o$6bo$13b3o$13b
3o$12bobo$12b2o15$24b2o$24b2o!

[wwei47]

C+rephased blinker makes OWSS

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x = 12, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
9bo$9b2o$o8bobo$o9b2o$o!
[[ STOP 124 ]]

[C28]

half-transparent beacon

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x = 11, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
8b3o$8b3o$7bobo$7b2o8$2b2o$2b2o$2o$2o!

edit: another one

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x = 6, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
b3o$b3o$obo$2o8$4b2o$4b2o$2b2o$2b2o!

[wwei47]

558-generation "methuselah" that does not emit any gliders:

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x = 31, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
15bo$15bobo$15b2o11bobo$o27b2o$b2o26bo$2o!

EDIT: Technically 534, as 24 is the last generation that the gliders do not interact.

[Book]

558-generation "methuselah" that does not emit any gliders:

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x = 31, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
15bo$15bobo$15b2o11bobo$o27b2o$b2o26bo$2o!

Methuselah emu

[MathAndCode]

Methuselah emu

Thompson's six-bit methuselah is another example.

[Book]

Methuselah emu

Thompson's six-bit methuselah is another example.

3o$3bo$3b2o!

[C28]

H-W with U intermeddiate

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x = 21, y = 36, rule = B3/S23
9b2o$9bo$3b2o5bo$2bobo4b2o$2bo$b2obo$o2b2o$2o6$3b3o$4bo$4b3o13$17b2o$
13b2obo$13b2o2bo2bo$18bobo$19bo2$18b2o$18b2o!

[83bismuth38]

bro, is caterer even useful??

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x = 27, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3bo9b2o3bo$7bo14bo$2b5ob4o5b5ob4o2$7bo14bo$7bo14bo$5bob2o8b4o3bo$
4b2o15b2ob3o$8bo11bo2b4o$7b2o13bo$8b2o11bobo$7b3o8b3obo4$o4bo3bo5bo4bo
3bo$7bo14bo$7ob4o3b7ob4o2$7bo14bo$7bo14bo$5bob2o8b4o3bo$4b2o15b2ob3o$
8bo11bo2b4o$7b2o13bo$8b2o11bobo$7b3o8b3obo!

[RamenGuy217]

Found a small-ish period-4 c/4 orthogonal spaceship using WLS. Not sure of any possible applications but it doesnt seem like there's a lot of c/4 ortho spaceships.

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x = 28, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
11b2o4bo$10bob2ob2ob2obo$bo2bo2bobo5b5o$bo2bobob2obobobob7o$2o19bobo2b
2o$bob2ob9o10bo$bo$bob2ob9o10bo$2o19bobo2b2o$bo2bobob2obobobob7o$bo2bo
2bobo5b5o$10bob2ob2ob2obo$11b2o4bo!

[hotcrystal0]

Interesting glider mechanics

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x = 19, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
o$3o3$10bo$9bobo2bo$8bo6b2o$8bobo4b3o$9b2o7bo!

something unrelated

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x = 95, y = 52, rule = TripleB3S23
50.2C$48.C2.C$47.C15.C.C$39.2C6.C10.3C2.C3.C$39.2C6.C19.C$48.C2.C2.2C
7.C4.C4.2C$50.2C2.C2.C.C7.C5.2C$20.2A33.3C5.C3.C$20.A2.A39.C.C2$24.A$
48.C$22.2A23.C$21.A25.3C3$18.2A3.2A$18.2A3.2A$19.5A$20.A.A17.C17.2A$40.
C.C13.A2.A$9.2A9.3A17.2C13.A15.A.A$2.3A4.2A36.2A6.A10.3A2.A3.A$.5A6.2A
33.2A6.A19.A$A.A3.A5.3A41.A2.A2.2A7.A4.A4.2A$2A3.A6.2A44.2A2.A2.A.A7.
A5.2A$9.2A22.B29.3A5.A3.A$9.2A21.B38.A.A$26.A2.A2.3B21.A2.A$25.A14.4A
11.A$25.A3.A10.A3.A10.A3.A$25.4A11.A14.4A$41.A2.A2$25.B42.A$25.B.B39.
2A$25.2B40.A.A$20.A$20.A35.A$19.A.A34.2A$2.B2.B4.B2.B6.A34.A.A18.A7.A
$3B2.6B2.3B2.B.A10.2A42.4A5.A.A$2.B2.B4.B2.B3.B2.A11.A37.2A2.A2.2A8.2A
$17.3BA11.A.A7.2A26.2A2.2A11.2A$19.A.A11.2A6.3A3.2A.A16.2A10.A7.2A$20.
A17.A.2A5.A3.A2.A11.3A10.A4.A.A4.2A$20.A17.A2.A4.A4.A2.2A11.2A10.A4.A
6.A.A$38.A.2A4.4A5.2A13.2A21.A$41.3A3.A7.3A12.2A21.2A$42.2A11.2A$54.2A
$54.A!

[C28]

so close, and yet, so far...

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x = 34, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
18b3o$18b3o$17bobo$17b2o8$4b2o22b2o$5bo2bobo3b6o3bobo2bo$3bo3b6ob6ob6o
3bo$3b4obo2bo3b4o3bo2bob4o$6bo20bo$3b2o3b2o14b2o3b2o$3bo3b2o2b2o8b2o2b
2o3bo$2obobo2bo3bo8bo3bo2bobob2o$o2bobo2bobo12bobo2bobo2bo$2b2obo2bob
2o10b2obo2bob2o$6b2o18b2o!

[hotcrystal0]

Tailed Beehive-to-Eater 1 reaction found by accident

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x = 20, y = 19, rule = LifeHistory
$.A$.3A$4.A$3.2A$18.2A$18.A$15.2A.A$14.A2.A$15.2A$4.3A$6.A$4.3A4$12.2A
$12.2A!

[C28]

useless p5 U to I

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x = 25, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
6b2o$5bo2bo$o2bo2bobo8b3o$5obob2o7b3o$6bo2bo6bobo$2b3o2b3o6b2o$bo4b4o
$bob2o2b3o$2bo3bo2bo$3b2obob2o$4bobobo9bo$3bo2bobo$3b2o2bo$15b2obob2o
$13b3obobob3o$12bo11bo$12bob3obob4o$13bo3b3o$15bobobob2obo$14b2obobob
ob2o$15bobo2bo$15bo2b2o$14b2o!

[wwei47]

LWSS bounce LOL

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x = 68, y = 81, rule = B3/S23
32bo$31bo$31b3o$bo$2bo$3o3$30bobo$30b2o$31bo3$33bo$33bobo$33b2o2$37bo
10bo$37bobo7bo$37b2o8b3o5$52bo$50b2o$51b2o2$13b2o18bo21bo$13b2o17bobo
20bobo$33bobo15bo3b2o$34bobo13bo$3b2o26bo3bo14b3o$3bobo24bobo$5bo4b2o
2b2o15bobo$5b2o3b2o2b2o3bo7b2o3bo$18bobo6bobo$5b4o10b2o2b2o3b2o$4bo3b
o7bo6bobo$b2o2bo8b3o7bo$o2b2obo6bo$b2o2bo8b3o7bo4bo7b2o$4bo3bo7bo6bob
o3bo7bobo2bo$5b4o10b2o2b2o4bo8bo2bobo$18bobo21b2o$5b2o3b2o2b2o3bo$5bo
4b2o2b2o13b2o6b2o$3bobo22bobo6bobo$3b2o24bo3bo4bo$32bobo$31bobo3bo$13b
2o17bo3bobo$13b2o20bo2bo$36b2o17b2o$54b2o8b2o$56bo6b2ob2o$52bo11b4o$51b
2o12b2o$51bobo3$37b2o$37bobo12bo$37bo13b2o$51bobo$33b2o$33bobo11b2o$33b
o12b2o$48bo2$31bo$30b2o$30bobo3$3o$2bo50b3o$bo51bo$31b3o20bo$31bo$32b
o!

EDIT: "Natural" component:

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x = 49, y = 38, rule = LifeHistory
29.2C.C$30.3C$31.C4$43.A$41.3A$40.A$40.2A7$.2D$2D$.D3$41.2A5.A$41.2A3.
3A$45.A$45.2A$17.2A$17.A2.A$18.3A2$15.A.A.2A$14.A.2A.A23.2C$14.A4.A2.
A.2A17.2C$13.2A4.4A.A$24.A.A$21.2A2.2A12.2A$21.A17.2A$22.A$21.2A!

[hotcrystal0]

Phi spark reacting with a block and a beehive resulting in a phi spark with a different orientation

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x = 13, y = 18, rule = LifeHistory
$4.2A3.2A$.2D.2A2.A2.A$D2.D5.2A$D2.D$D2.D$.2D3.3D$5.D3.D$5.D3.D$6.3D$
4.2A$4.2A4.2C$9.C2.C$9.C2.C$5.A3.C2.C$4.A.A3.2C$4.A.A$5.A!

Edit: Transparent beehive

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x = 10, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
bo$obo$obo$bo2$7bo$6b3o$8b2o!

Edit 2: transparent block that dies on the very next generation

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#C [[  STOP 355  ]]
x = 17, y = 20, rule = LifeHistory
$12.2A$8.2C2.2A$8.2C3$7.2A4.2A$7.2A4.2A5$2.A$.3A$.A.2A!

[PC101]

Phi spark reacting with a block and a beehive resulting in a phi spark with a different orientation

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x = 13, y = 18, rule = LifeHistory
$4.2A3.2A$.2D.2A2.A2.A$D2.D5.2A$D2.D$D2.D$.2D3.3D$5.D3.D$5.D3.D$6.3D$
4.2A$4.2A4.2C$9.C2.C$9.C2.C$5.A3.C2.C$4.A.A3.2C$4.A.A$5.A!

I made a crawler out of it.

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x = 85, y = 89, rule = LifeHistory
4.2A3.2A$.2D.2A2.A2.A$D2.D5.2A$D2.D$D2.D$.2D3.3D$5.D3.D$5.D3.D$6.3D$
4.2A7.2A3.2A$4.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$9.D2.D5.2A$9.D2.D$5.A3.D2.D$4.A.A3.2D
3.3D$4.A.A7.D3.D$5.A8.D3.D$15.3D$13.2A7.2A3.2A$13.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$18.
D2.D5.2A$18.D2.D$14.A3.D2.D$13.A.A3.2D3.3D$13.A.A7.D3.D$14.A8.D3.D$
24.3D$22.2A7.2A3.2A$22.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$27.D2.D5.2A$27.D2.D$23.A3.D2.D
$22.A.A3.2D3.3D$22.A.A7.D3.D$23.A8.D3.D$33.3D$31.2A7.2A3.2A$31.2A4.2D
.2A2.A2.A$36.D2.D5.2A$36.D2.D$32.A3.D2.D$31.A.A3.2D3.3D$31.A.A7.D3.D$
32.A8.D3.D$42.3D$40.2A7.2A3.2A$40.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$45.D2.D5.2A$45.D2.D
$41.A3.D2.D$40.A.A3.2D3.3D$40.A.A7.D3.D$41.A8.D3.D$51.3D$49.2A7.2A3.
2A$49.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$54.D2.D5.2A$54.D2.D$50.A3.D2.D$49.A.A3.2D3.3D$
49.A.A7.D3.D$50.A8.D3.D$60.3D$58.2A7.2A3.2A$58.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$63.D2.
D5.2A$63.D2.D$59.A3.D2.D$58.A.A3.2D3.3D$58.A.A7.D3.D$59.A8.D3.D$69.3D
$67.2A7.2A3.2A$67.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$72.D2.D5.2A$72.D2.D$68.A3.D2.D$67.A
.A3.2D3.3D$67.A.A7.D3.D$68.A8.D3.D$78.3D$76.2A$76.2A4.2C$81.C2.C$81.C
2.C$77.A3.C2.C$76.A.A3.2C$76.A.A$77.A!

[otismo]

Phi spark reacting with a block and a beehive resulting in a phi spark with a different orientation

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x = 13, y = 18, rule = LifeHistory
$4.2A3.2A$.2D.2A2.A2.A$D2.D5.2A$D2.D$D2.D$.2D3.3D$5.D3.D$5.D3.D$6.3D$
4.2A$4.2A4.2C$9.C2.C$9.C2.C$5.A3.C2.C$4.A.A3.2C$4.A.A$5.A!

I made a crawler out of it.

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x = 85, y = 89, rule = LifeHistory
4.2A3.2A$.2D.2A2.A2.A$D2.D5.2A$D2.D$D2.D$.2D3.3D$5.D3.D$5.D3.D$6.3D$
4.2A7.2A3.2A$4.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$9.D2.D5.2A$9.D2.D$5.A3.D2.D$4.A.A3.2D
3.3D$4.A.A7.D3.D$5.A8.D3.D$15.3D$13.2A7.2A3.2A$13.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$18.
D2.D5.2A$18.D2.D$14.A3.D2.D$13.A.A3.2D3.3D$13.A.A7.D3.D$14.A8.D3.D$
24.3D$22.2A7.2A3.2A$22.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$27.D2.D5.2A$27.D2.D$23.A3.D2.D
$22.A.A3.2D3.3D$22.A.A7.D3.D$23.A8.D3.D$33.3D$31.2A7.2A3.2A$31.2A4.2D
.2A2.A2.A$36.D2.D5.2A$36.D2.D$32.A3.D2.D$31.A.A3.2D3.3D$31.A.A7.D3.D$
32.A8.D3.D$42.3D$40.2A7.2A3.2A$40.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$45.D2.D5.2A$45.D2.D
$41.A3.D2.D$40.A.A3.2D3.3D$40.A.A7.D3.D$41.A8.D3.D$51.3D$49.2A7.2A3.
2A$49.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$54.D2.D5.2A$54.D2.D$50.A3.D2.D$49.A.A3.2D3.3D$
49.A.A7.D3.D$50.A8.D3.D$60.3D$58.2A7.2A3.2A$58.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$63.D2.
D5.2A$63.D2.D$59.A3.D2.D$58.A.A3.2D3.3D$58.A.A7.D3.D$59.A8.D3.D$69.3D
$67.2A7.2A3.2A$67.2A4.2D.2A2.A2.A$72.D2.D5.2A$72.D2.D$68.A3.D2.D$67.A
.A3.2D3.3D$67.A.A7.D3.D$68.A8.D3.D$78.3D$76.2A$76.2A4.2C$81.C2.C$81.C
2.C$77.A3.C2.C$76.A.A3.2C$76.A.A$77.A!

Now with Glider Ignition :

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x = 87, y = 91, rule = B3/S23
2o3b2o$2o2bo2bo$5b2o7$2o7b2o3b2o$2o7b2o2bo2bo$14b2o2$bo$obo$obo$bo2$9b
2o7b2o3b2o$9b2o7b2o2bo2bo$23b2o2$10bo$9bobo$9bobo$10bo2$18b2o7b2o3b2o$
18b2o7b2o2bo2bo$32b2o2$19bo$18bobo$18bobo$19bo2$27b2o7b2o3b2o$27b2o7b
2o2bo2bo$41b2o2$28bo$27bobo$27bobo$28bo2$36b2o7b2o3b2o$36b2o7b2o2bo2bo
$50b2o2$37bo$36bobo$36bobo$37bo2$45b2o7b2o3b2o$45b2o7b2o2bo2bo$59b2o2$
46bo$45bobo$45bobo$46bo2$54b2o7b2o3b2o$54b2o7b2o2bo2bo$68b2o2$55bo$54b
obo$54bobo$55bo2$63b2o7b2o3b2o$63b2o7b2o2bo2bo$77b2o2$64bo$63bobo$63bo
bo$64bo2$72b2o$72b2o5bo$79bo$79bo$73bo$72bobo$72bobo$73bo10b2o$84bobo$
84bo!

Cheers !

[otismo]

Found a small-ish period-4 c/4 orthogonal spaceship using WLS. Not sure of any possible applications but it doesnt seem like there's a lot of c/4 ortho spaceships.

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POTY ?

[Sokwe]

Found a small-ish period-4 c/4 orthogonal spaceship using WLS.

POTY ?

This ship was found by Hartmut Holzwart on August 15 or 16, 1992. It is present in David Bell's Spaceships in Conway's Life (Part 4) article (available here). It can also be found in most spaceship collections, including the moving object collection, knightt results, and lots-of-spaceships.

[MathAndCode]

Edit: Transparent beehive

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x = 10, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
bo$obo$obo$bo2$7bo$6b3o$8b2o!

That yields a periodic C→G conduit.

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x = 36, y = 54, rule = B3/S23
25b2o5b2o$25b2o5b2o8$26bo5bo$25b3o3b3o$24b2obo3bob2o3$27bo3bo$27bo3bo
6$10b2o13b2o5bo$2o7bobo13b2o3b2ob2o$2o6b2obo23bo$9b2o18bo2bo$10bo23b2o
$27b2ob4o$10bo15bo2bo2bo$9b2o15bo2bo$2o6b2obo13bo2b2o$2o7bobo12b2ob2o$
10b2o13bobo$26bo5$32b2o$7bo24bo$7b3o20bobo$10bo19b2o$9b2o3$12b2o$11bo
2bo$12b2o8bo$21bobo$21bobo$22bo2$28bo$27b3o$29b2o!

There is practically certainly a lower-period solution.

Edit 2: transparent block that dies on the very next generation

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#C [[  STOP 355  ]]
x = 17, y = 20, rule = LifeHistory
$12.2A$8.2C2.2A$8.2C3$7.2A4.2A$7.2A4.2A5$2.A$.3A$.A.2A!

Are you not going to mention the natural beehive at beehive?

[hotcrystal0]

half-transparent beacon

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x = 11, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
8b3o$8b3o$7bobo$7b2o8$2b2o$2b2o$2o$2o!

edit: another one

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x = 6, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
b3o$b3o$obo$2o8$4b2o$4b2o$2b2o$2b2o!

Another one

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x = 10, y = 13, rule = LifeHistory
8.A$7.2A$8.2A$9.A6$2.2C$2.DC$A$2A!

[Ian07]

Removing an MWSS from this pattern produces a puffer/rake whose gliders collide in two different ways to make a honey farm and a block respectively, with one final glider turning the honey farm into two more blocks:

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x = 31, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
26bo2bo$7b2o21bo$4b3ob2o16bo3bo$4b5o18b4o$5b3o3$8bo9bo6b2o$7b3o7bobo4b
2ob2o$3o3b2ob2o5b2ob2o4bo2bo$7b3o10bo4bo2bo$8bo10b2o5b2o2$8bo10b2o5b2o
$7b3o10bo4bo2bo$3o3b2ob2o5b2ob2o4bo2bo$7b3o7bobo4b2ob2o$8bo9bo6b2o3$5b
3o7bo$4b5o4bo3bo9b4o$4b3ob2o8bo7bo3bo$7b2o4bo4bo11bo$14b5o7bo2bo!