Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

[Saka]

Little useless p4:

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x = 11, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
8bobo$7bob2o$5b3o$4bo4b2o$2b3o2b2obo$2ob2o3bo$2ob2o3bo$2b3o2b2obo$4bo
4b2o$5b3o$7bob2o$8bobo!

[Saka]

Take a look at these two collisions:

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = Life
4bo$2obo$2ob3o2$2ob2o$2ob2o!

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x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
bo3bo$2bobo$3ob3o2$3ob2o$2bob2o$bo!

They both have the same junk, but in different places (?)

[dvgrn]

Component from non-standard soup search: [1-glider scorpion to 15.76 conversion]

Apparently this has been found before, and it's the standard way to build 15.76 -- add one more glider to clean up the pre-pond.

[Saka]

nice useless c3:

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x = 19, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
6b2o$2b2obo2bo$bo3b2o$o8b3o$bo3b5o3bo3b2o$3bobo4bo2bob2o$b3o3bo9bo$b3o
3bo2bo$8bo$9bo$7bo2bo$7bo$7bobo$8bo!

[mniemiec]

Take a look at these two collisions:

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = Life
4bo$2obo$2ob3o2$2ob2o$2ob2o!

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x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
bo3bo$2bobo$3ob3o2$3ob2o$2bob2o$bo!

They both have the same junk, but in different places (?)

First, if you advance both of these 3 generations, they arrive at exactly the same point, so the same junk IS in the same place in both of them. Second, these aren't really "collisions" as such, because the gliders could never get to the positions shown, as they would have interacted with the blocks 3 generations earlier (not to mention the fact that the 3 blocks aren't stable together). On the other hand, if you really want to construct this object, you could do so by starting with a a similar object with a boat in place of the glider, and then turn the boat into a glider:

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x = 95, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
59bo$57boo$58boo$93bo$5bo5bo82bo$6bo3bo19bo19bo4boo33bo3bo$4b3o3b3o13b
oobobo14boobobobboo30boobo$3o23booboo15booboo5bo29boob3o$bbo$bo4bo3bo
15booboo15booboo35booboo$6booboo15booboo15booboo35booboo$5bobobobo!

[Bullet51]

It's hard to believe the still life xs14_32qj4ko isn't on Catagolue.

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
b2o2b2o$ob2o$o$o4b3o$b2ob2obo$o2bob2o$obobo2bo$2obob2o!

[calcyman]

It's hard to believe the still life xs14_32qj4ko isn't on Catagolue.

You mean the one that's occurred 75414 times already?

http://catagolue.appspot.com/object/xs14_32qj4ko/b3s23/

[gmc_nxtman]

Full, incremental eater4 synthesis:

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x = 214, y = 130, rule = B3/S23
123bo$122bo$122b3o16$162bo$162bobo$162b2o$203b3o$161bo12bo$162bo3bo7bo
bo24bo5bo$160b3ob2o8b2o2b2o16b2o3bo5bo$165b2o11bobo14bobo3bo5bo$178bo
16b2o$203b3o$71bo40bo$71bobo39b2o$71b2o39b2o80b3o$108b2o34b2o28b2o28b
2o$30bo52bo25b2o6bo27bo29bo16bo5bo6bo$31bo43bo7bobo22bo8b2o23bo20b3o6b
o19bo5bo3bo$29b3o41b2o8b2o31bobo23b2o21bo6b2o18bo5bo3b2o$74b2o88bo$
194b3o$165b3o$165bo$131bo20b2o12bo15b2o28b2o$131bobo6bo11b2o28b2o28b2o
$131b2o6bo10b2o28b2o28b2o$139b3o8b2o28b2o28b2o$135b3o$92bo42bo$92bobo
41bo$92b2o74bo$168bobo$168b2o10$54bo$55b2o$54b2o$50b2o$51b2o6bo$50bo8b
2o$58bobo5$73bo$73bobo6bo$73b2o6bo$81b3o$77b3o$77bo9b2o$78bo8bobo$87bo
40b3o2$126bo5bo$121b2o3bo5bo$120bobo3bo5bo$120b2o43b2o18b2o15bo5b2o$
128b3o35bo19bo16bo5bo$32b3o131bob2o16bob2o13bo5bob2o$34bo130b2o2bo15b
2o2bo9bo3bo4b2o2bo$33bo85b3o40bo4b2o13bo4b2o11b3o2bo4b2o$129b2o31b5o
15b5o18b5o$74b3o40bo5bo6bo29b2o4bo13b2o4bo16b2o4bo$74bo42bo5bo3bo33bo
2b2o15bo2b2o18bo2b2o$75bo41bo5bo3b2o9bo22bobo17bobo20bobo$137bo18bo2bo
bobo12bo2bobobo15bo2bobobo$119b3o15b3o16b4ob2o13b4ob2o16b4ob2o$44b3o
113bo19bo22bo$46bo111bobo17bobo20bobo$45bo91b2o19b2o18b2o21b2o$137b2o$
131b2o2b2o$130bobo2b2o36b2o18b2o$132bo39bobo17bobo$172b2o18b2o$195b2o$
195bobo$195bo17$120b3o$120bo$121bo$b2o$obo$2bo3$87b3o$89bo$88bo!

I think that the eater4 could have some uses in practical stable circuitry, as it has a few ways to catalyze Pi's and HF's. I'm surprised it hasn't come up in any bellman searches yet. Speaking of stable circuitry, I think that HF, TL, LoM, Octimino, and Switch engine could be in conduits. (HF -> x and TL -> x are unlikely, but X -> HF and X -> TL are likely)

[Bullet51]

It's hard to believe the still life xs14_32qj4ko isn't on Catagolue.

You mean the one that's occurred 75414 times already?

http://catagolue.appspot.com/object/xs14_32qj4ko/b3s23/

That's quite confusing. For example, the page http://catagolue.appspot.com/object?apg ... rule=b3s23 says that there are no sample soups, but the page http://catagolue.appspot.com/census/b3s23/C1/xs15 shows that xs15_0gbb8oz343 occured 38824 times already.

[gmc_nxtman]

http://catagolue.appspot.com/object?apg ... rule=b3s23
http://catagolue.appspot.com/object/xs1 ... z343/b3s23

Strange...

[BobShemyakin]

Component from non-standard soup search: [1-glider scorpion to 15.76 conversion]

Apparently this has been found before, and it's the standard way to build 15.76 -- add one more glider to clean up the pre-pond.

There is also a non-standard way to build 15.76.

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x = 26, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
23b2o$5bo16bo2bo$6bo15bob2o$4b3o14b2o$21bo2b2o$7b2o13b2obo$7bobo$7bo4$
6b2o$7b2o$6bo$bo$b2o$obo!

It is cheaper than a standard on 2 gliders.
In the 4G Table see 7 position in the 11 row.

Bob Shemyakin

[dvgrn]

Apparently this has been found before, and it's the standard way to build 15.76 -- add one more glider to clean up the pre-pond.

There is also a non-standard way to build 15.76...

Oops, I forgot to check that nice new table -- how silly of me.

Seems to me that your "non-standard" way should become the new standard way. I know Mark Niemiec is working on updating his Web pages to include new discoveries from the past few years -- but that's a very big job, of course.

It will be wonderful to have a glider synthesis database that's both searchable and reasonably up-to-date...!

[calcyman]

http://catagolue.appspot.com/object?apg ... rule=b3s23
http://catagolue.appspot.com/object/xs1 ... z343/b3s23

Strange...

Why are people putting a plus before the ampersand? Without it, it works fine:

http://catagolue.appspot.com/object?apg ... rule=b3s23

[Billabob]

While messing around with LifeHistory, I stumbled upon this still life:

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x = 145, y = 132, rule = LifeHistory
45B2A23BA20BA13BA39B$44BA2BA32BA9BABA52B$37BA7B2A32BABA8BABA52B$37BA
42B2A9BA53B$8B2A27BA15B3A88B$8B2A112BA19B$33B3A3B3A79BABA17B$120BA2BA
16B$37BA14B2A58B2A7B2A19B$19BA5BA11BA14B2A57BA2BA30B$19BA5BA11BA32B2A
40B2A31B$19BA5BA44B2A73B$137B2A6B$22B2A62BA50B2A6B$A14B2A5B2A61BABA
57B$A14B2A69B2A57B$63B2A80B$15B2A46B2A80B$3B2A9BA2BA41B2A84B$2BA2BA9B
2A41BA2BA83B$3B2A27B2A25B2A10B40F34B$32B2A37BF38.F34B$71BF9.BA4B23.F
34B$A18BA51BF2.B4.3B2A5B21.F34B$A17BABA2B2A46BF.2AB.2A4B2A6B2.B.3B2AB
9.F34B$18BABA2B2A46BF.2A2B2A4B3A11B3A3B4.B2.F34B$19BA51BF2.3B2A4B2A4B
.4BAB2A7B.B2A.F34B$71B2F.8B2A10BA2BA4BA5BA.F34B$71B2F3.B4.BA11BAB2A5B
A4B2.F34B$71BF.2F3.2F6.A10B3A3BA3BA.2F21B2A11B$71BF3.3F2.3F2.BABA3B3.
3B2AB4.A3.2F21B2A11B$71BF9.F2.2B2A5.F8.2F3.2F.F34B$71BF8.F2.4B2.4F.8F
2.3F3.F34B$71BF7.F2.4B2.F21.F34B$57B2A12BF6.F2.4B2.F22.F34B$57B2A12BF
5.F2.4B2.F23.F34B$71BF4.F2.A3B2.F24.F34B$70B.F3.F2.A3B2.F25.F15B3A16B
$70BF3.F2.B3A2.F26.F34B$69BF3.F2.4B2.F27.F34B$68BF3.F.5B2.F28.F31B2AB
$66B.F3.F.5B2.F3.27F30BA2BA$25B2A39BF3.F.5B2.F3.F.56BABAB$25B2A38BF3.
F.5B2.F3.F47B2A10BA2B$64BF3.F.BA3B2.F3.F.47B2A13B$63BF3.F3BABAB.F3.F
2B2A24BA35B$62BF3.F4B2AB.F3.F3B2A23BABA34B$61BF3.F7B.F3.F30B2A34B$23B
2A35BF3.F7B.F3.F67B$23B2A34BF3.F7B.F3.F68B$58BF3.F7B.F3.F2B2A47B2A3B
2A4B2A5B$58BF2.F2BA5BF3.F2BABA47B2A3B2A4B2A5B$58BF.F2BA5BF3.F3B2A39BA
26B$58B2F3B3A2BF3.F44BABA25B$22B2A34BF8B5F46BA26B$21BA2BA30B2A4BA83B$
22B2A32BA3B3A4B2A76B$53BA6BAB2ABA4B2A73B$53B2A5BA8B3A73B$20BA39BA7B2A
16BA7B3A48B$20BA39BA3B2A20BA58B$20BA41BA2B3A18BA58B$49B3A8BA5BABA76B$
22B3A34BA4B2A2BA76B$56BA3BA2BA3B2A4BA71B$59BA3BA8BABA70B$59BA5B2A5BAB
A35B2A33B$59BA13BA36B2A20B3A10B$51B3AB2A2BA67BA17B$51B2A3BAB2A8B3A56B
A17B$33BA16BAB3ABA11BABA38BA17BA17B$32BABA16B2A2BA11BA2BA37BABA24BA9B
$33B2A17B3A11B2A40BABA12B3A4B2A2BABA6BAB$3B2A48BA12BA42BA20B2A2BABA5B
ABA$3B2A57BA72BA7BAB$62BA82B$22B3A37BA7B2A73B$70B2A50BA18B3AB$121BABA
21B$117BA3BABA21B$116BABA3BA22B$111B2A2BA2BA26B$19B2A90B2A3B2A27B$19B
2A15BA108B$35BABA107B$35BABA107B$36BA33B2A20BA47B2A3B$70B2A19BABA46B
2A3B$77B2A12BABA51B$22BA53BA2BA12BA52B$21BABA16B2A35B2A66B$21BABA5B2A
9B2A45B2A7B2A19B2A26B$22BA6B2A55BA2BA5BA2BA18B2A26B$35BA51B2A7B2A47B$
7B2A26BA70B2A37B$6BA2BA25BA56BA13BA38B$7B2A49B2A31BABA13BA37B$58B2A
31BABA12B2A37B$12B2A78BA52B$12B2A131B$57B2A50B3A5B2A26B$57B2A58B2A26B
$107BA5BA10B2A19B$87BA19BA5BA10B2A19B$4B3A4BA25B2A47BABA18BA5BA31B$
10BABA19B2A3B2A48BA9BA44B3A$10BA2BA17BA2BA35B2A24BABA10B3A33B$11B2A
19B2A35BA2BA22BA2BA20BA20BA4B$70B2A24B2A20BABA19BA4B$86BA31BABA19BA4B
$19BA13B2A42B2A7BA32BA25B$18BABA12B2A42B2A7BA58B$18BABA35B2A87B$19BA
36B2A24B3A3B3A54B$4B2A33B2A104B$4B2A8B2A7B2A14B2A20BA24BA58B$2A11BA2B
A5BA2BA34BABA23BA58B$2A12B2A7B2A7BA26BA2BA23BA47B2A9B$32BA27B2A72B2A
7B2A$19BA12BA14B2A96B$18BABA25BA2BA44BA26B2A22B$18BABA7B3A3B3A9BABA
44BABA25B2A22B$19BA27BA6BA38BABA49B$32BA20BABA38BA50B$32BA20BABA6B2A
81B$32BA21BA7B2A25B2A7B2A45B$5BA82BA2BA5BA2BA44B$4BABA38B2A42B2A7B2A
45B$3BA2BA38B2A98B$4B2A88BA50B$55BA5B3A7B2A20BABA49B$54BABA13BA2BA19B
ABA10BA38B!

I have no clue how this will be used except for synthesis.

EDIT: The pattern does not work in the viewer.

[mniemiec]

While messing around with LifeHistory, I stumbled upon this still life: ... I have no clue how this will be used except for synthesis.

This leads to this 5-glider synthesis, which is better than the previous 7-glider one (unless Bob Shemyakin has found a smaller one; I haven't yet had time to assimmilate all his syntheses):

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x = 29, y = 11
7boo6bo$3bo3bobo4bo$4boobo6b3o$3boo18boo$22bobboboo$22boobobo$12bo10bo
bobo$11boo10bobbo$boo8bobo10boo$obo$bbo!

The pattern does not work in the viewer.

The viewer knows about totalistic rules (like B3/S23) but not rule table ones, as these require access to rule files on your computer, which aren't on the web site (and even if some of them were pre-installed there, it would also involve quite complicated parsing, not to mention interpretation).

Using LifeHistory in this way provides nice coloration to make the glider gun visible, but it makes cutting and pasting difficult, since when converting to QuickLife, Golly converts both white living cells and blue dead cells to living.

[mniemiec]

Why are people putting a plus before the ampersand? Without it, it works fine:

What is the preferred method to access the database? Via the script, or directly, i.e. /object?apgcode=<code>&rule=<rule> or /object/<code>/<rule> ? I've added code into the search page of my web site (in the next version) to provide direct links from searched objects to their corresponding Cataglue pages, but I can change the syntax to use the script method if that is preferable.

Also, are any other parameters than apgcode= and rule= accepted?

[rowett]

The pattern does not work in the viewer.

The viewer knows about totalistic rules (like B3/S23) but not rule table ones, as these require access to rule files on your computer, which aren't on the web site (and even if some of them were pre-installed there, it would also involve quite complicated parsing, not to mention interpretation).

Using LifeHistory in this way provides nice coloration to make the glider gun visible, but it makes cutting and pasting difficult, since when converting to QuickLife, Golly converts both white living cells and blue dead cells to living.

The viewer will collapse LifeHistory patterns to two-state executable patterns. It can also display the initial generation of the LifeHistory pattern with the states coloured but can't execute it in that format. To do this add a comment to the pattern with [[ VIEWONLY ]] in it:

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#C [[ VIEWONLY ]]
x = 145, y = 132, rule = LifeHistory
45B2A23BA20BA13BA39B$44BA2BA32BA9BABA52B$37BA7B2A32BABA8BABA52B$37BA
42B2A9BA53B$8B2A27BA15B3A88B$8B2A112BA19B$33B3A3B3A79BABA17B$120BA2BA
16B$37BA14B2A58B2A7B2A19B$19BA5BA11BA14B2A57BA2BA30B$19BA5BA11BA32B2A
40B2A31B$19BA5BA44B2A73B$137B2A6B$22B2A62BA50B2A6B$A14B2A5B2A61BABA
57B$A14B2A69B2A57B$63B2A80B$15B2A46B2A80B$3B2A9BA2BA41B2A84B$2BA2BA9B
2A41BA2BA83B$3B2A27B2A25B2A10B40F34B$32B2A37BF38.F34B$71BF9.BA4B23.F
34B$A18BA51BF2.B4.3B2A5B21.F34B$A17BABA2B2A46BF.2AB.2A4B2A6B2.B.3B2AB
9.F34B$18BABA2B2A46BF.2A2B2A4B3A11B3A3B4.B2.F34B$19BA51BF2.3B2A4B2A4B
.4BAB2A7B.B2A.F34B$71B2F.8B2A10BA2BA4BA5BA.F34B$71B2F3.B4.BA11BAB2A5B
A4B2.F34B$71BF.2F3.2F6.A10B3A3BA3BA.2F21B2A11B$71BF3.3F2.3F2.BABA3B3.
3B2AB4.A3.2F21B2A11B$71BF9.F2.2B2A5.F8.2F3.2F.F34B$71BF8.F2.4B2.4F.8F
2.3F3.F34B$71BF7.F2.4B2.F21.F34B$57B2A12BF6.F2.4B2.F22.F34B$57B2A12BF
5.F2.4B2.F23.F34B$71BF4.F2.A3B2.F24.F34B$70B.F3.F2.A3B2.F25.F15B3A16B
$70BF3.F2.B3A2.F26.F34B$69BF3.F2.4B2.F27.F34B$68BF3.F.5B2.F28.F31B2AB
$66B.F3.F.5B2.F3.27F30BA2BA$25B2A39BF3.F.5B2.F3.F.56BABAB$25B2A38BF3.
F.5B2.F3.F47B2A10BA2B$64BF3.F.BA3B2.F3.F.47B2A13B$63BF3.F3BABAB.F3.F
2B2A24BA35B$62BF3.F4B2AB.F3.F3B2A23BABA34B$61BF3.F7B.F3.F30B2A34B$23B
2A35BF3.F7B.F3.F67B$23B2A34BF3.F7B.F3.F68B$58BF3.F7B.F3.F2B2A47B2A3B
2A4B2A5B$58BF2.F2BA5BF3.F2BABA47B2A3B2A4B2A5B$58BF.F2BA5BF3.F3B2A39BA
26B$58B2F3B3A2BF3.F44BABA25B$22B2A34BF8B5F46BA26B$21BA2BA30B2A4BA83B$
22B2A32BA3B3A4B2A76B$53BA6BAB2ABA4B2A73B$53B2A5BA8B3A73B$20BA39BA7B2A
16BA7B3A48B$20BA39BA3B2A20BA58B$20BA41BA2B3A18BA58B$49B3A8BA5BABA76B$
22B3A34BA4B2A2BA76B$56BA3BA2BA3B2A4BA71B$59BA3BA8BABA70B$59BA5B2A5BAB
A35B2A33B$59BA13BA36B2A20B3A10B$51B3AB2A2BA67BA17B$51B2A3BAB2A8B3A56B
A17B$33BA16BAB3ABA11BABA38BA17BA17B$32BABA16B2A2BA11BA2BA37BABA24BA9B
$33B2A17B3A11B2A40BABA12B3A4B2A2BABA6BAB$3B2A48BA12BA42BA20B2A2BABA5B
ABA$3B2A57BA72BA7BAB$62BA82B$22B3A37BA7B2A73B$70B2A50BA18B3AB$121BABA
21B$117BA3BABA21B$116BABA3BA22B$111B2A2BA2BA26B$19B2A90B2A3B2A27B$19B
2A15BA108B$35BABA107B$35BABA107B$36BA33B2A20BA47B2A3B$70B2A19BABA46B
2A3B$77B2A12BABA51B$22BA53BA2BA12BA52B$21BABA16B2A35B2A66B$21BABA5B2A
9B2A45B2A7B2A19B2A26B$22BA6B2A55BA2BA5BA2BA18B2A26B$35BA51B2A7B2A47B$
7B2A26BA70B2A37B$6BA2BA25BA56BA13BA38B$7B2A49B2A31BABA13BA37B$58B2A
31BABA12B2A37B$12B2A78BA52B$12B2A131B$57B2A50B3A5B2A26B$57B2A58B2A26B
$107BA5BA10B2A19B$87BA19BA5BA10B2A19B$4B3A4BA25B2A47BABA18BA5BA31B$
10BABA19B2A3B2A48BA9BA44B3A$10BA2BA17BA2BA35B2A24BABA10B3A33B$11B2A
19B2A35BA2BA22BA2BA20BA20BA4B$70B2A24B2A20BABA19BA4B$86BA31BABA19BA4B
$19BA13B2A42B2A7BA32BA25B$18BABA12B2A42B2A7BA58B$18BABA35B2A87B$19BA
36B2A24B3A3B3A54B$4B2A33B2A104B$4B2A8B2A7B2A14B2A20BA24BA58B$2A11BA2B
A5BA2BA34BABA23BA58B$2A12B2A7B2A7BA26BA2BA23BA47B2A9B$32BA27B2A72B2A
7B2A$19BA12BA14B2A96B$18BABA25BA2BA44BA26B2A22B$18BABA7B3A3B3A9BABA
44BABA25B2A22B$19BA27BA6BA38BABA49B$32BA20BABA38BA50B$32BA20BABA6B2A
81B$32BA21BA7B2A25B2A7B2A45B$5BA82BA2BA5BA2BA44B$4BABA38B2A42B2A7B2A
45B$3BA2BA38B2A98B$4B2A88BA50B$55BA5B3A7B2A20BABA49B$54BABA13BA2BA19B
ABA10BA38B!

[Sokwe]

This leads to this 5-glider synthesis, which is better than the previous 7-glider one (unless Bob Shemyakin has found a smaller one)

This synthesis method was known before, although I think it's buried deep in the soup search topic. Bob's collection of 5-glider syntheses (found here) contains an alternate solution:

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x = 34, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
2bo15bo$obo13b2o$b2o14b2o5$28b2o$10bobo14bo2bob2o$11b2o14b2obobo$11bo
16bobobo$4bo23bo2bo$4b2o6b3o14b2o$3bobo8bo$13bo!

There doesn't seem to be a known 4-glider synthesis of this object.

[Billabob]

And apparently a table-on-table can stabilize two queen bee shuttles:

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x = 20, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
8b2o$8bo2bo$12bo$12bo$12bo$8bo2bo$o2bo4b2o6bo2bo$4o12b4o2$4o12b4o$o2bo
4b2o6bo2bo$8bo2bo$12bo$12bo$12bo$8bo2bo$8b2o!

This was mentioned in an earlier post in this thread:

Odd stabilization for a pair of queen bees.

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x = 17, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
6b2ob2o$7bobo$7bobo$6b2ob2o8$2o3b2o3b2o3b2o$2b3o7b3o$bo3bo5bo3bo$2bobo
7bobo$3bo9bo$6b2ob2o$7bobo$7bobo$6b2ob2o!

EDIT: Fixed a typo.

[gmc_nxtman]

Random idea: I think that a caterpillar synthesis could be made with a not-too-ridiculous number of gliders (this would shave off a massive amount of gliders) by making the blinker trailers by synthesising and destroying blinker puffers so as not to need to synthesise every individual blinker. Similarly, one could make a gun to repeatedly synthesise segments of the helix, and instead of synthesising every individual ship in the helix, one could just turn the gun on and off as required. The same technique could be applied to other repetitive syntheses, like the shield bug, centipede, and waterbear.

By the way, this reaction could be useful(R + G = FNB + 2G + BLK):

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x = 14, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
bo$2o$b2o4$12bo$11b2o$11bobo!

One in a similar fashion that unfortunately doesn't duplicate:

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x = 17, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
bo$2o$b2o12$15bo$14b2o$14bobo!

[Saka]

I never knew

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x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo$bo2bo$2bo2bo$3b2o!

[gmc_nxtman]

I think that this spaceship is viable for synthesis:

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x = 19, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
4o$o3bo$o7b2o$bo2bo2b4obo3b2o$6b2o5bobo2bo$6bo4bo3bo2bo$8bobo5b2o2$2b
2o$b2ob5o$2b7o$3b5o2$3b2o$2b4o$b2ob2o$2b2o!

[mniemiec]

I never knew

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x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo$bo2bo$2bo2bo$3b2o!

That predecessor is one of the most common ways of making a paperclip.

[The Turtle]

Pi eater with a strange reaction:

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x = 32, y = 50, rule = B3/S23
7$16bo$14b3o$13bo$13b2o7$3b2o$3bo2bo$4b3o5b2o$11b2o$4b3o5b2o$3bo2bo$3b
2o7$13b2o$13bo$14b3o$16bo!

[gmc_nxtman]

Pi eater with a strange reaction:

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x = 32, y = 50, rule = B3/S23
7$16bo$14b3o$13bo$13b2o7$3b2o$3bo2bo$4b3o5b2o$11b2o$4b3o5b2o$3bo2bo$3b
2o7$13b2o$13bo$14b3o$16bo!

Nice! I discovered that bookends first catalyst a while back, but never thought it could be used for anything.

Could this be useful?

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x = 8, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
6bo$7bo$4b2o$2bo2bo$bob2o$bo$2o!

Here's another catalyst that probably has some potential (and never came up in searches for some reason)

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x = 11, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
2bo3b2o$2b2o3bo$2o5bob2o$bo2b2obo2bo$3bobob2o$3b2o$o$5o$4bo$2bo$2b2o!

It's probably equivalent to something...