Soup-based syntheses

[AbhpzTa]

Could work for an xs23:

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RLE

8G:

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x = 112, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
104bo$104bobo$5bo98b2o3bo$4bo95bo8bobo$4b3o94b2o6b2o$61bo38b2o$60bo$7b
2o51b3o$6b2o$8bo54b2o$47b3o13bobo$63bo35bo8bo$51b2o46bo8bo$b2o47bo2bo
45bo8bo$obo48bobo48b2o$2bo49bo48bo2bo$102bobo$103bo!

Reduced to 7G:

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x = 95, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
64bo$62b2o$63b2o4bo$60bo6b2o$61bo6b2o$59b3o$27bo$28b2o$27b2o2$27bo61b
2o$27b2o59bo2bob2o$26bobo7b3o18b3o6b3o19b2obob2o$91bo$bo29b2o28b2o25b
2obob2o$2bo27bo2bo26bo2bo24b2obo2bo$3o2b2o24bobo27bobo28b2o$4bobo25bo
29bo$6bo!

[Ian07]

Reduced to 7G:

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RLE

Can't believe I missed that. Amazingly the 2G loaf+blinker popped in my head but I assumed they were closer apart than they actually were, so I only thought about the possibility of doing the left side in 2G. Anyway, nice!

[dvgrn]

Reduced to 7G:

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RLE

Can't believe I missed that. Amazingly the 2G loaf+blinker popped in my head but I assumed they were closer apart than they actually were, so I only thought about the possibility of doing the left side in 2G. Anyway, nice!

Heh, I also checked distance for the 2G loaf+blinker against the left constellation, but somehow didn't look at the other pairing.

I looked through the first twenty-six C1 soups (out of 199) and found that these 23-bitters are cropping up in soups via all kinds of different mechanisms -- not just the loaf-plus-two-blinkers one. They're common enough that even in C2_1 and other symmetric soups, they're just as likely to show up in symmetrical groups, not just a single one at the center of symmetry. Here's a completely different but equally workable 7G method:

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x = 51, y = 42, rule = LifeHistory
49.A$48.A$48.3A19$4.A$5.2A$4.2A3$27.A$27.A.A$27.2A2$9.A$7.A.
A2.A.A$8.2A2.2A$13.A6$24.2A2.3A$23.2A3.A$25.A3.A!

Based on that sampling, it seems fairly likely there's a 5G or 6G recipe out there. Possibly even 4G, but it might be a bit too optimistic to expect a clean recipe.

[dvgrn]

Looks like an unpoetical recipe for xs19_g8jd4koz1248c could be patched together from the first soup:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bboobboboboboboo$
booobobbooobobbo$
oooobobooobboobb$
obobbbbbooboooob$
boboboboooboobob$
obbbobobooobbbbb$
obobboboobbbbbbo$
bobobobobbboooob$
bbobobobboboobob$
ooobbbboboobobob$
bbboooobbbbboobo$
bboobbooboobbboo$
ooobooooboobobbb$
obbooooboobbbooo$
boobbboobbbbbobo$
bbbbobbobooboobb!

-- generation 153 has this object

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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
b2o$2obo$3bo$2b3o!

off to the side, which has lots of options for constructing with three gliders:

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x = 6461, y = 33, rule = B3/S23
4bo78bo71bo69bo74bo74bo79bo69bobo96bo70bo54bo106bo53bo63bo78bobo74bo
68bo74bo75bo75bo73bo82bo67bo73bo6bo68bo72bobo75bobo73bo71bo74bo74bo74b
o78bo73bobo74bo68bobo79bo77bo73bo66bo78bo75bo76bo68bo75bo72bo76bo75bo
72bo72bo74bo82bo66bo74bo75bo74bo79bo69bo73bo75bo75bo73bo75bo73bo91bo
71bo74bo60bo74bo94bo54bo74bo73bo74bobo4bo69bo72bo74bobo4bo69bo85bo80bo
57bo74bo81bo75bo70bo74bo78bo$5bo75b2o72bobo68b2o73b2o73b2o76bo71b2o96b
obo67bo56b2o105bo41bo9bo65b2o76b2o76b2o67b2o73b2o74bo72bobo74bo82bo67b
o73bo6bo68bo72b2o75b2o75bo71bo74bo6bo67bo74bo78bo72b2o76bo68b2o80bo70b
o3b2o75bo66bo78bo75bo76bo67bobo73bobo71bo75bobo73bobo71bo72b2o73b2o81b
2o65b2o73b2o74bo74bo79bo69bo73b2o74bo75bo73bo75bo73bo91bo71bo74bo60bo
74bo94bo54bo74bo73b2o73b2o5bo66b2o74b2o73b2o5bo66b2o87bo62bo17bo57bo
74bo81bo75bo67b2o73b2o77b2o$3b3o76b2o68bo2b2o68b2o73b2o73b2o8bo68b3o
69bo97b2o68b3o53b2o104b3o42b2o7b3o62b2o78bo75b2o67b2o73b2o73b3o7b2o64b
2o72b3o80b3o65b3o71b3o4b3o66b3o72bo77bo73b3o69b3o72b3o5bo66b3o72b3o76b
3o73bo74b3o68bo73b3o3b3o71bo3b2o72b3o64b3o76b3o73b3o68b2o4b3o67b2o74b
2o70b3o4bo70b2o74b2o70b3o4bo66b2o3bo4bo64b2o3bo77b2o3bo61b2o73b2o73b3o
72b3o77b3o67b3o72b2o5bo67b3o73b3o71b3o73b3o71b3o89b3o69b3o72b3o58b3o
72b3o92b3o52b3o72b3o72b2o74bo4b3o67b2o72b2o74bo4b3o67b2o84b3o60bobo15b
3o55b3o72b3o79b3o73b3o68b2o73b2o77b2o$153bo232bo513b2o79bo377b2o70bo
751b3o516bo75b3o369bobo228bo225bo72b2o3bobo67b2o3b2o76b2o65bo4bo69bo
377bo75bo970bo224bo295b2o373bo74bo78bo$79bo71b3o75bo154b3o595b2o152b2o
67b2o73b2o79bo70bo142bo679b2o73b2o369bo299bo150bo73bo74bo79b3o68bo74bo
79b3o69bobo3b2o67bobo3bobo74bobo65b2o3bobo67b2o3b2o296b3o70b3o74b2o
221bo73bo675bo224bo374b3o293bo74bo78bo$2bo77bo148b2o625b2o47b2o74b2o
67bo74b3o7b2o67b2o73b2o149b3o143b2o222b3o75bo73bo74b3o74bo3b3o68bo74b
2o73b2o76b2o149b2o145b2o143b3o8bobo64bobo70b2o4b2o68bo5b2o70b2o70bo74b
o73bo76bo74bo72bo158bo143bobo3b2o67bobo3bobo139b3o77b3o67bo5bo143b2o4b
obo69b2o72b2o73b2o72b2o88b3o69b3o72b3o58b3o72b3o92b3o52b3o72b3o75b3o
75bo146b3o76bo152b2o79b2o56b2o4bo68b2o80b2o74b2o65b3o72b3o3b3o70b3o$2b
2o74b3o147bobo626b2o45b2o145b2o74bo9bo68bo74bo69b3o147b3o71b2o7b3o63b
3o4b3o71b3o66bo78bo73bo73bo75b2o3bo69b2o76bo74bo69b2o3bobo67bo80bobo
67bo76b2o70b2o74bo8b2o65b2o70bobo4bobo65bobo5bobo70b2o67b3o72b3o72b2o
74b3o72b3o72b2o382bo143bo79bo67b2o5bo141bobo75b2o72b2o71bo3b2o72b2o89b
o71bo74bo60bo74bo94bo54bo74bo153b2o223b2o152bobo78bobo55bobo4bo67bobo
79bobo73bobo147bo$bobo146b2o233b2o469bo49bo79b2o62b2o74bo84b2o138bo
149bo82bo65bo6bo73bo69bo75b3o71b3o74bo74bobo3bo68bobo219bobo5bo68bo81b
o68bo77bo68bobo73bo10bo66bo77bo68b2o5bo71bo219bobo222bobo525bo79bo67bo
bo77b2o70bo77bo73bo70b2o166bo71bo74bo60bo74bo94bo54bo74bo153bobo223bob
o151bo80bo57bo74bo81bo75bo148bo68bo$151b2o233b2o597b2o223b2o140bo149bo
82bo65bo6bo73bo669bo72b3o72b3o73b3o148bo1047b3o230bo296bobo292bobo79b
2o671bo225bo449b2o368b2o$76bo73bo234bo601bo67b2o155bo63bo154b3o72b2o
746b2o70b2o224bo378b2o293bo74bo149bo74bo300bo231b2o296bo374bobo670b2o
144bo78b2o144bo303b2o69bo298bobo$b2o73b2o152bo823b2o220b2o153bo74bobo
294bo72b3o71b3o73bo227bobo68bobo223bo379bobo291b2o73b2o149b2o73b2o298b
o231b2o440b3o77b3o149bo671bobo145bo77bobo144bo304bo68b2o$obo72bobo151b
2o82bo137bo604bo218bobo154bo73bo295b2o72bo73bo75b2o226bo72bo150b2o149b
2o300bo293bobo72bobo147bobo72bobo535bo438bo77bo220b2o747b3o222b3o73b2o
297bobo$2bo226bobo82bo137bo1349bobo72bo73bo73bobo449bobo148bobo1432b2o
436bo79bo218bobo1047bobo$312b3o135b3o2026bo150bo1431bobo737bo1049bo
372b3o$5551bo225bo449bo$5551b2o223b2o448bo74b3o$313b2o136b2o3677b2o68b
2o1348bobo223bobo524bo$314b2o136b2o88bo58bo3527b2o70b2o1127bo971bo$
313bo137bo91bo58bo3528bo68bo674b3o72b2o76b3o73b2o223b2o$541b3o56b3o
4274bo73b2o75bo74b2o224bobo$4876bo73bo78bo75bo69b2o$776bo4399b2o77b2o$
541b2o57b2o175bo4397bo78b2o$542b2o57b2o172b3o4478bo$541bo58bo$676bo$
677bo97b2o$675b3o98b2o$775bo50bo$826b2o$675b2o148bobo$676b2o$675bo!

And at T=207 the rest of the mess resolves into a few pieces of ash plus this object down at the bottom:

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x = 7, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
b2o$3ob2o$4b3o$4b2o!

... and there are lots of ways to build that, too:

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x = 5783, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
4bobo72bobo68bobo72bo74bo76bobo70bobo85bo65bo90bo77bo52bo89bo61bo72bo
3bo74bobo71bo71bo73bo8bo67bo72bo76bo73bo81bo67bo74bo77bo71bo77bo75bo
69bobo73bo82bo67bo74bo72bo75bo74bo81bo72b2o71bobo68bo75bo3bo75bo69bo
81bo67bo73bo83bo76bo67bo77bo68bo73bo76bo73bo78bo74bo74bo74bo93bo74bo
74bo51bo86bo63bo72bobo72bo78bo74bo72bo82bobo68bo74bo74bo80bo69bo74bo$
4b2o73b2o70b2o73b2o73b2o74b2o72b2o83b2o67bo90bo74b2o54bo86b2o63bo72bob
o75b2o73b2o70b2o72b2o5bo68bobo71b2o75bo73bo81bo67bo74bo3bo73bo71bo77bo
75bo69b2o74bo80bo69b2o70bobo73b2o74bo74bo80bobo69b2o72b2o70b2o74bobo
77bo69bo81bo67bo73b2o79b2o76bo69b2o76b2o67b2o72b2o72bobo74bo78b2o73b2o
73b2o73b2o92bo74bo74bo51bo86bo60bobo73b2o73b2o76bobo72bobo68bobo82b2o
67b2o73b2o73b2o79b2o68b2o73b2o$5bo74bo70bo73b2o73b2o76bo72bo85b2o64b3o
88b3o75b2o51b3o87b2o60b3o70b3ob3o68bo5bo72b2o70b2o72b2o6b3o66b2o71b2o
74b3o71b3o73b2o4b3o65b3o72b3o3bobo69b3o69b3o75b3o73b3o69bo73b3o72bo7b
3o66b2o72b2o72b2o73b3o72b3o3bo68bo7b2o65bo6bo72bo69b2o73b3ob3o73b3o67b
3o79b3o65b3o72b2o81b2o75b3o66b2o76b2o67b2o72b2o74b2o72b3o73bo3b2o73b2o
73b2o73b2o91b3o72b3o72b3o49b3o84b3o61b2o73bo73b2o77b2o73b2o70b2o83bo
68b2o73b2o73b2o79b2o68b2o73b2o$bo74bo232bo66bo749b2o377b2o218bobo76bo
76b2o292b3o152bo70b2o80bo71bo75bo148bo70b2o73b2o152bo595bo525bo7bo64bo
bo7bo74bo74bo665bo74bo224bo74bo74bo80bo69bo74bo$2bo74bo75bo75bo4b2o68b
o4bobo65bo747b2o73b3o6b2o70b2o72b2o68bo78b2o75bo73b2o70bo76bobo150b2o
218bo80bo71b2o3bo64b2o79b2o73b2o71b2o74b3o72b3o67b2o3bo69b2o3bo69bo79b
2o143bo451bo81bo77bo68bo73bo219b3o6b2o65b2o6b2o73b2o73b2o666bo74bo224b
o74bo74bo80bo69bo74bo$3o72b3o76bo74b2o3bobo67b2o3b2o64b3o225b2o89b2o
129b2o148b3ob3o70b3o147bo5b2o70b2o72b2o70b2o78bo73b2o72b2o76bo68b2ob2o
72b2o71b2o3b2o70bobo75bobo67bo5bobo74bo69bobo2b2o70bo75b2o71b2o73b2o
73bo149b2o73b2o69b2o76bobo70b3o71b2o4b3o67b3o79b3o66bo77bo69bo73b3o79b
2o76b2o67b2o72b2o76bo70b2o80bobo64bo7bobo72bobo72bobo87b3o72b3o72b3o
49b3o72b2o10b3o284b3o72b3o78bo143b3o72b3o72b3o78b3o67b3o72b3o$152b3o2b
o70bobo3bo68bobo298b2o89b2o129b2o149bobo72bo77b2o69bo8bo65bo5bo73bo68b
2o153bobo73bo74b2o67bobo74bobo70bobo5bo69b2o76b2o74b2o73b3o74bobo67b2o
155bo138b3o3bo68b3o76bobo72bobo68b2o152bo70b2o7bo69bo81bo65b2o78bo69bo
155b2o76b2o67b2o72b2o76bo70b2o396bo74bo74bo51bo71bobo12bo441bo$157bobo
443bo90bo130bo75bo74bo3bo72bo75b2o145b2o152b2o71b2o70b2o154bobo68bo76b
o72bo76bo77bo75bo221b2o152b2o141bo74bo227bo147bo79bo69bo81bo66bobo2b3o
70b3o67b3o77bo374b3o69bo223b2o72b3o97bo74bo74bo51bo74bo11bo71bo81bo80b
o205b3o73bo$157b2o217b2o524bo228bo143bobo151b2o71bobo71b2o75bo447bo
458b2o139bo74bo228b2o450bo220b2o71bo381b3o214bobo74bo459bo81bo80bo50bo
75bo151b2o$4b3o370b2o76bo444b3o528bo72bo70bo77b2o446b2o157bobo741bobo
70b2o379bo220b2o70b2o147b3o230bo218bo73bo302b2o154b3o79b3o78b3o50b2o
73b2o152b2o$4bo71b2o298bo79bo1195bobo445bobo157b2o214bo156bo444b2o451b
2o68b2o147bobo147bo156b2o75bo593b2o370bobo73bobo75b2o70bo75b3o73bo75b
3o144b2o73bo$5bo71b2o375b3o1580b3o221bo214b2o154b2o443bo453bobo67bobo
297bo156b2o670bo523bobo70bo74bo74b2o75bo145bobo73b2o$76bo823b2o1135bo
437bobo154bobo741bo154bo69bo455bo828b3o79b3o78b3o202bo70b3o75bo73bobo
75bo146bo72bobo$828b2o71b2o1135bo1268bo68b2o448b2o156b2o514b3o385bo81b
o80bo$455b2o371bobo69bo2405b2o67bobo447bobo156bobo515bo384bo81bo80bo$
456b2o370bo2477bobo518bo156bo516bo$455bo145bo$601b2o3973bo73b3o973b2o$
600bobo3973b2o74bo972bobo$4575bobo73bo975bo$751bo$526bo149bo75bo$527bo
148b2o72b3o$525b3o147bobo2$750b2o$525b2o224b2o$526b2o222bo$525bo!

There's a fairly large mess left behind, so probably Catagolue will reject any attempt to submit a complete synthesis. I'm still looking through Shinjuku documentation and other people's notes, to try and figure out how to contribute a synthesis like this without using the unmystical box.

EDIT: And for Advanced Ugliness, there's one soup for xs19_cikmhbgzx641, which at one stage resolves into a pre-blinker, R-pentomino, pre-LOM, pre-TL, and pi (plus two beehives, but you only need one of them). Hopefully a later stage will turn out to be tractable, since this would be a tough combination to get going all at once, and again it leaves a lot of mess to clean up.

[Kazyan]

One of them can be approached synthetically, at least:

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x = 93, y = 39, rule = B3/S23
71bo$69bobo$obo67b2o$b2o$bo6$85bo$83b2o$84b2o3$77bobo2bo$77b2o3bobo4bo
bo$78bo3b2o5b2o$90bo$78b2o$13bobo62bo12b2o$14b2o8bo54b3o2bo5b2o$14bo9b
3o54bo2b3o5bo$27bo59bo$9b3o10bo3bo48b3o4bo3bo$11bo8bobo3bobo48bo3bobo
2bobo$10bo10b2o4bobo46bo5b2o3bobo$18b2o9bo59bo$17bobo8bo59bo$19bo5bobo
50b2o5bobo$13b3o9b2o52b2o4b2o$15bo48b2o12bo$14bo50b2o$64bo$8bo$3b2o3b
2o$2bobo2bobo59b2o$4bo65b2o$69bo!

[Ian07]

New and improved syntheses from testitemqlstudop's 5G search (some direct results, some indirect results):

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x = 6644, y = 87, rule = B3/S23
3031bo3258bobo$3029bobo3259b2o$3030b2o3259bo6$2661bobo$2661b2o$2662bo
5$1895bobo$1895b2o$1896bo4184bo$6079bobo$2288bo3791b2o$1280bo1008b2o$
1279bo775bo232b2o$1279b3o771b2o2667bo$298bo1755b2o1888bo778bo255bobo$
299bo1072bo2572b2o431bobo303bo36b3o255b2o$297b3o1071bo136bo2435b2o433b
2o304bo39b2o91b2o48bo4bo106bo817bobo$1273bo97b3o132bobo149b2o4bo2714bo
303b3o39b2o90b2o50bo4bo192bo390bo340b2o$1272bo234b2o140bobo7b2o2b2o
630bo2311b2o11bo192bobo3bo47b3o2b3o191bo392b2o36bo301bo$1272b3o94bo
280b2o6bo4bobo627bobo2310bo2bo9bo194b2o60b2o188b3o389b2o35b2o617bo$
1368bobo279bo643b2o1849bo89b2o370bobo9b3o192bo61b2o618b2o616bobo$160bo
1207bobo946bo749bo1077bobo83b2obobo322b2o47bo7b2o251bo247b2o112bo882b
2o$161b2o1206bo946bo73bo2bo673bobo315bo380bo378b2o83bobobo204bo111bo6b
obo55b2o67bobo180bobo245bo2bo112bo61bo799bo$160b2o1496b3o655b3o71b6o
654bo16b2o116bobo195b2o213bo167bobo46b2o413bo2bobo204bo110b2o7bo45b5o
74b2o35b2o145bo240bo6bo2bo109b3o59bobo177bo619bobo$879bo780bo735bo651b
obo135b2o4bo191b2o213b2o165b2o45b3obo413bobobo202b3o109bobo52bo5bo74bo
2b3o26b2obobo387bo6b3o172b2o9bo166bo72b2o401b2o144b2o$880bo483b2ob2o
290bo732bo2b2o652b2o135bo4bo406b2o212bo4bo414b2ob2o205b2o111b2o48bobo
2b2o68bo8bo27bobobo341bobo43b3o9b2o121bo57bobo166b3o70bo139bo3bo162bo
94bo2bo16bo557bo$bo152bobo721b3o384b3o96b2obo1023bobo797b3o273bo2bo
131bo210b4o624bo2bo111b2o3b3o42b2o70bobo9bo26bobobo341b2o48b2o3b2obobo
120bobo49bo6b2o240b3o135bobobobob2o156bobo94b3o10b3o3bo557bo$2bo152b2o
1110bo99bo157bobo507bobo353b2o402bo671b4o132b2o44b2o791b2o111bo5bo117b
2o4b3o30bo2bob2o239bo99bo48b2o2bobobobo108bo11b2o50bo251bo104bo29bobob
obobo158b2o113b3o137b2o416b3o$3o152bo1110bo3b2o95b2o156b2o509b2o758bo
390b2o270bo142b2o41b2obobo160bo3b2o127bo617bo122bo35bo2bo77b3o21b2o
135bo145b2o7bo3bo110b2o61bo9bo222bobo13b4o102bobo30b2obobobo254b3o8bo
5bo140b2o$522bo3b2o306bo47b2o225bobo157b2o97bo157bo333bo175bo757b3o
391b2o7b2o261bo6b4o174b2obo162bo2bo2bo124bobo16bobo722bo35b2o80bo20b2o
48b2o86b3o143b2o121b2o72bo223b2o12bo107b2o34b2ob2o5bo246bo3bo7bo5bo
142bo412b3o119bo$520bobo3b2o307b2o44bo2bo225b2o159bo96bobo488bo938b2o
263b2o122bo8b2o260b3o6bo3bo176b2o156bo4bo3b2o126b2o16b2o270b2o568bo23b
o46bo2bo189bo238bo223bo3bo8bobob2o107bo40bobo246b2obo7bo5bo138b2o536bo
$521b2o311b2o45bobo115bo29bo80bo258b2o488b3o936b2o255bo6b2o6b2o126bo
263b2o6bobo172b3o158b2o154bo270b2o142bo59b2ob2o432b4o94bobo91bo248bo
218bo8bobob2o105b2o41bobo247bob2o150bobo536b3o$882bo114b2o31bo1004b3o
357b3o656bobo7bo4b2o391b2o6bobo127b2o42bo2bo106bo6bo43bobo12b2o554bobo
59bobobo529b2o92b3o245bo156b2o61bo9bo110b2o41bo248bo2bo8b3o141bo410b2o
$464bo61b2o156bo144b2o6b3o158b2o28b3o1006bo1016bo2bo13bo399bo127bobo
42b2o106bobo5bo59b2o554bobo12bo46bobobo429b6o81b2o12bo97b2o59b2o99b3o
78b3o153bobo178b2o295b2o563bo2bo$465bo60b2o154b2o144bobo8bo152bo39b2o
2b2o998bo277b2o82b3o222bo162bo268b2o333bo210bo151b2o5b3o195bobo269bo6b
2o138bo11b2o46b2obob2o427bo2bo2bo80bobo109b2o60b2o101bo2b2o57b2ob2o
170bo3b2o74bo98bobo47b3o809bo2bo$57bo405b3o56b2o159b2o145bo7bo154bo11b
o26b2o2bo2bo73bo1199b2o83bo223bo164bo601bo258b2o172b3o134b2o267bobo6b
2o5b2o144b2o44bo2bo430bobo87bo11b3o97bo161bo3bobo55bobobo10b2o163bobo
72bobo92b2o3bo45b2o2bo250b2o557bob3o$45bo10bo465b2o368b2ob2o94b3o9b2o
32b2obo73b2o1199bo83bo222b3o160b3o399b3o199b3o256b2o172bo136bo269b2o
13b2o191b2o432bo100bo161b3o101bo57bo3bo10b2o163bo69b2o3bo2bo92b2o48b2o
3bo163bo85b2o556bobo124bo$44bobo9b3o248bobo362bobo2bobo213bob2o107b2o
33bo73b2o8b2o721b2o941b2o398bo572b3o58bo130b3o175bobo838bo160bo162b3ob
2o166bo76b2o4b2o92bo219bobo481bo158bo2bob2o119bobo$45b2o261b2o363b2o3b
2o213bo143b2o83bo2bo721b2o2bobo177b2o743bo12b2o397bo461b3o111bo191bo
176b2o19b2o91b3o143bo741bo163bobobo165b2o10bo384b2o86b3o394b2o6bo150b
2o2bo121b2o$47b2o5bo241bobo9bo364bo4bo211b2obo143bo85b2o721bo4b2o177bo
bo256b2o486bo607b3o262bo112bo191bo177bo19b2o80b2o10bo143b2o906bo2bo
165bobo9b2o458b2o12bo165bo229b2o6bo155bobo$14b2o31bo5bobo241b2o28bo
562bobo111b2o33bo71b3o5bo408bo4bo318bo179bo257b2o483b3o8bo598bo225b2o
38bo485bo17bo75b2o2b2o11bo143b2o906b2o178bobo61b3o393b2o13bo163b2o237b
3o154b2o124b3o$14bobo31b3o2bobo241bo28bo564bo112bobo31b2o73bo4bobo405b
obo2b2o756bo494b5o597bo224bobo523b2o92b2o1313bo309bo262bobo512b3o4bo$
2bo11bo35bo3bo271b3o675bo107bo6b2o406b2o3b2o1249bo5bo821bo524bobo1406b
o308bobo2bo82b3o403bo285bo7bo$2b2o528bo2246bo3bob3obo577b3o1024bo1460b
2o2bobo80bo403bobo2bobo273b3o5bo$bobo293bo233bo2247bo4bobobo580bo3b2o
1018b2o1451b2o11b2o82bo403b2o2b2o276bo$298bo232b3o311b2o262b2o265bo
293b2o1107bo11bo576bo3bobo1018bobo1449bobo504bo275bo$296b3o150bobo224b
2o167bobo260bobo264bo139b2o152b2o1119bobo581bo2472bo$8b3o439b2o17bo51b
o6b2o145bobo167bo264bo264b3o136bobo154bo1118bobo1183b2o$8bo176bo264bo
16bobo2b3o44b3o6b2o147bo694b2o142bo1274bo1183b2o2532b3o$9bo173b2o283b
2o2bo45bo853b2o469b2o420b2o1710bo$184b2o118b2o167bo45b3o1322b2o175b2o
241bobo526b3o3717b3o$303bobo216bo162b2o1156bo176bobo243bo526bo3719bo$
305bo215bobo160b2o1336bo771bo3719bo$522b2o162bo$171b3o$173bo2b3o2413b
2o11b2o$172bo3bo2414bobo10bobo$177bo2415bo12bo3$2602b3o$2604bo$2603bo
5$6337b3o$6339bo$6338bo2$1241b3o$1243bo$1242bo2$3025b3o$3027bo$3026bo!

EDIT: Replaced invalid synthesis that I originally didn't notice.
EDIT 2: And two more. Unfortunately the script has a tendency to place gliders so close to each other that they destroy each other before reaching their destination.
EDIT 3: Heh, looks like Catagolue is having a bit of trouble with those invalid ones. I just submitted the new version of the RLE without the errors so it should work next time.
EDIT 4: Nope. Help?
EDIT 5: Finally fixed thanks to efforts by calcyman and Freywa.

[Kazyan]

A component, reverse-engineered from the soup of a half-bakery derivative:

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x = 21, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
12bo$11bo$bo5bo3b3o$2bo5bo$3o3b3o4$18bo$18bobo$8b2o8b2o$7bo2bo$7bobo5b
3o$5b2obo6bo$4bo2bo8bo$4bobo$5bo!

[dvgrn]

A component, reverse-engineered from the soup of a half-bakery derivative:

Code: Select all

x = 21, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
12bo$11bo$bo5bo3b3o$2bo5bo$3o3b3o4$18bo$18bobo$8b2o8b2o$7bo2bo$7bobo5b
3o$5b2obo6bo$4bo2bo8bo$4bobo$5bo!

Wow. That knocks five gliders off the synthesis of xs19_g8kid1e8z1226, and seven gliders off of xs19_0g84q552z345d, and no doubt that's just the beginning.

Are transfer.py runs still happening regularly, or no?

[Ian07]

Are transfer.py runs still happening regularly, or no?

The last one was on December 15th by Alex Greason. However, now really wouldn't be a good time to run it because it looks like the job process is stuck indefinitely: https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/catagolue/-/jobs Anything submitted to the queue is apparently just going to be removed from it without actually updating the syntheses. Thankfully the job log allows me to recover the RLEs each time, but it would certainly be nice to get this resolved first.

I'm 99.9% sure it's because of those weird one-directional non-syntheses I accidentally submitted earlier, but I don't know if there's a way for me to fix it myself. Even though I made sure to omit them this time, (and double- and triple-checked that I didn't miss any) I have a feeling Catagolue still remembers those bad components hence why it's still throwing fits about them, so either @calcyman or @Freywa will probably need to step in here.

[Freywa]

There's something sinister about bi-pentadecathlon 1. The great majority of them form from a traffic light colliding with a well-developed pi mushroom, and then some kind of spark is applied at the back. Could this be marshalled to give a synth cheaper than 8 gliders?

[Kazyan]

Some more half-bakery derivative reverse-engineering:

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x = 69, y = 414, rule = B3/S23
3bo$2bo$2b3o3$2bo$obo5bobo$b2o5b2o$9bo4$o$3o$3bo$3o$o9b2o$9bobo$5b2o4b
o$4bobo6b3o$6bo6bo$14bo11$29bo$28b2o$28bobo43$5bo$6bo$4b3o2$30bo$o23bo
bo2bo$b2o21b2o3b3o$2o23bo$5bo$5b2o$4bobo3$23b2o$10bo12bobo$10b3o10bo$
13bo$10b3o$10bo46$2bobo$3b2o$3bo25bo$27b2o$28b2o2$20bo$19bo$19b3o10$
61b2ob2o$61b2obo$18bo45bo3bo$16b3o45bob3o$15bo49bo$16b3o47b3o$18bo38b
2o9bo$9bobo44bo2bo$10b2o45bobo$10bo47bo2$9b3o41b3o$11bo43bo$10bo43bo$
57b3o59$8bobo48bo$9b2o49bo$9bo48b3o$4bo$5bo$3b3o6bobo7bobo34bo$13b2o7b
2o28bo5bobo$13bo9bo29bo3bo2bo$51b3o4b2o2$64bo$52bo10bobo$51bobo6bo2b2o
$12bobo35bo2bo6b3o$13b2o8b2o26b2o10b2o$13bo8bo2bo36bo2bo$23bobo37bobo$
13b3o8bo39bo$15bo$14bo46$9bo$7bobo$8b2o5$20bo$20bobo$20b2o4$21bo$20bo$
20b3o$18bo$16bobo$17b2o2$24bo$23bobo$23bo2bo$24bobo$25bo4$18b3o3b2o$7b
2o9bo4b2o$6bobo10bo5bo$8bo56$13bo$11bobo$12b2o24bobo$38b2o$39bo10$11bo
$12b2o$11b2o2$28bo$13b2o12bobo$14b2o12bobo$13bo15b2o2$24bobo$6b2o17b2o
$7b2o16bo$6bo$25b2o$26b2o$25bo!

(Shoutout to chris_c for preparing the hitlist that I'm looking through.)

[calcyman]

Are transfer.py runs still happening regularly, or no?

The last one was on December 15th by Alex Greason. However, now really wouldn't be a good time to run it because it looks like the job process is stuck indefinitely: https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/catagolue/-/jobs Anything submitted to the queue is apparently just going to be removed from it without actually updating the syntheses. Thankfully the job log allows me to recover the RLEs each time, but it would certainly be nice to get this resolved first.

I'm 99.9% sure it's because of those weird one-directional non-syntheses I accidentally submitted earlier, but I don't know if there's a way for me to fix it myself. Even though I made sure to omit them this time, (and double- and triple-checked that I didn't miss any) I have a feeling Catagolue still remembers those bad components hence why it's still throwing fits about them, so either @calcyman or @Freywa will probably need to step in here.

Yes, the update process is designed to never 'lose' RLEs in the event of failure, which also means these invalid components (how did they get in here?) will keep stopping the update process from succeeding. I'll endeavour to intervene relatively soon.

[Freywa]

Managed to chop eater 4's synth to 14 gliders based on a common predecessor:

Code: Select all

x = 126, y = 68, rule = B3/S23
65bo$65bobo$65b2o22$27b3o3bo17bo$29bo2b2o16bo$28bo3bobo15b3o2$44bo$43b
2o75b2o$43bobo74b2o2$123b2o$111b2o10bobo$27bo84bo10bo$26bo20b3o62bob2o
$26b3o18bo63b2o2bo$22bo25bo59bo4b2o$20bobo85b5o$21b2o83b2o4bo$107bo2b
2o$107bobo$102bo2bobobo$20b3o8b2o69b4ob2o$20bo10b2o73bo$21bo82bobo$
104b2o5$98b2o$98b2o2$101b3o$101bo$102bo9$3o$2bo$bo!

There is a slight chance that a better cleanup exists.

As such, the p30 honey farm hassler costs 23 gliders:

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x = 162, y = 41, rule = B3/S23
45bo$46b2o$45b2o9$3bo$4b2o89bo58bo$3b2o88b3o56b3o$92bo58bo$92b2o57b2o$
b2o145bo$obo146bo$2bo144b3o$138b2o$10b2o86b2o38b2o17b2o$11bo87bo38b2o
18bo$11bob2o56b3o25bob2o36bo6b2o10bob2o$10b2o2bo58bo24b2o2bo35bobo6b2o
8b2o2bo$7bo4b2o58bo22bo4b2o31b3obobo6bo7bo4b2o$7b5o83b5o33b4obo15b5o$
5b2o4bo62b3o16b2o4bo37bo14b2o4bo$6bo2b2o63bo19bo2b2o54bo2b2o$6bobo66bo
18bobo56bobo$bo2bobobo54b3o23bo2bobobo51bo2bobobo$b4ob2o57bo23b4ob2o
52b4ob2o$5bo58bo28bo58bo$3bobo85bobo56bobo$3b2o86b2o57b2o5$89b3o$89bo$
90bo!

Edit: Extrovert in 22 gliders. The mechanism can be adjusted for each variant of the p10 traffic light hassler, so all of them cost at most 22 gliders.

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x = 203, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
43bobo$43b2o155bo$44bo57bo64bo32bobo$102bobo62bobo30b2o$38bo63b2o
63b2o$39b2o58bo64bo$38b2o57bobo62bobo$98b2o43bo19b2o7b2o$144b2o26b
2o$o39b2o101b2o$b2o4bo33b2o$2o3b2o33bo$6b2o46b2o36b2o4b2o65b2o4b2o
$53bo2bo34bo2bo2bo2bo63bo2bo2bo2bo13b3o$2b2o50b2o36b2o4b2o55bobo7b
2o4b2o8bo5bo$2bobo144bo5b2o24b2o5bo$2bo51b2o36b2o4b2o50bo5bo8b2o4b
2o7bobo$53bo2bo34bo2bo2bo2bo47b3o13bo2bo2bo2bo$54b2o36b2o4b2o65b2o
4b2o3$193b2o$164b2o26b2o$92b2o70b2o7b2o19bo$92bobo78bobo$92bo80bo$
88b2o79b2o$87bobo46b2o30bobo$89bo45bobo32bo$137bo!

[mattiward]

Managed to chop eater 4's synth to 14 gliders based on a common predecessor:

Code: Select all

x = 126, y = 68, rule = B3/S23
65bo$65bobo$65b2o22$27b3o3bo17bo$29bo2b2o16bo$28bo3bobo15b3o2$44bo$43b
2o75b2o$43bobo74b2o2$123b2o$111b2o10bobo$27bo84bo10bo$26bo20b3o62bob2o
$26b3o18bo63b2o2bo$22bo25bo59bo4b2o$20bobo85b5o$21b2o83b2o4bo$107bo2b
2o$107bobo$102bo2bobobo$20b3o8b2o69b4ob2o$20bo10b2o73bo$21bo82bobo$
104b2o5$98b2o$98b2o2$101b3o$101bo$102bo9$3o$2bo$bo!

There is a slight chance that a better cleanup exists.

As such, the p30 honey farm hassler costs 23 gliders:

Code: Select all

x = 162, y = 41, rule = B3/S23
45bo$46b2o$45b2o9$3bo$4b2o89bo58bo$3b2o88b3o56b3o$92bo58bo$92b2o57b2o$
b2o145bo$obo146bo$2bo144b3o$138b2o$10b2o86b2o38b2o17b2o$11bo87bo38b2o
18bo$11bob2o56b3o25bob2o36bo6b2o10bob2o$10b2o2bo58bo24b2o2bo35bobo6b2o
8b2o2bo$7bo4b2o58bo22bo4b2o31b3obobo6bo7bo4b2o$7b5o83b5o33b4obo15b5o$
5b2o4bo62b3o16b2o4bo37bo14b2o4bo$6bo2b2o63bo19bo2b2o54bo2b2o$6bobo66bo
18bobo56bobo$bo2bobobo54b3o23bo2bobobo51bo2bobobo$b4ob2o57bo23b4ob2o
52b4ob2o$5bo58bo28bo58bo$3bobo85bobo56bobo$3b2o86b2o57b2o5$89b3o$89bo$
90bo!

Edit: Extrovert in 22 gliders. The mechanism can be adjusted for each variant of the p10 traffic light hassler, so all of them cost at most 22 gliders.

Code: Select all

x = 203, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
43bobo$43b2o155bo$44bo57bo64bo32bobo$102bobo62bobo30b2o$38bo63b2o
63b2o$39b2o58bo64bo$38b2o57bobo62bobo$98b2o43bo19b2o7b2o$144b2o26b
2o$o39b2o101b2o$b2o4bo33b2o$2o3b2o33bo$6b2o46b2o36b2o4b2o65b2o4b2o
$53bo2bo34bo2bo2bo2bo63bo2bo2bo2bo13b3o$2b2o50b2o36b2o4b2o55bobo7b
2o4b2o8bo5bo$2bobo144bo5b2o24b2o5bo$2bo51b2o36b2o4b2o50bo5bo8b2o4b
2o7bobo$53bo2bo34bo2bo2bo2bo47b3o13bo2bo2bo2bo$54b2o36b2o4b2o65b2o
4b2o3$193b2o$164b2o26b2o$92b2o70b2o7b2o19bo$92bobo78bobo$92bo80bo$
88b2o79b2o$87bobo46b2o30bobo$89bo45bobo32bo$137bo!

Introvert p10 traffic light hassler in 20 gliders.

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x = 252, y = 113, rule = B3/S23
181bobo$181b2o$182bo4$79bo$77bobo$78b2o87bo$167bobo$167b2o$86bobo$87b
2o$87bo9$131bo$129b2o$130b2o6bo$138bobo$138b2o6$129bo$128bo$128b3o2$
122bobo9bo7bo$123b2o8b2o7bobo$123bo9bobo6b2o$138bo$120b3o15bobo$122bo
15b2o$121bo$124bo$124bobo$124b2o$127b3o$127bo$128bo3$144b2o$144bobo$
144bo3$128b3o$130bo$129bo3$166bo$165b2o$165bobo$85b2o$84bobo$86bo87b2o
$174bobo$174bo4$71bo$71b2o$70bobo14$34bo$34bobo26b2o28b2o4b2o52b2o4b2o
62b2o4b2o$34b2o27b2o2b2o24b2o4b2o52b2o4b2o62b2o4b2o12b2o$37b3o27b2o3bo
169bo2bo4bo$9bo27bo32b2o171b2o4bo$8bo29bo32b2o99bobo74b3o$8b3o22b2o28b
2o28b2o58b2o4b2o11b2o49b2o4b2o12bo$32bo2bo26bo2bo26bo2bo46bo9bo2bo2bo
2bo11bo48bo2bo2bo2bo6bo3b2o$2bobo28b2o28b2o28b2o48bo9b2o4b2o54bo7b2o4b
2o6bobo2bobo$3b2o136b3o26b3o41bobo20bobo$3bo29b2o28b2o28b2o58b2o4b2o9b
o38bobo2bobo6b2o4b2o7bo$32bo2bo26bo2bo26bo2bo44bo11bo2bo2bo2bo9bo38b2o
3bo6bo2bo2bo2bo$3o30b2o28b2o28b2o45b2o11b2o4b2o49bo12b2o4b2o$2bo136bob
o60b3o$bo104bobo95bo4b2o$4bo101b2o95bo4bo2bo$4bobo26b2o28b2o28b2o4b2o
6bo45b2o4b2o48b2o12b2o4b2o$4b2o27b2o2b2o24b2o2b2o24b2o4b2o8bo43b2o4b2o
62b2o4b2o$7b3o27b2o28b2o3bo35b2o$7bo62b2o36bobo$8bo62b2o2$104b2o$105b
2o$104bo!

[Ian07]

Introvert p10 traffic light hassler in 20 gliders.

Code: Select all

RLE

Reduced again to 18G:

Code: Select all

x = 265, y = 44, rule = B3/S23
254bo$254bobo$254b2o3$256bobo$256b2o$257bo$164bobo85bo$164b2o87b2o$
159bobo3bo86b2o$160b2o$160bo$169b2o$168b2o$99bo14bo55bo$97b2o13b2o$15b
o82b2o13b2o139bo3bo$bo12bo46bo85b2o13b2o84b2o3bobobobo3b2o$2bo11b3o45b
o84b2o13b2o84b2o3bobobobo3b2o$3o44b2o11b3o36b2o13b2o138bo3bo$47b2o50b
2o13b2o$4bo59bo$4bobo47bo3bo5bobo39bo3bo42bo3bo96bo3bo$4b2o6bo35b2o3bo
bobobo4b2o34b2o3bobobobo3b2o30b2o3bobobobo3b2o84b2o3bobobobo3b2o$11b2o
35b2o3bobobobo40b2o3bobobobo3b2o30b2o3bobobobo3b2o84b2o3bobobobo3b2o$
11bobo40bo3bo47bo3bo42bo3bo96bo3bo$6b3o$8bo$7bo4$259b2o$258b2o$260bo$
255bo$255b2o$254bobo3$257b2o$256bobo$258bo!

[Freywa]

It is implied by the previous-previous post that the extrovert can be synthed in 20:

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x = 223, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
43bobo$43b2o$44bo57bo37bo$102bobo35bobo$38bo63b2o36b2o$39b2o58bo
37bo$38b2o57bobo35bobo$98b2o36b2o7b2o49b2o6b2o$145b2o49b2o6b2o$o
39b2o$b2o4bo33b2o$2o3b2o33bo171bo$6b2o46b2o36b2o4b2o38b2o4b2o51b2o
4b2o7bobo6bo$53bo2bo34bo2bo2bo2bo36bo2bo2bo2bo38bo10bo2bo2bo2bo6b
2o6b2o$2b2o50b2o36b2o4b2o38b2o4b2o40bo10b2o4b2o15bobo$2bobo179b3o
28b3o$2bo51b2o36b2o4b2o38b2o4b2o33bobo15b2o4b2o10bo$53bo2bo34bo2bo
2bo2bo36bo2bo2bo2bo33b2o6b2o6bo2bo2bo2bo10bo$54b2o36b2o4b2o38b2o4b
2o34bo6bobo7b2o4b2o$189bo3$137b2o57b2o6b2o$92b2o43b2o7b2o48b2o6b2o
$92bobo51bobo$92bo53bo$88b2o52b2o$87bobo51bobo$89bo53bo!

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

P5 oscillator 101 reduced by 55% from 142 to 64 gliders:

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x = 1676, y = 455, rule = B3/S23
1529bo104bo$1530b2o100b2o$1529b2o102b2o2$1532bobo94bobo$1533b2o94b2o$
1533bo96bo10$1543bo76bo$1541bobo76bobo$1542b2o76b2o6$875bobo$876b2o$
876bo2$906bo$904b2o320bo$895bobo7b2o317b2o364bo$895b2o328b2o362bo$896b
o692b3o$870bobo$871b2o333bobo$871bo224bobo108b2o$1096b2o109bo$1097bo$
975b2o86b2o86b2o86b2o66b2o18b2o66b2o18b2o66b2o18b2o66b2o18b2o$975bobo
85bobo85bobo85bobo64bobo18bobo64bobo18bobo64bobo18bobo64bobo18bobo$
976bo87bo87bo87bo66bo20bo38bo27bo20bo66bo20bo66bo20bo$1368b2o185bo52bo
$1367b2o187b2o48b2o$1555b2o50b2o$977bo87bo87bo87bo64bo22bo64bo22bo64bo
22bo64bo22bo$970b2o5bo80b2o5bo80b2o5bo80b2o5bo64bo15b2o5bo64bo15b2o5bo
64bo15b2o5bo64bo15b2o5bo$970b2o5bo80b2o5bo80b2o5bo57b3o20b2o5bo64bo15b
2o5bo64bo15b2o5bo64bo15b2o5bo64bo15b2o5bo$1213bo343bobo44bobo$357bo
160bo693bo345b2o44b2o61b2o2b2o$358b2o87bo68b2o17bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo
18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo
54bo13bo18bo13bo61b2o2b2o$357b2o87bobo68b2o15bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16b
obo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo
16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo$446bobo85bobo
66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo11b2o53bobo16bobo66bob
o16bobo66bobo16bobo51b2o13bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bo
bo66bobo16bobo72b10o$354b2o91bo72b2o13bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo
18bo12bobo53bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo53b2o13bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18b
o68bo18bo72bo10bo$5bo160bo188b2o162b2o379bo303bo459b2ob6ob2o$6bo158bo
188bo166bo$4b3o87b2o69b3o14b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o
68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o19bobo46b
2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o68b2o16b2o77b2o$3o92bo
73b3o11bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo
18bo20bo47bo18bo68bo18bo19b2o47bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo
68bo18bo74bo2b2o2bo$2bo92bob2o70bo13bob2o62b2obo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o
62b2obo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o
62b2obo18bob2o16b2o44b2obo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o17bo44b2obo18bob2o62b2o
bo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o62b2obo18bob2o71bo
2b2o2bo$bo92b2ob2o71bo11b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o
16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob
2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o16bobo43b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob
2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b2ob2o16b2ob2o62b
2ob2o16b2ob2o74b2o$11b2o146b2o$10b2o148b2o914bo303bo283b2ob6ob2o$7bo4b
o146bo4bo615bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo12bobo53bo18bo5b2o61bo18bo5b
2o61bo18bo5b2o46b2o13bo18bo5b2o54b2o5bo18bo5b2o54b2o5bo18bo5b2o65bo10b
o$6b2o156b2o613bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo11b2o53bo
bo16bobo4b2o60bobo16bobo4b2o60bobo16bobo4b2o45b2o13bobo16bobo4b2o54b2o
4bobo16bobo4b2o41b2o11b2o4bobo16bobo4b2o11b2o53b10o$6bobo154bobo613bob
o16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo66b
obo16bobo66bobo16bobo66bobo16bobo48b2o16bobo16bobo16b2o$780bo18bo68bo
18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo68bo18bo48bo19bo
18bo19bo55b2o2b2o$1388bo278b2o2b2o$1389bo$1146b2o5bo80b2o5bo80b2o5bo
57b3o20b2o5bo64bo15b2o5bo64bo15b2o5bo$1146b2o5bo80b2o5bo80b2o5bo80b2o
5bo64bo15b2o5bo64bo15b2o5bo$692bobo14bobo441bo87bo87bo87bo64bo22bo64bo
22bo$693b2o14b2o$693bo16bo2$692b3o14b3o440bo87bo87bo87bo66bo20bo66bo
20bo$694bo14bo441bobo85bobo85bobo85bobo64bobo18bobo64bobo18bobo$693bo
16bo440b2o86b2o86b2o86b2o66b2o18b2o66b2o18b2o2$1383bo$1047bo335b2o$
674b3o50b3o317b2o321b2o10bobo$676bo50bo318bobo322b2o170bo76bo$675bo52b
o343bo297bo172b2o44b3o27b2o$1071b2o328b2o139bobo44bo29bobo$1071bobo7b
2o317b2o188bo$1080b2o12bo307bo$1082bo10b2o$1093bobo$1052bo$1052b2o$
1051bobo6$1542b2o76b2o$1541bobo76bobo$1543bo76bo10$1533bo96bo$1533b2o
94b2o$1532bobo94bobo2$1529b2o102b2o$1530b2o100b2o$1529bo104bo88$433bo
244bo$434b2o240b2o$433b2o242b2o2$436bobo234bobo$437b2o234b2o$437bo236b
o10$447bo216bo$445bobo216bobo$446b2o216b2o12$634bo$633bo$633b3o9$459bo
192bo$460b2o188b2o$459b2o190b2o4$461bobo184bobo$462b2o184b2o$462bo186b
o5$461bo$462b2o$461b2o3$645bo$643b2o$644b2o4$586bo$584b2o$585b2o3$498b
obo29bo$499b2o30b2o$499bo30b2o2$474bo$475b2o129bobo$474b2o122bo7b2o$
596b2o9bo$597b2o$482bo42bo106bo$483bo42b2o102b2o$481b3o41b2o104b2o3$
581bo42bo$581bobo39bo$581b2o40b3o3$533bobo$534b2o$534bo17$564bo$562b2o
$563b2o3$521bo31bo36bo$522b2o27bobo34b2o$521b2o29b2o35b2o6$1155b2ob5o
2bobob2obobo2b5ob2o$1155bob2obo4b2o2b2o2b2o4bob2obo$1157b3obo4bo6bo4bo
b3o$1154b5o2bo3bobob2obobo3bo2b5o$1156b2ob3o2bo3b4o3bo2b3ob2o$1155b2o
2b2ob4o8b4ob2o2b2o$1155bobo3b2obobobo2bobobob2o3bobo$1154b2o2bobobo3bo
6bo3bobobo2b2o$1155bobo2bo2bo12bo2bo2bobo$1154bo4bobobob2ob4ob2obobobo
4bo$1154b4o4bo2b2o2b2o2b2o2bo4b4o$1154bob2obo2b2o3bo4bo3b2o2bob2obo$
1154b2obob2o3b3o6b3o3b2obob2o$1155b3o3bobo2bob4obo2bobo3b3o$1157b2ob5o
2b2o2b2o2b5ob2o$548b2o604bo2bo4b3o10b3o4bo2bo$547bobo604bo2bo4b3o10b3o
4bo2bo$549bo607b2ob5o2b2o2b2o2b5ob2o$580bo574b3o3bobo2bob4obo2bobo3b3o
$579b2o573b2obob2o3b3o6b3o3b2obob2o$567b2o10bobo572bob2obo2b2o3bo4bo3b
2o2bob2obo$566b2o7b2o577b4o4bo2b2o2b2o2b2o2bo4b4o$568bo5b2o578bo4bobob
ob2ob4ob2obobobo4bo$526b2o48bo578bobo2bo2bo12bo2bo2bobo$525bobo73b3o
550b2o2bobobo3bo6bo3bobobo2b2o$527bo73bo553bobo3b2obobobo2bobobob2o3bo
bo$530b3o69bo552b2o2b2ob4o8b4ob2o2b2o$532bo623b2ob3o2bo3b4o3bo2b3ob2o$
531bo622b5o2bo3bobob2obobo3bo2b5o$503b3o103b2o546b3obo4bo6bo4bob3o$
505bo25bo76b2o545bob2obo4b2o2b2o2b2o4bob2obo$504bo26b2o77bo544b2ob5o2b
obob2obobo2b5ob2o$530bobo2$496b2o$497b2o85b2o$496bo87bobo$584bo10$521b
2o66b2o$520bobo66bobo$522bo66bo4$503b2o102b2o$502bobo102bobo$504bo102b
o18$503b2o$504b2o$503bo$619b2o$618b2o9bo$620bo7b2o$628bobo10b2o$640b2o
$456b2o184bo11b2o$457b2o18bo30b2o143b2o$456bo20b2o30b2o144bo$464b2o10b
obo29bo$465b2o$464bo$607b2o$606b2o$608bo10$447bo216bo$447b2o184b3o27b
2o$446bobo184bo29bobo$634bo12$446b2o216b2o$445bobo216bobo$447bo216bo
10$437bo236bo$437b2o234b2o$436bobo234bobo2$433b2o242b2o$434b2o240b2o$
433bo244bo!

[dvgrn]

P5 oscillator 101 reduced by 55% from 142 to 64 gliders...

Looks good! I think you can get the cost down to 60 or less -- at least, there are some three-glider beehive recipes near the beginning of the recipe that I suspect could be combined with constructing some of the other nearby bait still lifes later on.

It looks like those bait still lifes are all being done at two gliders per object. Have you been able to get the 3G search scripts to run? It's fairly easy to get them working. Let me know if you have any trouble setting them up.

[Freywa]

Looks good! I think you can get the cost down to 60 or less -- at least, there are some three-glider beehive recipes near the beginning of the recipe that I suspect could be combined with constructing some of the other nearby bait still lifes later on.

Fifty-one! (ergs)

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x = 632, y = 78, rule = B3/S23
501bo60bo$502bo58bo$500b3o58b3o15$439bo$439bobo$124bo314b2o$125bo
74b2o62b2o62b2o62b2o65b2o60b2o6bobo9b2o$123b3o3bo70bobo61bobo61bob
o61bobo64bobo58bobo7b2o9bobo$128b2o71bo63bo63bo63bo43b2o21bo60bo8b
o11bo$128bobo241bo65b2o$371bo65bo$371b3o57bo$202bo63bo127bo37bo$
202bo63bo62b3o62bo35b3o11b2o14b3o56b3o4b2o14b3o$202bo63bo104bo22bo
49b2o80b2o$127bo244b2o$128b2o7b2o60bo171b2o60b2o78bo96b2o2b2o$9bo
117b2o7b2o59bobo64bo63bo63bo39bobo5bo18bo54bo7bo18bo68b2o2b2o$7b2o
129bo59b2o63bobo61bobo38b2o21bobo40bo4bobo16bobo51b3o6bobo16bobo$
8b2o123bo72b2o55bobo4b2o55bobo4b2o31bobo21bobo4b2o39bobo16bobo4b2o
54bobo16bobo4b2o46bo12b10o$12bobo117b2o61b2o9b2o56bo5b2o56bo5b2o
33bo22bo5b2o40bo18bo5b2o55bo18bo5b2o47bo10bo2bo4bo2bo$12b2o39bo78b
obo59bobo397b3o10b2o2b4o2b2o$13bo39bobo140bo319bo94bo2bo$2bo50b2o
14b2ob2o33b2o16b2ob2o51b2o16b2ob2o41b2o16b2ob2o41b2o16b2ob2o41b2o
16b2ob2o44b2o16b2ob2o46b3o2bobo5b2o16b2ob2o53bo11b2o2b2o11bo$obo
54b2o11bob2o33bo18bob2o51bo18bob2o41bo18bob2o41bo18bob2o41bo18bob
2o44bo18bob2o48bo3b2o5bo18bob2o8bo43bobo10b2o2b2o10bobo$b2o54bobo
10bo33b2obo18bo43bo7b2obo18bo41b2obo18bo41b2obo18bo41b2obo18bo44b
2obo18bo50bo8b2obo18bo5b2o3bo44bobo10b2o2b2o10bobo$5b2o50bo11b2o
33b2ob2o16b2o44bo6b2ob2o16b2o41b2ob2o16b2o41b2ob2o16b2o41b2ob2o16b
2o44b2ob2o16b2o59b2ob2o16b2o5bobo2b3o43bo11b2o2b2o11bo$4bobo39bo
122b3o375bo63bo2bo$6bo39b2o559b2o2b4o2b2o10b3o$45bobo190b2o62b2o5b
o56b2o5bo22bo36b2o5bo18bo55b2o5bo18bo65bo2bo4bo2bo10bo$50b2o120b3o
63b2o62b2o4bobo55b2o4bobo21bobo34b2o4bobo16bobo54b2o4bobo16bobo65b
10o12bo$51b2o121bo133bobo61bobo21b2o41bobo16bobo4bo55bobo16bobo6b
3o$50bo122bo135bo63bo66bo18bo5bobo54bo18bo7bo60b2o2b2o$393b2o70b2o
83bo59b2o2b2o$392b2o$371bo22bo59b2o80b2o$306b3o62bo65b3o14b2o11b3o
49b3o14b2o4b3o$242bo128bo95bo$242b2o148b3o73bo$241bobo150bo67bo$
393bo66b2o$245b3o124bo66bo21b2o58bo11bo8bo$245bo125bobo64bobo79bob
o9b2o7bobo$246bo125b2o65b2o80b2o9bobo6b2o$459b2o$308bo149bobo$303b
o3b2o151bo$303b2o2bobo$245bo56bobo$244b2o$244bobo2$305b3o$305bo$
306bo7$500b3o58b3o$502bo58bo$501bo60bo!

[Ian07]

Tanner Jacobi has posted on Discord 5G syntheses for the last three 10-bit still lifes that previously required 6 gliders; these are all from a 5G search by him and testitemqlstudop:

Very long hook with tail: (2020-01-08)

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x = 16, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
13bo$13bobo$13b2o3$4bobo$5b2o$bo3bo$2bo$3o4$12b2o$12bobo$8b2o2bo$9b2o$
8bo!

Tub with very long tail: (2020-01-09)

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x = 59, y = 57, rule = B3/S23
2bo$obo$b2o21$29bo$30bo$28b3o3$28b2o$29b2o$28bo17$57bo$56b2o$56bobo5$
2o$b2o$o!

Long^4 snake: (2020-01-10)

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x = 23, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
obo$b2o$bo5$9bo$7bobo$8b2o7$21b2o$20b2o$12b3o7bo$12bo$8b2o3bo$7bobo$9b
o!

[dvgrn]

Tanner Jacobi has posted on Discord 5G syntheses for the last three 10-bit still lifes that previously required 6 gliders...

It will be interesting to see how many synth costs drop when those adjustments go through in Catagolue. Nice finds, Kazyan and testitemqlstudop!

Seems like the Average Cost column in the LifeWiki table by bit count is going to go out of date fairly regularly, but I think the max costs are correct for now. Maybe the 5G search will eventually manage a similar trick for 11 bits, though; there are already only half a dozen expensive 7G recipes left.

[Ian07]

Seems like the Average Cost column in the LifeWiki table by bit count is going to go out of date fairly regularly, but I think the max costs are correct for now. Maybe the 5G search will eventually manage a similar trick for 11 bits, though; there are already only half a dozen expensive 7G recipes left.

I'm probably going to be looking at the new results during the weekend following this one, so I'll post the new/improved syntheses here when I'm done (using lifelib to speed up the process of finding the useful ones).

On a completely unrelated note, a new 46-bit still life has just appeared in C1 (once again, by Rob Liston), so here's a 10G:

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x = 282, y = 95, rule = B3/S23
91bo$92b2o$91b2o15$159bo$157b2o$158b2o14$6bo$7bo$5b3o2$123bo$7bo113b2o
$7b2o113b2o156bo$6bobo262b2ob2o3bobo$3o267bobob2o2bobo$2bo104b3o152bo
3b2o2bo8bo$bo107bo2b3o148bo2b2o3b8o$108bo3bo148b3o$113bo152b2o3b8o$
126b2o138b2o2bo8bo$126b2o9b3o130bobob2o2bobo$271b2ob2o3bobo$280bo43$
91b2o$92b2o$91bo!

[dvgrn]

This seems like a good place to record a soup-based synthesis for xs19_gs2ar9a4zw32 (previously posted on Discord on January 2, 2020):

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x = 763, y = 80, rule = B3/S23
750bo$749bo$749b3o$730bo$729bobo$707bo21bobo$708bo21bo$706b3o$726bo7b
2o$720b2o4bo6bo2bo$398bo320bo2bo3bo7b2o$398bobo318bobo$398b2o320bo$
393bo$391bobo326bo$152bo239b2o326bo$150b2o362b2o118b2o84bo$151b2o361b
2o118b2o116bo$751bo$751b3o3$729b2o$729b2o30bo$745b2o13bo$745b2o13b3o3$
715bo$258bo119bo119bo119bo96b2o$245bo12bo119bo119bo119bo95bobo$246bo
11bo119bo119bo119bo135bo$29bo214b3o506bobo$29bobo230b3o117b3o117b3o
117b3o128bobo$29b2o702bo20bo$22bobo345b2o118b2o118b2o121b3o$22b2o346b
2o118b2o118b2o119b2o3bo$23bo223b3o481bo2bobo$249bo483b2ob2o$o247bo485b
o2bo$b2o148b3o580bobo$2o149bo583bo$152bo2$136b2o118b2o118b2o118b2o118b
2o105b2o$136b2o17bo100b2o118b2o118b2o118b2o105b2o$154b2o$132bo21bobo
95bo119bo119bo119bo$131bobo117bobo117bobo117bobo117bobo$131bobo117bobo
117bobo117bobo117bobo114b2o$132bo119bo119bo119bo119bo115b2o4$581b2o$
580bo2bo133b3o12b2o$581b2o136bo11bo2bo$458b2o131b3o124bo13b2o$457bobo
133bo$459bo132bo146bo$465b2o271bobo$465bobo271bo$465bo258b3o$726bo$
725bo$729b3o$731bo$730bo10$575b3o$577bo$576bo!

It's significantly cheaper than the incremental synthesis that's on Catagolue now -- 22 gliders instead of 48 -- but I wasn't able to get the stubbornly nonmagical box to accept this recipe, last time I tried. Not sure why. Also not sure if it's really a good idea to submit it again, since it's admittedly a lot uglier than the clever incremental synthesis.

The big advantage that Mark Niemiec's database still has over the Catagolue/Shinjuku system is that multiple synthesis methods can be recorded for each object. If an Object X has to be constructed to one side of an already existing object, as part of a larger synthesis, and the cheapest recipe doesn't have enough clearance but a more expensive recipe does... it would be really nice to be able to keep a record of both recipe options, instead of losing access to an expensive-but-high-clearance recipe as soon as a cheap-but-messy one comes along.

Has anyone thought about ways to keep those kinds of alternate syntheses available somehow in Catagolue/Shinjuku?

[GUYTU6J]

A possible synthesis of xs20_8k4ria4z178c from that 4Glider_stdin result:

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x = 33, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
14b2o$14b2o5$31b2o$21bo9b2o$b2o17bobo$obo4b2o3b2o6bo2bo$obo4bobo2b2o7b
2o$bo6bo$4b2o23bo$4b2o22bobo$28bobo$29bo!

[Hunting]

A possible synthesis of xs20_8k4ria4z178c from that 4Glider_stdin result:

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x = 33, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
14b2o$14b2o5$31b2o$21bo9b2o$b2o17bobo$obo4b2o3b2o6bo2bo$obo4bobo2b2o7b
2o$bo6bo$4b2o23bo$4b2o22bobo$28bobo$29bo!

A bit clean-up

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x = 33, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
12b2o$12b2o6$14b2o$14b2o5$31b2o$21bo9b2o$b2o17bobo$obo4b2o3b2o6bo2bo$o
bo4bobo2b2o7b2o$bo6bo$4b2o23bo$4b2o22bobo$28bobo$29bo!

Now it should be synthesised in 22 gliders