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Quick and (less) dirty p72 version with a nice glider output. the evolution has a mild bottleneck after the first glider is released when the debris-taming glider I used is removed, so maybe an actual sparky ship rather than my lazy attempts at overusing Heisenburp glider spam could clean it more ...

Edit 2: and this messy puffer:
x = 153, y = 92, rule = B3/S23
20b2o$19b2obo$20bo$20bo2bo$20bo3bo$20bo2bo3$21b3o$21bo$22b2o$23b2o$23b
obo10bo7b2o$23bobo9b2o6bo2bo$23bo11bobo4b2o4b2ob2o$26b2o14bo2bo2bo$38b
2o4b2o3bo2bo$27bobo8b3o2bobo4b2o$20b2o20bo$19b2o8bobo4b2o3bo4bo13bo ...

I made a brief effort to produce an extremely high clearance version of the c/4d p28 puffer, but no luck:

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I'm not even sure what we'd do with it if solved...

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And here is an even higher clearance version:

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It could be paired one closer although (a) its sparks touch (but ...

unname4798 wrote: October 17th, 2023, 12:34 pm Q: How many known oscillators have period 1000 or more?

None, if an object would repeat after 1000 or more generations, it is instead classified as PATHOLOGICAL, not an oscillator.

What practical use does the mango have?

Do we already have a p6 fencepost for the bottom side of this wick edge or should I go searching for that?


Found, pictured paired with some version of the other fencepost and paired with the 2c/8 front corner:
fenceposts


Recognized a motif, here's a reduction: x = 248, y = 160, rule = B3 ...

P10 Butterfly Hassler: (Don't know if this is discovered.)
x = 32, y = 32, rule = B3/S23
29b2o$29bo$30bo$21b2o6b2o$20bo2bo4bo$27b4o$31bo$19bobo3bo4b2o$20bob4o
2$12b3o5b2o$12bobo5b2o$10b2o2bo$10bo9bob4o$10b3o6bobo3bo4b2o$31bo$27b
4o$20bo2bo4bo$21b2o6b2o$7bo6bo15bo$4bo3bob2obo3bo11bo ...

This is like literally the only way this year's POTY could possibly be competitive: p19 is big news, but p41 is also big news. I don't expect anything else to have a chance for POTY, but who knows which of these will win


Combined entry for both, perhaps? Almost feels unfair to pit them against ...

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A partial of a different sort... a sparky p15 wick that has easy stabilizations (as individual rotors) in a bunch of rules 1 transition off CGoL, but nothing I can immediately see in normal Life: x = 52, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
6bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo$5bobo5bobo5bobo5bobo5bobo5bobo$5bobo5bobo5bobo5bob ...

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EDIT2:New p15 in LakeLife: x = 17, y = 17, rule = B3/S235e
8bo$7bobo$7bobo$7bobo$5bobobobo$4bob2ob2obo$5bobobobo$b6o3b6o$o15bo$b
6o3b6o$5bobobobo$4bob2ob2obo$5bobobobo$7bobo$7bobo$7bobo$8bo!
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Monomerization in a different rule (sadly I'm not seeing any way to make it work in normal Life ...

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I think I found a new orbit for Puffer 2 . I can't find it mentioned here anywhere, but I feel it might be known:
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It's p100. The only thing that I could find similar is this other, related p100 orbit by Scorbie from 2016 in Useless Discoveries:
And a new cleaner p100 orbit of the puffer ...

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More partials:
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p10
x = 14, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
4b2o2$5bo$4bobo$4bobo2b2o2bo$5bo2bo2bobo$9b2o$3b2o$obo2bo2bo$o2b2o2bob
o$7bobo$8bo2$8b2o!
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This p5 from jslife works just fine: x = 68, y = 68, rule = B3/S23
35b2o$35bo$37bo2bo$33b8o$32bobo6b2o$32bob3o2bo2bo$31b2o4bob3o$30bo2bo
3bo ...

It can also be supported with a dot spark, after which maybe this P6 partial can be used to reduce things, if completed.
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Rich's P16 works, 35x16: x = 35, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
$7b2o6b2o5bo10b2o$7bob2o4b2o5bo10bo$8bo2bo19bobo$3bo4bo2bo19b2o$2bobo
3bo2bo14b2o$3b2o3b3o14b2o$25bo ...

I am utterly speechless at the moment... Behold, the new smallest period-46 glider gun with a 555-cell bounding box (37x15):
x = 37, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
24b2o$24b2o$36bo$10b2o22b3o$2o7bobo13b2o6bo$2o7bo15b2o6b2o$9b3o4$9b3o
21b3o$2o7bo20b2o$2o7bobo13bo4b2o$10b2o11bobo4bobo$24b2o!


Well ...

Partials:

p9
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Solved! x = 60, y = 55, rule = B3/S23
27bob2o4b2obo$27b2o2bo2bo2b2o$25b2o3bo4bo3b2o$24bo3b2ob4ob2o3bo$25b3o
bobo2bobob3o$27bobob4obobo$29bo2b2o2bo$30b2o2b2o3$28b2o6b2o$28bobo4bo
bo$29b2o4b2o$32b2o$27b5o2b5o$26bo12bo$27b3o6b4o$30bo4bo$3bo23b3ob4ob2o
$2bobo21bo2bo6bobo17bo ...

P5:
x = 31, y = 37, rule = B3/S23
25b2o$25bo$22b2obo$21bobob2o$21bobo4b2o$22bo2bob2obo$30bo$17bo7b5o$15b
3o4b4obo$14bo6b2o$14b2o4bo$18b2obo$11b2o8bo$11b2o$18bo2bo$20b2o11$bo7b
2o2b2o$b2o4b3ob2ob3o$obo3bo10bo$7b4o2b4o$10bo2bo$7b2o6b2o$7bo2bo2bo2bo
$8b3o2b3o2$6b4ob2ob4o$6bo2b2o2b2o2bo!

I couldn't ...

Thanks to ikpx2 for reducing the stator (and bubblegum for the suggestion to edit this post)

In case this confuses anyone who's not in Discord (or for that matter anyone like me who is), I just wanted to mention that "ikpx2" is Blinkerspawn's current server nickname there, which changes from time ...