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Thanks for the detailed explanation, wildmyron.

Because that's a pseudo still life, and Catagolue doesn't include those in its censuses (par a few bugs), only strict still lifes.

Thanks; the term "pseudo still life" was useful. I took a look at the wiki page on pseudo still-life, and it talked about "non-interacting" patterns. Am I correct in ...

How does Catagolue-style soup searching decide what a distinct pattern is? I noticed that this double block pattern doesn't appear in any census, even though I've manually found it a few times just simulating soups for fun with Golly.

Why isn't it in the census? Is that pattern considered to be two ...