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BREAKING NEWS: A new strictly-volatile p25 has appeared in the C4_1 census.

x = 17, y = 17, rule = B3/S23-a5
6bo$5b3o2bo$4bo5bo$3bo4b6o$3b2o7bobo$3bobo5bo3bo$b3o11b2o$3bo11bo$3bo
9bo$bo11bo$2o11b3o$bo3bo5bobo$2bobo7b2o$3b6o4bo$6bo5bo$6bo2b3o$10bo!

Soup:
x = 31, y = 31, rule = B3/S23-a5 ...

Here is an attempt at a collection of small oscillators (up to 14 cells), sorted by frequency:
x = 1482, y = 405, rule = B3/S23-a5Super
9.3M5.3O5.M.M5.3S5.3U$11.M7.O5.M.M5.S7.U$9.3M5.3O5.3M5.3S5.3U$9.M9.O
7.M7.S5.U.U$9.3M5.3O7.M5.3S5.3U6$9.3W6.pA2.3pA$9.W.W5.2pA2.pA.pA2.pA$
9.3W6.pA2.pA.pA.3pA$9.W ...

Updated oscillator collection:

x = 445, y = 410, rule = B36/S125
78bo6bo$49b2o28bo4bo$35bo8bo6bo5b2ob2o2bo9b2o6bo46b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o
3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o3b2o4b2o77b2o3bobobo112bobobo6bobobo$3bobobo9b4o3b2o3b
2o4bobo12bobo11bob2o13b3o30bobobo12bo4bo4bo4bo4bo4bo4bo4bo4bo4bobob2ob ...

New seminatural 2c/38 spaceship in 2x2!

x = 12, y = 6, rule = B36/S125
obo6bobo$o2bo4bo2bo$bo8bo$4bo2bo$bob2o2b2obo$2bobo2bobo!



Soup:
x = 32, y = 32, rule = B36/S125
bobbboooobobboboobobboboooobbbob$
ooboooooobboobbbbbboobbooooooboo$
obboooobboooobbbbbboooobboooobbo ...

Would a SKOP category be good for synthesis-costs? (Example: skop_74 = Raucci's p74)

The p6 found in Cloudsale makes me question the current definition of trivial. Under that definition, that p6 would be trivial since no cell oscillates at the full period, but that oscillator looks quite non-trivial despite satisfying that definition. Maybe the definition should be changed to:

An ...

Some ov_p2s have apparently appeared in the C1 census. However, the soups that produce the "p2" are just completely normal soups. I suspect this is a separation issue that treats normal ash as a single object.

Charity Engine finds a 1947-gen(!) diehard in C4_1:
x = 31, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
ooboboboboooobooboboobbbbbobboo$
obobobbbbooooobbooooobbobooobbo$
bbobbbobboooobboobooobboobbooob$
booobbbbbobbbbbbobboboboobbobbo$
oobbbobobbbobbbobboooobbobbbbob$
bobbbooooobbooobbobbboobboobbbo ...

Discord has a feature where people with certain permissions can pin important messages to the channel. Maybe the forums could have the same feature, where moderators and up can pin posts to a thread or forum to mark important announcements or discoveries. This may save a lot of time when someone is ...

Two things:

A pure glider generator that resembles a glider
x = 5, y = 5, rule = Life
5o$ob3o$2o2bo$o2b2o$5o!

A puffer who's ash includes 1 glider and periodic LWSS
x = 15, y = 19, rule = Life
2bo5bo$b3o3b3o$2obo3bob2o$3o5b3o$b2o5b2o2$5bo$4b3o2$4bobo$5bo3$13bo$2b
3ob3o3b3o$4bobo4b2obo$11b3o ...

xs15_0g8jdz3kp has appeared in soup, leaving 5 remaining:
x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
obboobbobbbobbbo$
obbobboooobbbboo$
oooooooobbbbobob$
obboobbbbobbooob$
bobbooobobbooboo$
oooobbobbobbboob$
booooobboobooboo$
bbooobbbbbbbbobo$
oboobobooboobobo$
bbboooobboobobbo$
oobobbbbobobobob ...

After discovering several LA rules that take more than a billion steps to settle into predictable behavior, I decided on making this thread inspired by this one.

The challenge is to discover a rule that has 12 colors or less and breaks the following record:

LLLLLLLLRL (2,130,000,000 steps)

A ...

Is there an explanation as to why Langton's ant LLLRR stays near the origin and rarely ventures out?

xs15_04ai3zmp21 has appeared in a C1 soup:

x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bboobbbbbobboboo$
boboboooooboboob$
boboboobboobboob$
oooobooobbobbbbb$
booooobbobbboboo$
obooobbooooobobb$
bobboooobobobobb$
oboboboooobooobo$
boobobbboboooobo$
bbbobbbbobbooooo$
bbboobbbobbobbob$
boobbboboobbbobo ...

Here's a very delayed explosion in a similar rule (starts exploding at 3.1 million gens). The soup's evolution kinda resembles reproduction:
x = 100, y = 100, rule = R6,C0,M1,S46..93,B21..25,NM
3bo2bo11bob6ob3obo2bo3bob3obo3bob2o2b4o4bo4b2ob2ob3o3b2ob4o3bo2b2ob2o
2bo ...

AFAIK, there aren't any sections for patterns in hexagonal neighborhoods, except for the ones in the rule table repository. Could that be a new section in the patterns folder?
For example, there could be select patterns in B2/S34H, 22da, B2om/S2, B2o/S2m34, and several other rules.

How is the apgcode for a linear-growth derived from the pop plot? Is it just some random string or is there an algorithm?

There hasn't been an over quota incident in a while. What was the cause?

For clarity, these are the seven remaining xs15s:
x = 43, y = 41, rule = B3/S23
15bo14b2o$13b3o14bo$12bo18bo$13bo15bobo$14bo13bobo$12bobo12bobo$11bobo
13bo$11bo16bo$12bo16bo$11b2o15b2o5$23b2o$24bo$3b2obo16bo$2bo2b2o15bo$b
obo17bo19b2o$obo17bo11b2o6bobo$o18bo13bo5bo$bo16bo14bob2obo$2bo14bo16b
ob2o ...

erictom333 wrote: October 16th, 2021, 7:47 pm B2e3i4c/S1c2ce has only one object, a c/2 spaceship. Run a large soup in Golly.

Still life:

We have another new xs15 after over 5 months (it was found today at 18:25:56 UTC by etmoonshade).

Soup:
x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
bboobbbooboboobb$
bboboobbooboooob$
bobobbbobbbbboob$
bbbobbobbbbboobb$
ooboobbooobobbbo$
obbobbobooooobob$
obooboboobbooboo$
bboooboooooobobo$
bbooobobbobobbbb ...

Which unknown period partials (19, 34, 38, 41) look the most promising?

p39, found by adding domino catalysts to the SKOP56:
x = 18, y = 12, rule = B2-a/S12
bo14bo$bo14bo3$5b3o2b3o2$2bo3bo4bo3bo$3b2o3b2o3b2o$2o4b2o2b2o4b2o$3bob
o6bobo$3bobo6bobo$5bo6bo!

1 xs2_3 2
2 xp2_1dwd1 8
3 xp3_505 4
4 xp4_2814 4
5 xp5_1h1g46o 10
6 xp6_105 3
7 xp7_k01010kzw202 8
8 xp8_1d0201d1 ...

Unfortunately, that's going to require a rewrite of the code. The program only places spark cells exactly two rows behind the leading edge.


if len(edge) == 1:
sparks = [(-2,-1),(-1,0),(0,1),(1,2)]
if len(edge) == 2:
sparks = [(-1,),(0,),(2,),(-2,-1),(-1,0),(1,2),(2,3)]
if len(edge) == 3 ...

I'm using the oscillator script in B36/S125, so I need to change the domino spark into a block spark. How do I do that?