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(*) For 600 GB autochoke what did VmPeak hit? I'm assuming something like 1.5 TB. What kind of computer is this? Is that swap or actual memory?


VmPeak hit 1.54TB. I'm running the search on ASA-X which I have access to through my university. 1.5TB of memory + 400GB of swap is what I'm working ...

Here is a 2c/5 agar-crawler partial from the following search:

./target/release/rlife llsss-recentering-wao \
--rule 'B3/S23' \
--bg-agar vertical-stripes \
--ends even,odd \
--pre-reify-autochoke 600GB \
2c5-s2s '@bg' 21

.. with JCOL_V2


x = 45, y = 38, rule = B3/S23:T45,38
45o2$45o2$45o ...

This video outlines Knuth's #1 open GoL problem. Any ideas how to solve it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWDCNCszn-U

EDIT by dvgrn: the link is to Tom Rokicki's talk at Gathering for Gardner 15, two years ago.

There's a 2015 discussion thread here on the forums, with a message from Tom at ...

Sokwe wrote: September 29th, 2021, 6:13 pm Done! (assuming your wiki account is Winstax)

I found that I could log in as Winston and would rather use that account. I must have made separate accounts but forgot.

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c/5 diagonal discovered with ikpx2 on 11/24/2020
x = 62, y = 79, rule = B3/S23
5b3o$4bo3b2o$3b2o3bo$2bo5bo$bob2o4b2o$2o2bo6bo$3b2o2bo$3b2ob2o$4bo$5b5o5b2o$
6bo2b3o3b2o$9bob2o2b2o$9bo3b4o$10b8obo$9bo2bo6b3o$16bo3b2o$16bo4bo$16bo$17bob
o$19bo$19b2o2bo$19b2obobo2$24b2o$20b3o$20b2o2$21b3o$22b2o$22bo ...