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It could be interesting to do a larger census and look at evolutionary sequences producing very rare "population sequence tails". This might lead to finding some uncommon spark that would be useful in some way, without knowing beforehand what it is.

Somewhat related: before the octohash ...

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xs116_wggc2u0u1u0u2cggzgbaaaa5210125aaaabgz0dll55q4o0o4q55lldzy034707870743 in 22 gliders

xs96_y339u0u93zckgoggka43034akggogkczca2622ak8g0g8ka2262aczy3g4v0v4gzy311x11 in 32G:

xs100_g88c2uge1fgv1e8gzdlll3y33llloz06aq3s4o0o4s3qaa6zx1230321011 in (I don't know how many gliders, because i'm too ...

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Is there a way to do this conversion? x = 27, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
b2ob2o16b2ob2o$b2obo13b2o3bobo$4bo7bo5bo6bo$b3o9bo5b6o$o8b6o$b3o9bo5b
6o$4bo7bo5bo6bo$b2obo13b2o3bobo$b2ob2o16b2ob2o!
EDIT by dvgrn : Per a Discord conversation, the intended constraint is that the white cells should remain ON ...

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Three of the missing 17-bit P2s from smaller P2s:
x = 167, y = 89, rule = B3/S23
99bo$97b2o$98b2o$160bo$159bo$105bobo51b3o$105b2o41bo$92bo6bo6bo42bo$
90bobo5bo48b3o$91b2o5b3o2$139bobo$88bo51b2o$86bobo51bo15b2o$87b2o67bob
o$158bo$4b2o38bo4b2ob2o35b3o4b2ob2o56b2ob2o$2o2bo2bo34bobo3bobobo2bo ...

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Merzenich's p11 in 149G, down from 151G:
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Seventy-nine gliders:
x = 1178, y = 51, rule = B3/S23
1077bo$316bo761bo$317bo69bo688b3o$315b3o69bobo$17bo369b2o$17bobo364b2o
$17b2o301bo63b2o154bo$320bobo113bo102bo$5bo314b2o42bo70bo54bo48b3o$4bo
359bo70b3o52bobo52bo ...

Extrementhusiast

Are there any ways that a single clock can be synthesised in a two-sided or three-sided way? Trying to synthesise this double-suppressed unix variant:
x = 15, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
2bo$obo$bobo2b2o$bo4b2o3$5b3o$5b2obo2b2o$7b2o2b2o$7b2o2$12bo$13b2o$11b
2o$13bo!

This should help:

Stray ...

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Here is an eleven-glider synthesis based on it, which is a two-glider improvement.
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This should be at most 10 gliders, and can probably be reduced to 9 in a similar manner:
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Done:
x = 23, y = 28, rule = B3/S23
2bobo$3b2o$3bo2$6bo$bo2b2o$2bo2b2o$3o$13bo$4bo8bobo$5b2o6b2o$4b2o5$20b ...

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Edit: huh here the block switches places:
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Here’s a much better stator for that catalyst:
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Here's a much better catalyst:
x = 36, y = 26, rule = LifeHistory
8.2A$8.2A6.2A$16.A$14.A.A$14.2A2$11.2A$10.A2.A$2.2A7.2A$.A.A$.A$2A5$
5.C$5.C.C22.2A$5.3C23.A$7.C23.A.2A$30.2A.A$30.A2.A$31 ...

Extrementhusiast

H-to-pi plus other usable junk:

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x = 29, y = 22, rule = LifeHistory
2A$A.A24.2D$2.3A22.D$.A3.A9.3D7.D.D$.2A.2A11.D7.2D$15.3D6$23.2D$23.D$
24.3D$22.C3.D$21.C.C$22.C2$9.3C7.2A$10.C8.A.A$10.3C8.A$21.2A!

These first two catalysts seem like they could also lead elsewhere.

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Barrister found a completion for a H-to-2G partial in the speculative elementary conduits thread, originally by Scrobie and brought up by AlbertArmStain: https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4993&start=100#p165188
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The recognizer script is saying it's a SW10T108 and SW47T214 ...

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Chris857 wrote: June 22nd, 2023, 11:28 pm xs26_3lkm0uiz12430346 in 12G, down from 13G.
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Eight gliders:

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x = 17, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
6bo$4b2o$5b2o2$4bo$5bo$3b3o9$8bo$3o4bobo$2bo4bobo$bo6bo3$14b2o$14bobo$
6b2o6bo$7b2o$6bo2$12bo$11b2o$11bobo!

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After a long, arduous, and frustrating journey, I found a terminus to the deceptively simple p8 wick:
x = 96, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
76bo2bo7b2o$71b2o3b4o6bo2bo2b2o$71bobo6b2o4bobo2bobo$73b7o2bo2b2ob2obo
$9b2o6b2o3b2o45b4o6b4o8b2o$9bo8bo3bo46bo2bob2o7b7obobo$10b3o5bobobo51b
2obob2obo2bo3b2o3bo ...

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Sometimes, the most direct approach is best:
x = 88, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
39bobo$39b2o$40bo3$26bo4bo$24b2o3b2o$25b2o3b2o$8b2o61b2o$2bob2obobo4bo
50bob2obobo4bo$2b2obobo4b3o50b2obobo4b3o$6b2o3bo57b2o3bo7b2o$11b2o3bo
57b2o7bo$2o14bobo44b2o15b3o2b3o$bo14b2o46bo15bo4bo$bobo3bo56bobo11bobo
5bo ...

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In fact, there just 16 individual objects to clean up, so even cleaning up each object individually with a single glider still produces a record-breaking synthesis. I am not going to to try to explicitly construct one, but anyone can give a try (it is slightly tedious but straightforward).
There ...

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Since you searched for that, can you search for a P6 to complete this?

Proof of concept for my concept stabilization of the fake P36(the P5 sparkers provide the correct spark, but 5 is an incompatible period. Also, a P6 that provides the exact same spark would not interact with a spark produced ...

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It might be time to revisit this partial from jslife. Blocker, 34P20, and even some p5s work for one of the two dots, but not both. LLSing a custom p5 is likely doable.
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It ain't pretty, but it works:
x = 46, y = 46, rule = B3/S23
11b2o$10bobo$9b3o$9b2o$12b2o$11b3o2$31b2obo ...

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Can someone please search for a p6 half-HW emulator, where the white cells are on but the red cell must be off? None are known to exist, and p6 is doable with direct search programs. I seem to remember that one of my partials is instantly completable once one is found, but I don't remember which ...

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Termination to one of the P6 wicks in wicks-DRH-2002.rle, smaller than listed in jslife:
x = 65, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
7bo49bo$5b3o49b3o$4bo12bo9bo9bo9bo12bo$3bob5o5b5o5b5o5b5o5b5o5b5obo$3b
obo4bo3bo5bo3bo5bo3bo5bo3bo5bo3bo4bobo$2obob2ob2obobob2ob2obobob2ob2ob
obob2ob2obobob2ob2obobob2ob2obob2o ...

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Some improvements (to the original) I noticed after a cursory examination:
x = 553, y = 66, rule = B3/S23
501bo$499bobo$500b2o9$508bo$506bobo$507b2o$160bo355bobo$158b2o356b2o$
159b2o266bo83bobo3bo$426bo85b2o$419bo6b3o83bo$420b2o$132bo11bo274b2o$
133b2o8bo10bo$132b2o9b3o8bobo50bo62b2o74b2o75b2o ...

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mvr wrote: March 12th, 2023, 4:22 am Finally, here's every single catalyst I tested, ordered by score. If there are any that you want to see example interactions for, let me know.
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...Is it bad that I want to see them all? I've never seen a large number of these before.

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Pi + Blinker active region catalyst, seems wacky
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There's several ways to get that combination from a Herschel when it effectively splits into thirds, either by early removal of the SNG-producing third or by late modification of the middle third:
x = 238, y = 129, rule = LifeHistory
4.A49 ...

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2023-01-21:
xs20_0gs29e0mqz641 in 39G from soup, down from 74G.
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Eleven gliders from later in the reaction:
x = 26, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
21bo$22bo$20b3o$24bo$23bo$23b3o3$16b2o$5bo10bobo$6bo10b2o$4b3o$20bo$
19bo$19b3o$3o20b2o$2bo14bo5bobo$bo16b2o3bo$8b2o7b2o$9b2o$8bo!

Might be reducible ...

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googleplex wrote: December 9th, 2022, 6:40 pm Not very useful HF catalyst:
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That's also not a honey farm. However, the block and beehive on the right do make for a sparky pre-traffic-light eater:

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x = 14, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
10b2o$10b2o3$12bo$11bobo$2bo8bobo$bobo8bo$o2bo$b2o2b3o$5bo$6bo!

Extrementhusiast

Try running this one to completion.

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Show me a three-glider collision for that constellation.

He can't. Glider doesn't work in that rule. LaundryPizza03 found a c/13d in that rule, maybe that could be used.

I meant in Life. (I explicitly chose B35a/S234k to remove gliders and ...

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hotdogPi wrote: December 3rd, 2022, 9:03 pm
Extrementhusiast wrote: December 3rd, 2022, 8:47 pm B35a/S234k
Try running this one to completion.
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Show me a three-glider collision for that constellation.

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