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ntcatforce+ finds two remarkable partial conduits:
x = 60, y = 19, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
12bo9bo31bo$13bo7bobo29bobo$11b3o8bo24bo6bo$48bo$46b3o3$16bo$15bobo$16b
o34bo$3b2o45bobo$b3o47bo$bob2o18b2o13b2o$3obo16b3o12b3o$ob2o17bob2o11b
ob2o18b2o$20b3obo10b3obo16b3o$20bob2o11bob2o17bob2o ...

Gliderful fun for the whole family:
x = 53, y = 29, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
19bo$20bo$18b3o3bo2bo$bo22b4o$2bo4b2o$3o4bo18b2o$9bo17bo$8b2o14b3o$6b
o16bob3o$6b2o15b3obo$9bo15b2o$8b2o6$20bo23bo$bo19bo2bo2bo17bo4b2o$2bo
4b2o10b3o2b4o15b3o2bo2bo$3o5bo39b5o$7b3o16b2o$5bo2bo18bo22b3o$5b2ob2o ...

p54 and UNRELATED p117, both by speedydelete:
x = 68, y = 35, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
39bo21bo$38bobo19bobo$39bo21bo3$34bo31bo$33bobo10bo7bo10bobo$5bo9bo18b
o10b5ob5o10bo$5bobo5bobo29bo2b2ob2o2bo$5b2o7b2o30bob2ob2obo$5b2o7b2o31b
o5bo2$4o13b4o19b2o17b2o$2b2o13b2o20b2obo15bob2o ...

An ensemble of surprises from Catagolue:
x = 87, y = 21, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
77b3o$76bo2bo$78b2o4$16b2o2b2o$5b4o6b2o4b2o13bo5bo23b3o$3bo11bob4obo13b
2o3b2o23bobo$4b2o11bo2bo15b7o23bo$bob3o11bo2bo15b2obob2o24bo17bo$2b3o
10bob4obo15bobo45bo$ob2o11b2o4b2o61bobo$o15b2o2b2o62b3o$o$o3 ...

Stephen Wolfram's wife has passed away.
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/202 ... ful-years/
Rest in peace.

Maximum-period tub injector based on a p7 found by hibiscus:
x = 19, y = 11, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
9b2o$9bo$10b3o$11bo$11b2o$5bo6bo$4bobo4b4obo$5bo5b2ob3o$bo7bo6bobo$ob
o5bobo6b2o$bo7bo!


Hibiscus also found this xp10:
x = 17, y = 17, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
4b3o3b3o3$8bo ...

With the ability of AI to do mass data analysis, here is a huge data dump on threads in the OCA subforum.
Somewhat unsurprisingly, B3a and B3i are the transitions associated with the most replies, followed by S2e before a huge drop for some reason. B1e, B1c, B2a, and B0 are associated with the least ...

OCAfan55 wrote: Yesterday, 12:56 pm P42 in 3G

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x = 25, y = 29, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
bo$2bo$3o24$12bo9bobo$13bo8b2o$11b3o9bo!

in my personal opinion the T should be the basis of synthesis since it is more common than the G

Drift survey results, haven't looked at them in depth yet (also the drift survey tool sucks and I'm probably gonna remove it)

Drift survey results

quad block turns 8 gliders into 4 LWSSes:
x = 31, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
8bo$9bo$7b3o3$17bo$16bo$16b3o9bo$28bobo$28b2o3$7bo$5bobo5b2ob2o$6b2o5b
2ob2o2$13b2ob2o5b2o$13b2ob2o5bobo$23bo3$b2o$obo$2bo9b3o$14bo$13bo3$21b
3o$21bo$22bo!
rewinding each of 4 outer gliders changes the LWSSes to MWSSes


I ...

A preliminary VLS scan was unfortunately unable to find a stable LWSS->G, but I'm probably missing an easy one

c/5k, from partial-cutter with love:
x = 37, y = 108, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aekHistory
16.2A$15.A.A$12.3A4.A$11.A.A3.A2.A$10.A.2A.A3.A$10.5A3.A2.2A$11.3A2.A
.A2.A.A$10.2A3.A.A2.2A.A$10.2A2.3A6.A$11.A2.A.2A3.2A$9.A3.A.A5.2A$8.A
.A.8A$8.2A3.A2.A2.2A$8.A.3A2.2A$8.4A4.A$7.A3.A$9.3A.A$7.A3.2A.A ...

Kinda given up on this c/8o search branch since I want to use my CPU time for other stuff. It's about 300 CPU hours in and at depth 1350 or so.

This used qlaudefind, it should work on normal qfind but it might not

Crossposting this:

Today I stumbled into a very very interesting new rulespace. I was golfing from Travelling Ts and found this:
x = 3, y = 4, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
bo$obo$bo$o!

Interesting, right?
But it gets better. The same rule has this:
x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23 ...

Today I stumbled into a very very interesting new rulespace. I was golfing from Travelling Ts and found this:
x = 3, y = 4, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
bo$obo$bo$o!

Interesting, right?
But it gets better. The same rule has this:
x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3-qr4k5cek6c/S23-a4er56aek
3bo$2b3o ...

5iy-ship to X:

(2,1)c/5 partial from rlifesrc:
x = 11, y = 13, rule = B2e3aeinr4ce5c6n7c8/S1c2-i3-a4acen5cen6c78
3bo$2bob2o$b2obob3o$3b6o$5bobo$2b3o2bobo$b2obobo2bo$3obo3bo$o4bobo2bo
$4b2o3bo$6bo$2bob4obo$b2o!



I was VERY surprised when this popped up at mid-steps 14:
x = 116, y = 22, rule ...

Crossposting from MDIOCA:

An exceptional find, golfed from Travelling Ts and preserving many of its characteristics (both ships and the margolii):
x = 38, y = 75, rule = B3-q5ce6c/S23-a4er5-k
29b3o$31bo$30bo29$31bo$28b2obo$31bo14$5bo$3b2ob2o$5bo$bo7bo$bo7bo$obo
5bobo$bo7bo$bo7bo$5bo$3b2ob2o$5bo ...

An exceptional find, golfed from Travelling Ts and preserving many of its characteristics (both ships and the margolii):
x = 38, y = 75, rule = B3-q5ce6c/S23-a4er5-k
29b3o$31bo$30bo29$31bo$28b2obo$31bo14$5bo$3b2ob2o$5bo$bo7bo$bo7bo$obo
5bobo$bo7bo$bo7bo$5bo$3b2ob2o$5bo$24bo$23bobo$20bo3bo$19bobo6bo ...

This is a thread for rules near Travelling Ts (B3/S23-a5).

These patterns and reactions make up what I consider the "wider TTs rulespace" (the block oscillators are stand-ins for the margolus oscillators; on the right is the eating reaction and the T rotating reaction):
x = 85, y = 36, rule = B3 ...

8c/175d

Found this weird oscillator on the census:

x = 258, y = 56, rule = B38/S12i35
218b2ob2o25b2ob2o2$219b3o27b3o3$227bo29bo$225bobo27bobo$2o14b2o14b2o12b
2o138bo2bo6bo2bo5bo2bo16bo29bo$2b2o14b2o14b2o12b2o19bo29bo29bo29bo26b
2ob2o5b2ob2o4b2ob2o15bobo27bobo$3b2o14b2o14b2o12b2o16b2ob2o25b2ob2o25b ...

Watch this, then interrupt the symmetry:

CatForce/Lightcone programs. It may be more intuitive for it to have a GUI controller.


Uh... I'm doing this already...

GUIifying a lot of search programs is one of my goals here. This is to make it more intuitive for people to get into CA searching and also more efficient for existing members ...