Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

[MathAndCode]

If you make it into a long barge, it turns it back into a very long boat.

Yes, so theoretically, if one needed to construct a conduit with it as part of a self-synthesizing spaceship, one would only need to construct a long barge, which is more common and therefore probably easier to make. Of course, that catalysis is so contrived that it will practically never happen in an actual conduit.



Edit: Here's a canoe catalysis:

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x = 14, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
8bo$2bo$6b2o$6o$7bobo$6bo6bo$3b2o2bobobo$3bo4bo2bo$4bo5bo$5bobo2bo$6b
2o2bo$10bobo$10bo$10bo!

[EvinZL]

Simpler:

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2ob2o$o3bo$bo$2bobo$3b2o!

[MathAndCode]

Simpler:

But can the preblock get in?

[hotcrystal0]

Another useless one: how to arrange two pi-heptominoes so that they produce the maximum population of 2310/2314 cells.

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x = 21, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
obo$obo$3o20$18b3o$18bobo$18bobo!

How to arrange two pi heptominoes so they regenerate themselves after 168 generations

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x = 21, y = 25, rule = Conway's Life
7$5b3o$5bobo$5bobo6$11bobo$11bobo$11b3o!

How to arrange two pi heptominoes so two beacons are produced

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x = 25, y = 25, rule = Conway's Life
3o$2bo$3o20$22b3o$22bobo$22bobo!

[hotcrystal0]

We're currently working on still lives, though. For example, here's a very long boat catalysis:

If you make it into a long barge, it turns it back into a very long boar.
EDIT: Boat, not boar

haha

[MathAndCode]

How to arrange two pi heptominoes so they regenerate themselves after 168 generations

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x = 21, y = 25, rule = Conway's Life
7$5b3o$5bobo$5bobo6$11bobo$11bobo$11b3o!

The pi sequence is very common, so I'm sure that there are many such ways to arrange two pi heptominos so that they produce two other pi sequences some time later as well as some junk.
Also, please try to refrain from making two posts in a row in the same thread, especially only a minute apart.

[hotcrystal0]

This pattern makes (two copies of) a traffic light by creating each blinker separately.

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x = 25, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo$o3bo$bo3bo$2bo3bo$3bo3bo$4bo3bo$5bo3bo$6bo3bo$7bo3bo$8bo3bo$
9bo3bo$10bo3bo$11bo3bo$12bo3bo$13bo3bo$14bo3bo$15bo3bo$16bo3bo$17bo3bo
$18bo3bo$19bo3bo$20bo3bo$21bo2bo$22b2o!

Cool!

[hotcrystal0]

useless p4 I discovered

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x = 25, y = 25, rule = Conway's Life
5$11b2o$10bo2bo$11b3o2$11b3o$6b2o2bo3bo3b2o$6bo2bo2b2obobobo$7bobobob
obobo$6b2obob3obobobo$10bo3bo3b2o$11b3o2$11b3o$11bo2bo$13b2o!

[hotcrystal0]

A methuselah that's just a bit away from producing a lightweight spaceship

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x = 18, y = 19, rule = Conway's Life
3o2$4bo4b3o$4bo4bobo$4bo4b3o$15bo$15b3o$15bo7$13bo$12b3o$12b3o2$10b3o
!

Why MirrorLife is named MirrorLife

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x = 32, y = 34, rule = B3-kq4j/S23
10b2o3b2o$9bobo2bobo$9b2o3b2o2$6bo$5bobo$6bo4$22b2o$22b2o3$17b2o$3b2o
13b2o$3bo2bo10bo$5b2o2$16bo$15bobo$15b2o2$30bo$29b2o$29bobo2$2o$2o11b
o$12bobo$13bobo$10bo3bo$9bobo$10bo!

[hotdogPi]

250 is not a methuselah; it's about average for that size.

By the way, this is the switch engine you were probably trying to include (which runs longer than your pattern by itself):

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x = 6, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
4bo$3b3o$3b3o$3o!

[toroidalet]

I know you're new, but can you please stop posting so much? Pretty much all your posts are useless patterns or unproductive one-liners. Not to mention the fact that you're quoting 8-year-old posts from people who have since left the forums. While I don't want to discourage people from sharing their discoveries, your current posts are too frequent and too low-quality.
I suggest you edit your posts (the button that looks like a pencil) and look at the last few pages to see what kind of posts are acceptable (note that other threads have higher standards).

Apologies if this sounds too harsh, but multiple people have expressed their annoyance with your behavior and you have not listened whatsoever.

[bubblegum]

I know you're new

They actually aren't.

[hotcrystal0]

I know you're new

They actually aren't.

yeah

[hotcrystal0]

How to arrange two pi heptominoes so two beacons are produced

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x = 25, y = 25, rule = Conway's Life
3o$2bo$3o20$22b3o$22bobo$22bobo!

Actually, the number of beacons produced is 3, but the first one almost immediately gets destroyed.

[hotdogPi]

I've found that beacons are very common in diagonal symmetry.

[hotcrystal0]

I've found that beacons are very common in diagonal symmetry.

oh really?
P. S.

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x = 17, y = 17, rule = Conway's Life
2b3o$4bo$o3bo$o2bo$3o8$14b3o$13bo2bo$12bo3bo$12bo$12b3o!

[hotcrystal0]

The "honey farm interchanges"

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x = 50, y = 47, rule = Conway's Life
7b2o11b2o$6bob2o9b2obo$7b2o11b2o15$b2o12b2o$ob2o10b2obo$b2o12b2o18$21b
2o14b2o$20bob2o12b2obo$21b2o14b2o!

Two ways to turn two honey farm predecessors to pulsars

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x = 22, y = 26, rule = Conway's Life
7b2o10b2o$6bob2o8b2obo$7b2o10b2o21$b2o9b2o$ob2o7b2obo$b2o9b2o!

[hotdogPi]

Maybe not completely useless?

If you provide a domino spark at the right time, not only will the glider survive without the beehive in the way, it will be advanced by 8 generations. The second glider is only there to show relative displacement.

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x = 51, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
14b2o30b2o$13bo2bo28bo2bobo$14b2o14bo13b4o2bo$31bo4b2o5b3o$30bobo4b2o
5b2o$27b7o2bo6bo$bo6bo21bobo$b2o5b2o21bo$obo4bobo20bo!

[MathAndCode]

Here's a beehive on dock catalysis:

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x = 14, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
2o4b2o4b2o$5bo2bo$2b3o4b3o2$4b2o2b2o$4bo4bo$5b4o2$5b2o$4bo2bo$5b2o!

[Aleph]

Here's a beehive on dock catalysis:

That's not a catalysis.

[MathAndCode]

That's not a catalysis.

Thank you for alerting me to the fact that I forgot to check the departure. I have fixed it:

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x = 18, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
5bo6bo$4bobo4bobo$5b3o2b3o4$3bo4b2o4bo$2bo4bo2bo4bo$bo2b3o4b3o2bo$2bo
12bo$6b2o2b2o$bo4bo4bo4bo$2o5b4o5b2o2$7b2o$6bo2bo$7b2o!

Also, here's a mirrored bun catalysis:

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x = 11, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
5b2ob2o$4bobobobo$4bobobobo$5bo3bo9$b3o$o2bo5b2o$9bo!

[Aleph]

Also, here's a mirrored bun catalysis:

Equivalent to the smaller beehive with tail, no?

[MathAndCode]

Equivalent to the smaller beehive with tail, no?

Yes, but a beehive with tail is less common.



Edit: Here's a catalysis with moose antlers.

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2o$obo$2bo$2b2o4bo$4bobobo$2b2o2bo$2bo4bo$obo4b3o$2o$6bo!

[yujh]

That's not a catalysis.

Thank you for alerting me to the fact that I forgot to check the departure. I have fixed it:

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x = 18, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
5bo6bo$4bobo4bobo$5b3o2b3o4$3bo4b2o4bo$2bo4bo2bo4bo$bo2b3o4b3o2bo$2bo
12bo$6b2o2b2o$bo4bo4bo4bo$2o5b4o5b2o2$7b2o$6bo2bo$7b2o!

That’s eater right? The two ends of it doesn’t interact.

[MathAndCode]

That’s eater right? The two ends of it doesn’t interact.

It's still dock-specific, but if you insist, here's a catalysis where they do interact:

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x = 18, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2o14b2o$o16bo2$3b2o8b2o$2b2o10b2o$7b4o$4bobo4bobo$4b2o6b2o2$6b2o2b2o$
6bo4bo$2o5b4o5b2o$b2o12b2o$o6b2o8bo$6bo2bo$7b2o!