Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

[affamatodidio]

Terrible, useless eater with repeat time 57.

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x = 30, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$4bo5b2o$5b3obobo10bo$7bobo10b3o$8b2o9bo$19b2o2$obo$b2o20b2o$bo20b
o2bo$23b2o2$23b2o$22bobo$22b2o$26b2o$2b2o22bobo$bobo24bo$bo26b2o$2o7b
2o$9b2o4$13b2o$9b2o2b2o$8bobo$8bo$7b2o!

[C28]

Terrible, useless eater with repeat time 57.

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x = 30, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$4bo5b2o$5b3obobo10bo$7bobo10b3o$8b2o9bo$19b2o2$obo$b2o20b2o$bo20b
o2bo$23b2o2$23b2o$22bobo$22b2o$26b2o$2b2o22bobo$bobo24bo$bo26b2o$2o7b
2o$9b2o4$13b2o$9b2o2b2o$8bobo$8bo$7b2o!

a sacrificial block can release a glider

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x = 30, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$4bo5b2o$5b3obobo$7bobo$8b2o$15b2o$15b2o$obo$b2o20b2o$bo20bo2bo$23b
2o2$23b2o$22bobo$22b2o$26b2o$2b2o22bobo$bobo24bo$bo26b2o$2o7b2o$9b2o4$
13b2o$9b2o2b2o$8bobo$8bo$7b2o!

edit: one of the eater 1s can be replaced with a block

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x = 30, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$4bo5b2o$5b3obobo$7bobo$8b2o4b2o$14b2o2$obo$b2o20b2o$bo20bo2bo$23b
2o2$23b2o$22bobo$22b2o$26b2o$2b2o22bobo$bobo24bo$bo26b2o$2o7b2o$9b2o4$
13b2o$9b2o2b2o$8bobo$8bo$7b2o!

[LLAMASKYWALKER]

lasts for 678 generations

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x = 48, y = 68, rule = B3/S23
41$10bo$9b3o$9b3o3$12bo$11b2o$12bo3$9b3o$9b3o$10bo!

i made a useless glider synthesis of 2 beehives and a cis-mirrored dove

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x = 31, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
9bobo7bobo$9b2o9b2o$10bo9bo2$9b2o9b2o$9bobo7bobo$9bo11bo5$b2o25b2o$ob
o25bobo$2bo25bo!

[hotdogPi]

i made a useless glider synthesis of 2 beehives and a cis-mirrored dove

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x = 31, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
9bobo7bobo$9b2o9b2o$10bo9bo2$9b2o9b2o$9bobo7bobo$9bo11bo5$b2o25b2o$ob
o25bobo$2bo25bo!

The two top gliders cross through each other.

[LLAMASKYWALKER]

The two top gliders cross through each other.

Rule-violating content removed. ~Sokwe

Rule-violating content removed. ~Sokwe

Please stop being sarcastic, it feels insulting i was just putting 2 Herchel synthesizes together

[Jormungant]

Rule-violating content removed. ~Sokwe

Rule-violating content removed. ~Sokwe

Please stop being sarcastic, it feels insulting i was just putting 2 Herchel synthesizes together

Indeed, never underestimate the search space ^^

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x = 26, y = 49, rule = LifeHistory
3$5.A.A$7.A$6.2A10$12.A$11.A$11.3A2.D$13.B.B2D$12.5B2D$12.B2AB2DB$12.
A.A4B$14.A4$21.A$19.2A$20.2A$15.4B$12.B.2B2DB$12.5B2D$13.B.B2D$9.3A4.
D$11.A$10.A10$6.2A$7.A$5.A.A!

(crossing was never an issue , I am pretty sure there are other 3glider recepies for H, but the 2glider B + block leftover to clear is enough here)

[LLAMASKYWALKER]

useless pond+ 3g to g reaction:

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x = 17, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo$o2bo$b2o4b2o$6b2o$8bo$11b2o$10b2o$12bo$15b2o$14b2o$16bo!

edit: found how to push a pond with 9g :

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x = 41, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo$o2bo$b2o4b2o$6b2o$8bo$11b2o$10b2o$12bo$15b2o$14b2o$16bo$19b2o
$18b2o$20bo$23b2o$22b2o$24bo$27b2o$26b2o$28bo$31b2o$30b2o$32bo$35b2o$
34b2o$36bo$39b2o$38b2o$40bo!

[Da c0c0nut]

Sorry, I have been inactive for a month. Just dumping some of my useless creations here.

After noticing how a table becomes a 1x6 line and a glider can cleanly delete the block on a block on table, I made a last step for synth of worker bees. (Definitely known, I just made it for fun).

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x = 96, y = 17, rule = Life
11bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo$12bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo$10b3o
5b3o5b3o5b3o5b3o5b3o5b3o5b3o5b3o5b3o$2o92b2o$bo92bo$bobo10b2o6b2o6b2o
6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o4bobo$2b2o10b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b2o6b
2o6b2o6b2o4b2o$6bo2bo$6b4o4b4o4b4o4b4o4b4o4b4o4b4o4b4o4b4o4b4o4b4o$14b
o2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo$2b2o4b2o82b
2o$bobo4b2o82bobo$bo92bo$2o92b2o$11b3o$11bo$12bo!

And then I made some progress on the synthesis (for fun):

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x = 52, y = 41, rule = Life
34bo7bo7bo$33bo7bo7bo$33b3o5b3o5b3o4$3bo$4b2o$3b2o3$obo$b2o$bo3$21bo$
22b2o16b2o$21b2o17bo$32b2o4bobo$32b2o4b2o$18bobo$19b2o11b4o$19bo12bo2b
o$27b3o8b2o$27bo10bobo$28bo11bo$40b2o$24b3o$26bo$25bo4$29b3o$29bo$30b
o2$6b3o$8bo$7bo!

A almost-complete (useless) snake synthesis. (It's an edgeshoot though)

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x = 36, y = 47, rule = LifeHistory
25.A$25.A.A$25.2A$19.A$17.A.A$18.2A$21.2D$20.D2.D6.A$21.2D6.A$29.3A$27.
D$4.A6.A14.D.D$2.A.A4.A.A14.D.D$3.2A5.2A4.A2.D7.D$14.A.A.D.D$14.DCA.D
2.D10.3A$14.2D3.2CA10.A$19.A13.A$20.A$11.2D5.D$11.2D4.D.D$7.3A6.D3.D$
9.A6.D3.D$8.A7.D3.D$17.D.D$18.D4$3A$2.A13.2D$.A13.D2.D$16.2D$19.2A$19.
A.A$19.A$2A10.2A2.2D$.2A8.A.A2.2D15.2A$A12.A19.A.A$33.A2$6.2D.D$6.D.2D
3A$12.A$11.A12.2A$24.A.A$24.A!

While playing with the pi, I made an explosion. And then there was a barge, long barge, and long boat during the explosion. (Why so many tub things)

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x = 79, y = 23, rule = Life
2ob6o$2ob6o$2o17b2o$2o5b2o10bo$2o5b2o8bobo$2o5b2o8b2o$7b2o$6ob2o42b3o
22b3o$6ob2o6b2o36bo22bo$14b2o35b3o22b3o$15b2o5$4b2o$3bobo$3bo$2b2o$6b
2o$5bobo$5bo$4b2o!

And then after noticing a post about how a HWSS + pond almost turns into another HWSS (sorry I forgot the link), I made a 5g turn of a HWSS. (I guess this has a 0.01% chance of being useful, at least it wouldn't improve existing HWSS reflectors as it has to use a heisenburp and then circuitry to sythesise or place the SLs. But it could make HWSS-edgeshooting/injecting reflector though.)

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x = 12, y = 41, rule = Life
9bo$9bobo$9b2o6$9bo$8bo$8b3o$obo$2o$bo6$2b3o$2bo$3bo2$10bo$9b2o$9bobo
9$3b3o$2bo2bo$5bo$bo3bo$bo3bo$5bo$2bobo!

Edit: I tried to inject it into a HWSS stream but its clearance was very bad.
Edit 2: Inaccessible conduit turns 2 beehive with tails into claw with tails.

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x = 23, y = 16, rule = Life
2b2o17b2o$3bo17bo$3bobo12b2obo$4b2o11bo2bo$14bo3b2o$13bo$13b3o2$18b2o
$17bo2bo$18b2obo$21bo$2b2o11b2o4b2o$bobo6b2o3bobo$bo8b2o5bo$2o15b2o!
[[ STOP 60 ]]

Look at gen 60. Is that a giant paperclip?

[dani]

11-cell almost linear growth:

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4b3o$6bo$3bo2bo$2o2b2o$bo!

It leads to 14-cell predecessors to both stable orbits, which I am aware is suboptimal

[HPtheButterfree]

I call it the Tiny Goat

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x = 4, y = 6, rule = Life
3o$2b2o$obo$b2o$3o$obo!

It creates 8 boxes, 6 gliders, 4 beehives, 4 blinkers, 1 ship, 1 boat, and 1 loaf when stable

[JP21]

I call it the Tiny Goat

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x = 4, y = 6, rule = Life
3o$2b2o$obo$b2o$3o$obo!

It creates 8 boxes, 6 gliders, 4 beehives, 4 blinkers, 1 ship, 1 boat, and 1 loaf when stable

It becomes the R-pentomino in generation 62.

[hotdogPi]

p672 glider gun and B-heptomino factory (toad kills the B, otherwise it would kill itself when the second one was released)

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x = 77, y = 65, rule = B3/S23
31bo$30bo2bo$30bo2bo$32bo21$50bo$49bobo$50b2o$39bo$39bobo$36b2o3b3o$
41b2o$43bo4$29b2o$30b2o17b2o$29bo18b2o$50bo3$13bo51bo$13b3o6b2o10b2ob
2ob2ob2o18b3o$16bo6b2o3b2obobobobo3bobobobob2o5b2o4bo$15b2o5bo4bo7bo2b
obo2bo7bo3b2o5b2o6b2obo$27b2o4bo2b3ob3o2bo4b2o5bo12bob2o$2ob2o23bob4o
11b4obo23b2o$bobobobob2o15bo6bob2o5b2obo6bo18b2o3bo$o2bo7bo16bo3bo4bo
3bo4bo3bo15b2o3bob2obo$3o2bo4b2o6b3o7bo4bob3o3b3obo4bo15bobo5b2o$5b4ob
o6bo3bo2bo2bo23bo2bo4b2o7bo4bo$2b2obo6bo3bo5bo5bo4bob3o3b3obo4bo7b2obo
4bo3bo2bo$bo4bo3bo5bo5bo5bo3bo4bo3bo4bo3bo6bo3bo6bobob2o$b3obo4bo5bo5b
o3bo6bob2o5b2obo6bo4bob2o7bo4bo$11bo2bo2bo3bo6bob4o11b4obo7b2o4bo2bo4b
3o$b3obo4bo7b3o6b2o4bo2b3ob3o2bo4b2o16bo4bo$bo4bo3bo16bo7bo2bobo2bo7bo
16bobob2o$2b2obo6bo15b2obobobobo3bobobobob2o15bo3bo2bo$5b4obo23b2ob2ob
2ob2o23bo4bo$3o2bo4b2o54bobo5b2o$o2bo7bo54b2o3bob2obo$bobobobob2o60b2o
3bo$2ob2o14b2o37b2o14b2o$19b2o37b2o10bob2o$70b2obo!

[Da c0c0nut]

p14 glider stream hitting r makes mango

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x = 73, y = 72, rule = Life
bo$2bo$3o2$5bo$3bobo$4b2o$8bo$9bo$7b3o2$12bo$10bobo$11b2o$15bo$16bo$14b
3o2$19bo$17bobo$18b2o$22bo$23bo$21b3o2$26bo$24bobo$25b2o$29bo$30bo$28b
3o2$33bo$31bobo$32b2o$36bo$37bo$35b3o2$40bo$38bobo$39b2o$43bo$44bo$42b
3o2$47bo$45bobo$46b2o$50bo$51bo$49b3o2$54bo$52bobo$53b2o$57bo$58bo$56b
3o11$71b2o$70b2o$71bo!

[GUYTU6J]

It took me half an hour to build the following stable glider duplicator with a horrible repeat time, based on the p-odd G4 receiver:

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x = 142, y = 89, rule = B3/S23
115b2o$116bo$103b2o11bobo$54bo43b2o4bo12b2o$54b3o42bo4bobo$57bo28bo11b
o6bobo$4b2o50b2o28b3o9b2o6bo3b2o$4b2o83bo20b2o$17bo8b2o48b2o10b2o$15b
3o9bo49bo$3b2o9bo11bo50bobo54b2o$2bo2bo8b2o10b2o50b2o53bo2bo$3bobo95b
2o31b2o$bobobobo93b2o$obobobobo$bo2bo2bo$2b2ob2o132b2o$3bobo23b2o108bo
bo$3bobo23b2o109b2o$4bo8bo115bo$12bobo112b3o$12bobo77b2o32bo$13bo78bo
33b2o$93b3o$95bo2$71b2o$65b2o5bo$65bobob3o$58b2o7bobo$58b2o7b2o8$112b
2o$112b2o19b2o$133b2o2$121b2o$121b2o25$50bo$50b3o$53bo$52b2o4$52bo$51b
obo$52b2o$40bo$40b3o$43bo$42bo2b2o$42b3o2bo$40b2o4bobo$41bob2obobo8b2o
$41bo2bobob3o6bo$42bo2bobo3bo6b3o21bo$43b2o2bo2b2o8bo20b2o$47b2o32bobo!

The reason to use F116 is, well, I cannot find a better conduit to fix the color issue.

EDIT two days later: totally unrelated, this is what you get when trying to use the new p30 gun mechanism on both ends of a queen bee.

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x = 49, y = 42, rule = B3/S23
21b2o$21bobo$23b3o$22bo3bo$22b2ob2o4$20bo7bo$18b2ob2o3b2ob2o$20bo7bo$
44bo$43bobo$43bobo$14bobo15bobo7b2ob3o$14b2o17b2o13bo$15bo17bo8b2ob3o$
42b2obo3$19b3o5b3o$10bo7bo3bo3bo3bo$10b2o5bo5bobo5bo4b3o$10bobo4bo5bob
o5bo6bo$3bob2o4bo8bo7bo8bo$b4o13bo3bo3bo3bo$o17b2ob2o3b2ob2o$b3ob2o$3b
obo13bobo5bobo$3bobo14bo7bo$4bo15bo7bo2$16b3o11b3o5$22b2ob2o$22bo3bo$
23b3o$25bobo$26b2o!

[dvgrn]

It took me half an hour to build the following stable glider duplicator with a horrible repeat time, based on the p-odd G4 receiver...
The reason to use F116 is, well, I cannot find a better conduit to fix the color issue.

Huh, yeah, it seems like there ought to be something better, but there's a horrible hole in the H-to-H collection where there ought to be at least one small fast color-changing F conduit that lets the output Herschel's first natural glider escape.

Just for anyone else that looks at this: it's not enough to make the connection, you also have to get the p2 timing correct for the cleanup glider:

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#C no good because cleanup glider parity is wrong
x = 145, y = 95, rule = B3/S23
84b2o$82bo2bo$4b2o76b3o$4b2o39bo43b2o$17bo8b2o17b3o34b3o4bo$15b3o9bo
20bo33bo2bo4bo6bo$3b2o9bo11bo20b2o11b2o22b2o3b2o4b3o$2bo2bo8b2o10b2o
32b2o32bo34bo$3bobo88b2o33b3obo$bobobobo124b2o$obobobobo117bo2b2o$bo2b
o2bo118b4ob5o$2b2ob2o129bo$3bobo23b2o95b5obobobo$3bobo23b2o95bo2bob2ob
2o$4bo8bo104b2o$12bobo104bo$12bobo104bobo$13bo106b2o2$114b2o$96b2o17bo
27b2o$96bo18bobo25bo$60b2o31b2obo19b2o23bobo$60bo32b2ob2o43b2o$61b3o
73b2o$63bo73bobo$138b2o3$99b2o$86b2o11b2o$86b2o3$128b2o$128b2o2b2o$
132bobo$134bo$134b2o35$60bo$60b3o$63bo$62b2o4$62bo16b3o$61bobo15bo$62b
2o16bo$50bo$50b3o$53bo$52bo2b2o$52b3o2bo$50b2o4bobo$51bob2obobo8b2o$
51bo2bobob3o6bo$52bo2bobo3bo6b3o$53b2o2bo2b2o8bo$57b2o!

This seems to be the best I can come up with:

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x = 127, y = 92, rule = B3/S23
56b2o$56b2o12bo40bo$68b3o40b3obo$56b4o7bo46b2o$53bobo4bo6b2o39bo2b2o$
51b3ob2o2b2o47b4ob5o$50bo67bo$47bo2b4ob2o33bo17b5obobobo$47b3o3bob2o
31b3o17bo2bob2ob2o$50bo36bo12b2o$4b2o43b2o36b2o12bo$4b2o95bobo$17bo8b
2o74b2o$15b3o9bo$3b2o9bo11bo69b2o$2bo2bo8b2o10b2o69bo27b2o$3bobo91bobo
25bo$bobobobo90b2o23bobo$obobobobo114b2o$bo2bo2bo111b2o$2b2ob2o112bobo
$3bobo23b2o89b2o$3bobo23b2o$4bo8bo$12bobo$12bobo$13bo47b2o24b2o$55b2o
4bobo10b2o11b2o$56bo6bo11bo$53b3o7b2o7b3o35b2o$53bo18bo37b2o2b2o$114bo
bo$116bo$116b2o33$44bo$44b3o$47bo$46b2o4$46bo$45bobo$46b2o$34bo$34b3o$
37bo$36bo2b2o$36b3o2bo$34b2o4bobo$35bob2obobo8b2o$35bo2bobob3o6bo$36bo
2bobo3bo6b3o$37b2o2bo2b2o8bo$41b2o3$79b3o$79bo$80bo!

[dani]

I noticed the LWSS out of the blue reaction, when doubled and put with an eater, produces a glider which can be turned into an LWSS. So I created this (1380/5=) p276 LWSS gun:

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x = 197, y = 200, rule = B3/S23
122bo$122b3o$125bo$124b2o8b2o5b2o$132bo2bo5bo2bo2$112b2o5b2o16bobo$
112b2o5b2o11b2o3bobo3b2o2$136bo3bo4$134b2o5b2o2$133bo9bo$133bo3bobo3bo
$133bo3bobo3bo$134bobo3bobo$114b2ob2o16bo5bo$113bo5bo2$112bo7bo$112bo
2bobo2bo$112b3o3b3o5$141b2o4bo2b2o12b2o$103b2o35b2o6b2obo12b2o$26b2o5b
2o67bo10b2o26bobo6bo$26b2o5b2o54b2o10bo2b2o5b2o3bo25b2o4b3o$89b2o10bo
2bo6bo4bo$27bo5bo67bobo7b2o3bo25b2o4b3o$26b3o3b3o67b2o9b2o26bobo6bo$
26bo2bobo2bo102b2ob2o6b2obo12b2o$28b2ob2o69b2o33b2o2b2o4bo2b2o12b2o$
101bobo$89b2o10bo2bo11b2o$89b2o10bo2b2o10b2o$26bo7bo67bo$27bobobobo69b
2o$27bobobobo105b2o5b2o$26bob2ob2obo104b2o5b2o$26b2o5b2o3$57bo$40b2o
15b2o8b2o$40b2o16b2o7b2o$53b2o2b2o$140bo5bo$14b3o122b3o3b3o$2o11bo4bo
119b2obo3bob2o$2o10bo5bo3b2o29b2o2b2o$13bo8b2o16b2o16b2o$14b2o24b2o15b
2o82bo3bo$33b2o22bo83bo3bo$14b2o7b2o8b2o$13bo9bob2o$2o10bo5bo6bobo$2o
11bo4bo6bob2o$14b3o8bob2o111bo$25b2o112bobo$41b5o92b2ob2o$40bo4bo92bo
3bo$45bo91b3ob3o$4o36bo3bo93bo3bo$o3bo37bo95bo3bo$o131bo6bobo4b2o$bo2b
o42b5o80b2o6bo5b2o$46bo4bo79bobo$29b3o19bo$27b2o17bo3bo69b2o$31bo16bo
22b2o46bobo$3b2o8b3o10bo44bo47bo$3b2o8bo3bo8bo3bo41b3o43b2o$13bo4bo7bo
47bo$14bo3bo7bo3bo5b2o$26bobobo5b2o$14bo3bo6b2ob2o$13bo4bo6bobo$3b2o8b
o3bo$3b2o8b3o7$29b3o3b3o$28bo3bobo3bo117b2o5b2o$27bo3b2ob2o3bo116b2o5b
2o$27bob2o5b2obo$29bo7bo9$156bo7bo$154bob2o5b2obo$29b2o5b2o89bo26bo3b
2ob2o3bo$29b2o5b2o88b3o26bo3bobo3bo$126bob2o26b3o3b3o$127b3o$127b2o5$
178b3o8b2o$176bo3bo8b2o$166bobo6bo4bo$164b2ob2o6bo3bo$156b2o5bobobo$
156b2o5bo3bo7bo3bo$119bo47bo7bo4bo$74b2o43b3o41bo3bo8bo3bo8b2o$74bo47b
o44bo10b3o8b2o$72bobo46b2o39bo$72b2o91b2o28b2o$162b3o30bo$193bobo$46b
2o5bo139b2o$46b2o4bobo66b4o$51bo3bo64bo3bo$51bo3bo68bo$50b3ob3o63bo2bo
$51bo3bo$51b2ob2o$52bobo112b2o$53bo111b2obo8b3o$165b2obo6bo4bo11b2o$
166bobo6bo5bo10b2o$167b2obo9bo$159b2o8b2o7b2o$48bo3bo83bo22b2o$48bo3bo
82b2o15b2o24b2o$134b2o16b2o16b2o8bo$135b2o2b2o29b2o3bo5bo10b2o$45b2obo
3bob2o119bo4bo11b2o$46b3o3b3o122b3o$47bo5bo$135b2o2b2o$125b2o7b2o16b2o
$125b2o8b2o15b2o$136bo3$159b2o5b2o$46b2o5b2o104bob2ob2obo$46b2o5b2o
105bobobobo$89b2o69bobobobo$66b2o23bo67bo7bo$66b3o7b2o10b2o2bo10b2o$
65bob2o7b2o11bo2bo10b2o$65b3o22bobo$28b2o12b2o2bo4b2o2b2o9bo23b2o69b2o
b2o$28b2o12bob2o6b2ob2o102bo2bobo2bo$43bo6bobo26b2o9b2o67b3o3b3o$43b3o
4b2o25bo3b2o7bobo67bo5bo$77bo4bo6bo2bo10b2o$43b3o4b2o25bo3b2o5b2o2bo
10b2o54b2o5b2o$43bo6bobo26b2o10bo67b2o5b2o$28b2o12bob2o6b2o35b2o$28b2o
12b2o2bo4b2o5$73b3o3b3o$73bo2bobo2bo$73bo7bo2$74bo5bo$52bo5bo16b2ob2o$
51bobo3bobo$50bo3bobo3bo$50bo3bobo3bo$50bo9bo2$51b2o5b2o4$53bo3bo2$49b
2o3bobo3b2o11b2o5b2o$54bobo16b2o5b2o2$49bo2bo5bo2bo$51b2o5b2o8b2o$68bo
$69b3o$71bo!

I know it's big, just a bit of construction practice.

[LLAMASKYWALKER]

Methuselah that takes 1556 generations to stablize: ... gen 1469 has an interesting house + debris to LWSS. maybe could work in a gun or conduit?

The starting pattern is extremely unnatural, and unlikely to occur randomly, and would also be very difficult to synthesize. It also takes a long time to settle, and leaves a large amount of debris, that would need to be cleaned up.

It might be better to look at generation 1485, which has two colliding B heptominoes - which turn into two more B heptominoes plus some junk. The junk should be fairly easy to synthesize, and it turns into a block and an LWSS.

found the junk:

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = Life
4b2o$2obobo$2obobo$4bo$o$b2o!

I cant turn it into a gun, too close together

[Da c0c0nut]

Useless component aircraft carrier to block, just in case anyone EVER needs it (I don't see why they should)

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x = 11, y = 12, rule = Life
9bo$8bo$8b3o$bo$2bo$3o$5b2o$5bo$7bob2o$6b2obo$9bo$9b2o!

Edit: 1g snake to block

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x = 12, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
$2bo$3bo$b3o3$6b2o$6bo$7bo$6b2o!

[LLAMASKYWALKER]

potentially could help with making a oblique (7.1)c/24 pi ship:

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x = 9, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
6b3o2$3o$obo$obo$5b2o$5b2o!

[bismarckisbestgirl]

I constructed this growing spaceship. The front end of this spaceship moves at c/2 and is a Coe ship-based block puffer. The rear end of this spaceship moves at c/3 and is two edge-repair spaceships 1.

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x = 30, y = 34, rule = Life
2bo$3b2o$3b2o$2bo$4bo$3b3o$5bo$5b2o11b2o$5bo9b3ob2o$bo2bo10b5o$o15b3o
$2b2o9bo$bobo8bobo$3b2o19b6o$bobo18b2o5bo$2bo17b2obo5bo$5b2o6b2o9bo3b
o$5b2o6bo12bo$2bo23b2o$bobo21b4o$3b2o20b2ob2o$bobo23b2o$2b2o$o$bo2bo$
5bo$5b2o$5bo$3b3o$4bo$2bo$3b2o$3b2o$2bo!

This is not a new discovery; it was constructed from known components.

[hotdogPi]

This is not a new discovery; it was constructed from known components.

44P38, the first p38 oscillator, was constructed from known components. So was 66P62 (Merzenich's p31 phase-shifting fumarole).

[mniemiec]

This is not a new discovery; it was constructed from known components.

Putting old components together in new ways is the essence of invention. Except for occasional influxes of new components (e.g. introduction of corn, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, etc. after the discovery of the new world, or tea, rice, and noodles from China), all cuisine works this way. Lord of the Rings is the most fundamental new fantasy work of the 20th century, yet most of it is totally based on many previous mythological works. What is original is HOW old components are blended together to make something completely new.

Most astounding Life inventions (e.g. constructors, computers, patterns whose population is a complex function of time, etc.) are made with fundamental building blocks that have been known for almost half a century (e.g. gliders, glider guns, puffers, eaters, etc.), put together in new and inventive ways.

[bismarckisbestgirl]

Three staggered blinkers will react with an incoming glider. This reaction consumes its inputs to create a blinker and a reflected glider.

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x = 11, y = 15, rule = Life
9bo$8bo$8b3o2$o$o$o2$2bo$2bo$2bo2$4bo$4bo$4bo!

EDIT: An additional blinker and two additional gliders clean up the reaction.

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x = 11, y = 15, rule = Life
9bo$8bo$8b3o2$o$o$o2$2bo$2bo$2bo2$4bo$4bo$4bo!

[77551enpassant]

Interesting rake thingy

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x = 165, y = 223, rule = B3/S23
14$88bo12b2o$87bo12b3o$87bo12b2obo$87bo13b3o$87bo2bo11bo$87b3o7$90bo$
89bo$89bo$89bo2bo$89b3o12bo$105bo$105bo$105bo$95b3o4bo2bo$89b2o4bo2b2o
3b3o$88b3o5b3o$88b2obo5bo$89b3o$90bo21$26bobo$25bo$25bo3bo$25bo3bo$25b
o$19b2o4bo2bo$25b3o4bobo$20bo9bo3bo$20b3o9b3o$26bobo$14b2o7b2obobob2o
7b2o$26bobo$14bo4bo3bo2bobo2bo3bo4bo$15b2obo4bob2ob2obo4bob2o$16bobob
2ob2o5b2ob2obobo$17b2o4bo7bo4b2o$18bo3bo9bo3bo$19b3o11b3o107$115bobo$
114bo$114bo3bo$114bo3bo$114bo$108b2o4bo2bo$114b3o4bobo$109bo9bo3bo$
109b3o9b3o$115bobo$103b2o7b2obobob2o7b2o$115bobo$103bo4bo3bo2bobo2bo3b
o4bo$104b2obo4bob2ob2obo4bob2o$105bobob2ob2o5b2ob2obobo$106b2o4bo7bo4b
2o$107bo3bo9bo3bo$108b3o11b3o!

[GUYTU6J]

The 3Glider database I have shows only 5 collisions where the results contain a Snake:

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x=35, y=35
32bo$32bobo$32b2o27$o$b2o$2o$5bo$4b2o$4bobo!

...

This one can be cleaned up with a single glider, so now there is at least one two-stage four-glider synthesis for a snake!

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x = 17, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o$2o3$3b3o2$bo5bo$bo5bo$bo5bo3$6b2o5b2obo$5bo2bo4bob2o$5bobo$6bo!

In a somewhat similar spirit that would delight someone, one of the octohash results for a shillelagh has a 3G synthesis:

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x = 53, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
3bo$b2o47bo$2b2o45bobo$49bo2bo$50b2o$b2o$2o46bo$2bo44bobo$48b2o2$47bo$
46b2o$22b3o21bobo$22bo$23bo!

I thought that is the first 2-stage 4-glider synthesis for a shillelagh, but actually there is already a loaf+2G collision in Mark Niemiec's database with better clearance:

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x = 14, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
bo$obo$o2bo$b2o2$3b3o$3bo$4bo3$12b2o$11b2o$13bo!

Here is a challenge: I have found seven 2-stage 4-glider syntheses for a ship-tie (one in eight listed with a residual beehive is in Niemiec's record), can you find more with different second stage?