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Miscellaneous challenges

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This thread is for posting CA-related and programming/computer science challenges.
Every challenge posted here has a unique ID number, and should be formatted like this:
some dude wrote: Challenge π: Challengetitle
What is 9 + 10?
some other dude wrote: Solution π: Challengetitle
9 + 10 is equal to 19.
Then, the original poster has to mark their challenge like this:
some dude wrote: Challenge π: Challengetitle [SOLVED]
What is 9 + 10?
Challenges are completed by showing an example solution or proving them impossible. Multiple challenges and/or solutions can be written in one post. Alternate solutions to already solved challenges are welcome.

Status:
  • Challenge 1: Unsolved
  • Challenge 2: Unsolved
  • Challenge 3: Unsolved
  • Challenge 4: Unsolved
  • Challenge 5: Unsolved
  • Challenge 6: Solved by ipnsltg
  • Challenge 7: Solved by itlnpsg
  • Challenge 8: Solved by hotdogPi and b-engine and LWSSONHWSSONLWSS
  • Challenge 9(8): Unsolved
Challenge 1: Still and Regular
Find a nontrivial regular expression that matches all of these entries:

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block
beehive
loaf
boat
tub
pond
ship
longboat
ship_on_ship
barge
and none of these entries:

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blinker
toad
beacon
CP-pulsar
pentadecathlon
clock
bipole
quadpole
great-on-off
figure 8
Where have these names been taken from?

Challenge 2: Vortex
Place a still life (or still lives) in the red area to eat all of the LWSSes before they crash into one another.

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x = 84, y = 84, rule = LifeHistory
45.A.A$48.A$48.A$45.A2.A$46.3A10$39.A.A$42.A$42.A$39.A2.A$40.3A10$33.
A.A$36.A$36.A$33.A2.A$34.3A$52.A2.A$34.16D.A$.4A29.16D.A3.A$A3.A29.
16D.4A$4.A29.16D$A2.A30.16D$34.16D16.A2.A$34.16D15.A$15.4A15.16D15.A
3.A$14.A3.A15.16D15.4A$18.A15.16D$14.A2.A16.16D$34.16D30.A2.A$34.16D
29.A$29.4A.16D29.A3.A$28.A3.A.16D29.4A$32.A.16D$28.A2.A$47.3A$47.A2.A
$47.A$47.A$48.A.A10$41.3A$41.A2.A$41.A$41.A$42.A.A10$35.3A$35.A2.A$
35.A$35.A$36.A.A!
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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Challenge 3: Statorless loopable flipping oscillator

To complete this challenge, you need to show a cellular automaton (CA) and a pattern (P) in it, with the following properties:
  • The CA must be two-state. (This is to exclude RuleLoader engineering.)
  • The CA must be two-dimensional, isotropic on a regular tiling, and non-alternating. (Rotating, reflecting, translating, "delaying" the universe must preserve all reactions.)
  • The pattern P must be a statorless oscillator with period n.
  • The pattern P must reappear flipped (either mirrored orthogonally, or mirrored diagonally) after n/2 ticks.
  • P must be a loopable oscillator. It must be possible to put an odd number (k > 2) of instances of P, following each other within the same shared envelope, not interacting with each other in any way, with exactly n/k ticks between consecutive instances of P, resulting in a period-(n/k) oscillator.
All of the above is required. Other than that, there are no restrictions. In particular either range-1 or higher-range neighbourhoods, weighted neighbourhoods, square/hexagonal/triangular tiling will all be accepted.
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Challenge 4: 3x3 Total Still Life

To complete this challenge, you must construct a still life in B3/S23 that contains all still life compatible 3x3 binary grids (Rotations and reflections are separate!). (Since the minimal bounding box for the coolout conjecture is 10 cells, all 3x3 grids that do not trigger D4-8 or the middle cell dies from D0-1 are still life compatible.) The smaller the better.
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confocaloid wrote: January 24th, 2025, 5:07 pm Challenge 3: Statorless loopable flipping oscillator
Solution 3: Statorless loopable flipping oscillator

For an oscillator to be loopable, it needs to follow some path. Say it goes from (0,0) to (20,0) via some straight or convoluted path. The thing is, it's meant to flip by then, so it'll have to follow that exact same path backwards. This becomes a problem if we want to insert more than one oscillator onto the track, and, with this logic, they'd have to pass through each other to finish the oscillator. This proves such an oscillator does not exist.
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d/dx wrote: January 25th, 2025, 3:30 am
confocaloid wrote: January 24th, 2025, 5:07 pm Challenge 3: Statorless loopable flipping oscillator
Solution 3: Statorless loopable flipping oscillator

For an oscillator to be loopable, it needs to follow some path. Say it goes from (0,0) to (20,0) via some straight or convoluted path. The thing is, it's meant to flip by then, so it'll have to follow that exact same path backwards. This becomes a problem if we want to insert more than one oscillator onto the track, and, with this logic, they'd have to pass through each other to finish the oscillator. This proves such an oscillator does not exist.
That "proves too much" (i.e. not a disproof). Consider the following oscillator (which fails to be statorless, and hence doesn't solve the Challenge 3):

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x = 78, y = 51, rule = B3/S23
20b2o34b2o$20bobo32bobo$22bo4b2o20b2o4bo$18b4ob2o2bo2bo16bo2bo2b2ob4o$
18bo2bobobobob2o16b2obobobobo2bo$21bobobobo22bobobobo$22b2obobo22bobob
2o$26bo24bo2$12b2o50b2o$13bo7b2o32b2o7bo$13bobo5b2o32b2o5bobo$14b2o46b
2o5$45bo$44bo$24b2o18b3o5b2o$3b2o19bo28bo19b2o$4bo20b3o22b3o20bo$2bo
10b3o11bo22bo24bo$2b5o8bo5b2o32b2o14b5o$7bo6bo6bo34bo13bo$4b3o12bobo
34bobo12b3o$3bobo13b2o36b2o15bo$3bob2o64b4o$b2o2bo2bob2o11bo30bo11b2o
3bo3b2o$o2b2o6bo11b3o26b3o11b2o4b3o2bo$2obo5b2o15bo24bo22bob2o$3bo21b
2o24b2o21bo$3b2o68b2o2$49b2o$11b2o36b2o14b2o$12bo35bobo14bo$9b3o37bo
16b3o$9bo25b2o4b2o6bo18bo$28b2o5bobo2bobo$28b2o7bo2bo$37b4o2$24bo12b4o
12bo$23bobob2o8bo2bo8b2obobo$23bobobobo18bobobobo$20b2obobobobo2bo12bo
2bobobobob2o$20bo2bo2b2ob4o12b4ob2o2bo2bo$22b2o4bo20bo4b2o$28bobo16bob
o$29b2o16b2o!
Period 152, mod 76, glider track length 456, three gliders on the track, never colliding with each other.
With just one glider on the track, it becomes a period-456 mod-228 flipping oscillator:

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x = 78, y = 51, rule = B3/S23
20b2o34b2o$20bobo32bobo$22bo4b2o20b2o4bo$18b4ob2o2bo2bo16bo2bo2b2ob4o$
18bo2bobobobob2o16b2obobobobo2bo$21bobobobo22bobobobo$22b2obobo22bobob
2o$26bo24bo2$12b2o50b2o$13bo7b2o32b2o7bo$13bobo5b2o32b2o5bobo$14b2o46b
2o7$24b2o26b2o$3b2o19bo28bo19b2o$4bo20b3o22b3o20bo$2bo24bo22bo24bo$2b
5o14b2o32b2o14b5o$7bo13bo34bo13bo$4b3o12bobo34bobo12b3o$3bo15b2o36b2o
15bo$3b4o64b4o$b2o3bo3b2o11bo30bo11b2o3bo3b2o$o2b3o4b2o11b3o26b3o11b2o
4b3o2bo$2obo22bo24bo22bob2o$3bo21b2o24b2o21bo$3b2o42bo25b2o$48bo$46b3o
$11b2o52b2o$12bo52bo$9b3o54b3o$9bo25b2o4b2o25bo$28b2o5bobo2bobo5b2o$
28b2o7bo2bo7b2o$37b4o2$24bo12b4o12bo$23bobob2o8bo2bo8b2obobo$23bobobob
o18bobobobo$20b2obobobobo2bo12bo2bobobobob2o$20bo2bo2b2ob4o12b4ob2o2bo
2bo$22b2o4bo20bo4b2o$28bobo16bobo$29b2o16b2o!
This oscillator satisfies almost all requirements of Challenge 3, the only exceptions should be "The pattern P must be a statorless oscillator" and "not interacting with each other in any way" (combining the three instances overlaps parts of them). One can imagine that a statorless oscillator of the same sort could be found too, where active objects "turn by themselves" without needing any catalysts to control them.
confocaloid wrote: August 30th, 2024, 10:37 am In [R]History, the envelope of such an oscillator might look (roughly) like this. The set of alive cells would always remain relatively compact, going along the "lemniscate", and evolving into a mirror image of itself after (period/2) ticks.

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#C [[ VIEWONLY ]]
x = 181, y = 84, rule = LifeHistory
34.18B$30.27B71.19B$27.33B62.29B$24.38B56.36B$22.43B50.42B$20.47B45.
47B$19.50B41.51B$17.53B38.54B$16.56B35.57B$15.58B32.60B$13.62B29.62B$
12.64B26.66B$11.66B24.68B$10.69B21.70B$9.71B19.72B$9.72B17.74B$8.74B
15.75B$7.76B13.77B$6.78B11.79B$6.80B8.81B$5.32B13.37B6.82B$5.29B20.
34B4.35B17.32B$4.28B24.33B2.33B23.29B$4.26B28.63B28.28B$3.26B31.59B
32.26B$3.25B34.56B34.26B$3.24B36.53B37.25B$2.24B39.50B39.24B$2.23B41.
48B41.24B$2.22B43.46B43.23B$.22B45.44B45.22B$.22B46.42B47.22B$.21B48.
40B48.22B$.21B49.38B50.21B$.21B50.36B51.21B$.7B6C7B52.34B52.21B$5B3C
2B2CBC7B53.32B53.8B6D7B$8BC3B3C6B54.30B54.8BDB2D2B3D5B$5BCBCBCBC9B55.
29B54.7B3D3BD8B$5B2CBCB5C5B57.27B55.10BDBDBDBD5B$5B2CBCB3C7B57.27B55.
7B5DBDB2D5B$5B2C2B2C2BC6B56.29B54.9B3DBDB2D5B$5B3CB2CBC7B56.29B54.8BD
2B2D2B2D5B$20B55.31B53.9BDB2DB3D5B$20B54.33B52.22B$.20B52.35B51.22B$.
20B51.37B50.21B$.20B51.37B50.21B$.20B50.39B49.21B$.21B48.41B47.22B$.
21B47.43B46.22B$2.21B45.45B45.22B$2.21B44.47B43.22B$2.22B42.49B42.22B
$2.23B39.52B41.22B$3.23B37.55B38.23B$3.24B35.29B.27B36.23B$4.25B31.
30B3.27B34.24B$4.26B29.30B5.28B30.26B$5.27B25.31B7.29B27.26B$5.30B19.
34B8.30B23.28B$6.32B13.36B10.31B18.31B$6.80B12.33B12.33B$7.78B14.36B
6.35B$8.77B15.75B$8.76B17.74B$9.74B19.72B$10.72B21.70B$11.70B23.69B$
12.68B25.67B$13.66B27.65B$14.64B29.63B$15.62B31.61B$16.60B33.59B$17.
58B35.57B$19.54B39.53B$20.52B41.51B$22.48B45.47B$24.44B49.43B$26.40B
53.39B$28.36B58.34B$31.30B64.28B$35.21B74.20B$141.5B!
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My mistake, I mistook "odd" for "even". It's not possible to do it for an even number of oscillators, but for an odd one it should be.
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Challenge 5: Factory
Here I have made a p256 Herschel factory in StateInvestigator. Your challenge is to remake it in standard Life.

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x = 90, y = 51, rule = StateInvestigator
39.2A$18.2A19.2A5.2A$18.2A8.2A16.2A$10.2A17.A$11.A17.A.A$11.A.A3.2A
11.2A12.2A$12.2A2.A2.A24.2A$17.A.A2.2A26.2A$18.A3.2A26.2A4$30.A$2A28.
A.A$2A28.3A$32.A4$28.C3.2A.2A$30.A2.A.A.A16.A$30.2A.A2.A15.3A$33.A17.
A$27.2A4.AD16.2A$27.A.A.A.A.A.A$12.2A16.DA4.2A36.2A$13.A17.A42.A$10.
3A15.A2.A.2A17.C19.A.A$10.A16.A.A.A2.A37.2A$28.2A.2A3.C11$13.2A26.2A
3.A$13.2A26.2A2.A.A$19.2A24.A2.A2.2A$19.2A12.2A11.2A3.A.A17.2A15.2A$
33.A.A17.A4.2A11.2A15.2A$35.A17.A.A3.A$17.2A16.2A8.2A7.5A$17.2A5.2A
19.2A$24.2A30.A$55.A.A$56.A!
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d/dx wrote: January 26th, 2025, 4:18 pm Challenge 5: Factory
Here I have made a p256 Herschel factory in StateInvestigator. Your challenge is to remake it in standard Life.
Solution 5: Factory

Solved (I think):

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x = 95, y = 75, rule = B3/S23
52b2o$51bo2bo$52b2o12$23b2o$23b2o8b2o23bo$15b2o17bo21b3o$16bo17bobo18b
o$16bobo3b2o11b2o18b2o$17b2o2bo2bo$bo20bobo2b2o$obo4b3o13bo3b2o10bo15b
o$obo3bo4bo27b2o13bobo$bo4b2obo27b2o2bo11bo2bo2b2o$10b3o22bo4b2o12b2o
3b2o$13bo21b3o$35b2o$53b2o$53b2o5$59bo$57b3o$56bo$56b2o2$17b2o60b2o$
18bo60bo$15b3o59bobo$15bo61b2o5$20b2o$20b2o3$14b2o3b2o$14b2o2bo2bo$18b
obo$19bo26b2o3bo$46b2o2bobo$50bo2bo2b2o$18b2o18b2o11b2o3bobo17b2o15b2o
$19bo18bobo17bo4b2o11b2o15b2o$16b3o21bo17bobo3bo$16bo23b2o8b2o7b5o$50b
2o$61bo$60bobo$61bo9$21b2o$20bo2bo$21b2o!
Last edited by ec1263f3 on January 26th, 2025, 5:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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No, the R64s have to stay in their Blockic form. Also, you didn't format the response correctly.
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d/dx wrote: January 26th, 2025, 5:21 pm No, the R64s have to stay in their Blockic form. Also, you didn't format the response correctly.
The challenge did not say that. Also, fixed the formatting.
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ec1263f3 wrote: January 26th, 2025, 5:29 pm
d/dx wrote: January 26th, 2025, 5:21 pm No, the R64s have to stay in their Blockic form. Also, you didn't format the response correctly.
The challenge did not say that. Also, fixed the formatting.
Well, even if the challenge didn't say that, this is already a known Herschel factory. The one I made uses the canonical version of the R64, and the one you presented uses capped splitters. The challenge was to change the middle part (the eater) to make it able to eat all the gliders, because only there I had to use special cells.
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Challenge 6: "Flesh"
Stopbox has a unique pattern that I never observed in other rules: flesh.

Fleshes are patterns that are formed from spaceships stuck on still lifes or each other. Such configuration often spawns guns or rakes in process, and the spaceships could build another flesh. Two fleshes grow toward each other, hence fleshes spread outward infinitely as long as the rakes are present. However, if the common rakes are absent, fleshes cannot spread. Soups often evolve into fleshes.

This is an example of how a flesh is formed:

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x = 56, y = 28, rule = Stopbox
7.A$14.A10.A$15.2A36.3B$.A16.A34.BA$5.A4.A42.3B$4.A.A3.A8.A.A2.A24.3B
$3.A2.A5.A6.2A3.A24.2BA$A2.A7.A5.2A3.A26.3B$4.A9.A8.A$7.A.A10.A$6.A2.
A.2A.A3.A.A2.A$3.A16.A.A2.A$2.A4.A9.A3.A$2A.A3.A4.A9.A25.3B$4.A13.A3.
A2.A22.2BA$A5.2A4.A5.A.A2.A24.3B$5.A4.A2.A38.3B$3.A8.A9.A29.BA$.A6.4A
.A3.A34.3B$.A9.A9.A3.A$.A3.2A$13.A6.A$A5.A2.A9.A.A31.3B$16.A.A6.A27.B
A$53.3B$49.3B$49.2BA$49.3B!
To complete the challenge, find another rule which have patterns resembling fleshes. (The closest thing to flesh I could found is foams.)

NOTE: the rule must have no more than 3 states, and must not be based on Stopbox.


EDIT: removed challenge 6 and turned challenge 7 into 6, as tho original challenge 6 is trivial.
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Challenge 7: Maze Navigation
once the soup has finished evolving into stability, navigate from the red cell to the grey cell via orthogonally adjacent non-green cells, or prove that it is impossible to do so. cells that are parts of rotors of oscillating parts are considered to be non-green. also, you cannot go through the walls of the torus. hopefully this is easier than some of the other stuff here...

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x = 616, y = 548, rule = B3-r/S1234-ikt5-erHistory:T1024,1024
573.F484$552.A3.A.A7.A.A2.2A2.2A5.2A.A2.A4.A.A.2A2.2A.A2.2A.4A$553.3A
2.4A.A.5A2.A.A.5A4.A.2A2.3A.6A.A2.A4.A.A.A$552.6A.A2.3A.3A3.A.A.5A.A2.
2A2.A.A3.3A.A4.2A.3A.3A.A$552.A8.A.2A.2A.3A3.2A2.3A3.A.A3.A.2A2.A.A.A
7.2A2.3A$552.A11.A2.A.A.A2.2A.A.2A2.5A.2A2.2A.5A2.2A2.A.A2.3A$553.3A.
4A3.5A2.2A3.A2.4A2.A3.A.A.A.2A2.A2.2A2.A.2A2.A2.A$556.2A.3A.A.2A.5A3.
2A2.A.3A4.A2.A2.2A3.3A.2A.A2.A.4A$553.2A4.4A.2A5.A.A.2A3.A4.A.A.A.3A.
A.A3.2A.A.2A5.3A$552.4A.A4.A5.2A.2A2.A2.A2.4A.A.2A2.4A.2A6.3A.A3.2A$552.
A.2A2.A.A2.3A.2A2.3A2.A4.3A4.2A3.A.A2.A2.A2.4A.2A.A.A$552.2A.3A.3A.A2.
3A.2A.4A.A.A.5A.4A.4A4.3A.A2.A.A.2A.A$552.4A.3A.2A2.A2.A3.A.2A.A4.4A2.
5A.3A.A3.3A.A2.A.A2.2A$553.2A2.A2.3A.3A.2A.A.A.A.A.A2.A.2A2.A.A2.2A.3A
.2A.A.3A4.A.A$555.A.2A2.2A2.A.A2.A.A.A2.A.4A3.A2.5A.3A.A2.A5.A.3A.2A$
552.2A.2A2.5A.A2.8A.A.2A.A3.3A2.A2.2A4.2A.A2.2A.A3.A.A$552.A2.2A.A3.A
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Challenge 8: Vaporize
Find a two state isotropic Moore rule such that:
a) the glider (xq4_153) behaves as in life
b) every two glider collision results in nothing
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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d/dx wrote: January 30th, 2025, 2:57 pm Challenge 8: Vaporize
Find a two state isotropic Moore rule such that:
a) the glider (xq4_153) behaves as in life
b) every two glider collision results in nothing
Solution 8: Vaporize

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x = 379, y = 369, rule = B34ky5c6a/S2ae3jnr
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2o18bobo14b2o20bo16b2o$59bo19bo18b2o16b2o19b2o13bobo14bobo34bobo18b2o
16bobo$98bobo15bobo18bobo12bo53bo20bobo$bo4bo3bobo3bobobo2bo3bo3bo3bo
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305b3o$2bobo4bobobo2bo3bo4bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bo3bo61b2o119bo4bobobo44bo
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169bo6bobo3bo5bo18bo$56bo207bo$3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo2bo33b3o168bo5bo3bo2bobo
bobo17b3o2$3bobobo3bo3bo3bo2bobobo200bo5bo3bo2bo2bo2bo2$3bo3bo3bo4bobo
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77b3o$77bo150bo3bo2bo3bo4bo4bo3bo2bo5bo3bo3bo4bo2bo3bo$78bo$229bobo4bo
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38bo6$112bo13bo$2bo6bobo5bo4bobobo9bobo4bo6bo3bo4bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bobo
32bo13bo$80bo30b3o11b3o$2bo5bo3bo3bobo3bo8bo4bo3bo2bo6bo3bobo2bo2bo2bo
3bo6bo$80bo$2bo5bo3bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bobobo2bobo4bo6bo3bo2bobo2bobo4bobo
bo2bobo2$2bo5bo3bo2bobobo2bo8bo4bo3bo2bo6bo3bo4bo2bo2bo3bo6bo2bo2$2bob
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195bo$107bobo20bobo193bo$107bo22bo98bobobo9bobo3bo6bo3bobo4bobobo2bobo
7bo5bo2bobobo3bobo3bobo16b3o$278bo$233bo7bo7bo6bo3bo3bo2bo6bo9bobobobo
2bo6bo5bo$278bo$229bobobo2bobo2bo2bobo2bo6bo3bo3bo2bobobo2bobo7bo2bo2b
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324bo$229bobobo9bobo3bobobo2bo3bobo4bobobo2bo3bo5bo5bo2bobobo3bobo3bob
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45b3o56b3o$3bobobobo3bo2bo6bo3bo2$3bo2bo2bo3bo3bobo3bo2$3bo5bo3bo6bo2b
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178bo33bo$72bo19bo!
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Periods discovered:

All evens ≤128 except 52,58,78,82,92,94,98,104,118,122

5-15,㉕-㉛,㉟㊺,51,63,65,73,75
1㊳㊵㊹㊼㊽,54,56,72,74,80,90,92
217,240,300,486,576

Guns: 20,21,32,54,55,57,114,117,124,126
SKOPs: 32,74,76,102,196
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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Congratulation!! You are the first to solve a challenge! For this I grant you the humble prize of two air molecules. To recieve your prize, inhale.
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

Post by H. H. P. M. P. Cole »

LuveelVoom wrote: January 24th, 2025, 9:15 pm Challenge 4: 3x3 Total Still Life

To complete this challenge, you must construct a still life in B3/S23 that contains all still life compatible 3x3 binary grids (Rotations and reflections are separate!). (Since the minimal bounding box for the coolout conjecture is 10 cells, all 3x3 grids that do not trigger D4-8 or the middle cell dies from D0-1 are still life compatible.) The smaller the better.
This post by BlinkerSpawn might help. Unfortunately I am not good at SL construction.
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get_Snacked wrote: January 28th, 2025, 2:16 pm
Solution 7: Maze Navigation
The path is:

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x = 581, y = 519, rule = B3-r/S1234-ikt5-erHistory
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$375.D$375.D$372.4D$372.D$363.7D2.D$363.D5.4D$363.6D$368.5D$372.6D$
377.D$377.D$366.6D5.D$366.D4.D5.D$366.D4.D5.D$366.D4.D5.2D$361.6D4.D
6.D$361.D9.D2.5D$361.D9.4D$358.4D$358.D$358.D$358.D$348.3D3.5D$346.3D
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343.D$343.D$343.D$340.4D$340.D$340.D$336.5D$336.D$336.D$336.D$336.2D$
337.D$335.3D$333.3D$333.D$332.2D$332.D$332.D$330.3D$330.D$330.D$330.D
$328.3D$328.D$328.D$306.4D18.D$306.D2.D18.D$306.D.2D18.4D$304.3D.D22.
D$302.3D3.D20.3D$302.D5.12D4.6D$302.D16.6D$302.D$285.18D$285.D$285.D$
234.16D35.D$234.D14.D35.D$232.3D14.D35.D$232.D16.15D.5D7.9D$228.5D30.
D.D3.D5.3D$228.D34.3D3.D5.D$228.D40.D3.3D$228.D40.D3.D$228.D40.5D$
224.5D$224.D$221.4D$221.D$221.D$221.D$221.D$221.D$221.D$217.5D$217.D$
217.D$217.D$217.D$217.D$217.D$217.D$209.9D$209.D$206.4D$206.D$206.D$
206.D$206.D$202.5D$202.D$202.D$202.D$200.3D$200.D$200.D$200.3D$202.D$
202.D$202.D$202.D$202.D$202.D$127.5D70.D$127.D3.D68.3D$127.D3.D68.D$
127.D3.D68.D$121.7D3.3D66.D$115.7D11.D66.D$115.D17.D54.6D6.D$115.3D
15.D10.5D39.D4.8D$117.D15.9D2.D3.6D28.7D$117.D23.D.2D8.D28.D$117.D23.
3D9.5D24.D$108.3D6.D39.D24.D$100.4D4.D.3D4.D39.10D8.8D$100.D2.6D3.D4.
D48.D8.D$100.D11.6D48.10D$97.4D$97.D$97.D$97.D$97.D$40.5D52.D$40.D3.D
46.7D$40.D3.D5.11D30.D$40.D3.D5.D9.3D25.4D$40.D3.2D2.3D11.D25.D$40.D
4.D2.D13.D16.8D.D$40.D4.4D13.D16.D6.3D$40.D21.3D14.D$34.7D23.D14.D$
34.D28.2D14.D$34.8D21.D15.D$41.D21.9D7.D$41.D29.D7.D$41.D29.D.7D$41.D
29.D.D$41.D29.3D$41.D$41.D$41.D$40.2D$40.D$39.2D$39.D$39.D$35.5D$19.
3D11.3D$19.D.3D9.D$19.D3.8D2.D$17.3D10.D2.D$17.D12.4D$16.2D$16.D$16.D
$16.D$16.D$16.D$16.3D$18.D$18.D$18.D$18.D$18.D$18.D$18.D$18.D$18.D$
18.D$18.D$18.D$18.D$16.3D$16.D$15.2D$15.D$15.D$15.D$11.5D$11.D$11.4D$
14.D$11.4D$11.D$11.D$11.D$11.2D$12.D$12.D$11.2D$11.D$11.D$11.D$11.D$
11.D$10.2D$5.6D$2.4D$2.D$2.D$2.D$2.D$3D$D$D$D$D$D$D$D$D$D$D$D$D$D$3D$
2.D$2.D$2.D$3D$D$2D$.D$.D$.D$.D$.D$.3D$3.D$2.2D$2.D$2.D$2.D$2.2D$3.D$
3.D$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.4D$6.D$6.D$6.D$6.5D$10.D$10.9D$18.D$18.
D$18.4D$21.D$21.D$21.D$21.D$21.D$21.D$21.D$21.D$21.3D$23.D$20.4D$20.D
$19.2D$19.D$19.D$15.3D.D$15.D.D.D$15.D.D.D$15.D.3D$14.2D$14.D$14.D$
11.4D$7.5D$7.D$7.D$7.D$7.2D$8.D$8.D$4.5D$4.D$3.2D$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.D
$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.D$3.2D$4.D$2.3D$2.D$2.D$2.D$2.2D$3.D$3.D$2.2D$
2.D$2.4D$5.D$5.D$5.D$3.3D$3.D$3.D$3.3D$5.2D$6.2D$7.D$7.D$7.D$7.D$7.D$
7.D$3.5D$3.D$3.3D$5.D$5.D$4.2D$4.D$4.D$4.D!
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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hotdogPi wrote: January 30th, 2025, 3:18 pm
Another solution:

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x = 379, y = 369, rule = B2ikn3-ckry5cry7e/S2ae3jnr4w
154bo36bo18bo$58bo18bo19bo16bo19bo18bo19bo16bo18bo36bo$57bo18bo19bo16b
o19bo19b3o16bo17b3o16b3o15bo17bo$57b3o16b3o17b3o14b3o17b3o36b3o51bo18b
3o$226b3o4$190bo$58b3o17b3o89bo18b2o55bo$58bo19bo20bo17bo20bo13b2o15b
2o18bobo14b2o20bo16b2o$59bo19bo18b2o16b2o19b2o13bobo14bobo34bobo18b2o
16bobo$98bobo15bobo18bobo12bo53bo20bobo$bo4bo3bobo3bobobo2bo3bo3bo3bo
4bo4bobo2$bobo2bo2bo3bo4bo4bo3bo3bo3bobo2bo2bo2$bo2bobo2bo3bo4bo4bobo
bo3bo3bo2bobo2bo2bobo2$bo4bo2bo3bo4bo4bo3bo3bo3bo4bo2bo4bo266bo$269bo
22bo21bo62bo$bo4bo3bobo5bo4bo3bo3bo3bo4bo4bobo182bo15bo21bo22bo22b3o18b
o22bo17bo$229bo15bo22b3o20b3o40bo22bo18b3o$86bo16bo17bo16bo16bo15bo17b
o16bo22b3o13b3o86b3o20b3o$66bo18bo16bo17bo16bo16bo15bo17bo16bo$65bo19b
3o14b3o15b3o14b3o14b3o13b3o15b3o14b3o$65b3o4$224b3o15b3o59b2o$76b3o16b
3o16b3o15b3o15b3o14b3o16b3o15b3o19bo17bo11b2o23b2o20bobo20b2o40b2o$54b
3o21bo18bo18bo17bo17bo16bo18bo17bo18bo17bo13b2o23b2o21bo21b2o12b2o26b
2o$56bo20bo18bo18bo17bo17bo16bo18bo17bo50bo24bo44bo15b2o24bo$55bo285b
o23$106bo157bo$74bo30bo157bo38bo$2bobo4bo6bo3bo4bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bobo28b
o15bo15b3o119bobobo2bo28b3o14bo20bo$46bo26b3o12bo190bo21b3o$2bo3bo2bo
6bo3bobo2bo2bo2bo3bo6bo45b3o138bo4bo44b3o$46bo$2bobo4bo6bo3bo2bobo2bo
bo4bobobo2bobo184bo4bo2$2bo3bo2bo6bo3bo4bo2bo2bo3bo6bo2bo183bo4bo$305b
3o$2bobo4bobobo2bo3bo4bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bo3bo61b2o119bo4bobobo44bo21bo$
108bobo146b2o23b2o22bo$66b2o21b2o17bo149b2o22bobo$65bobo21bobo165bo$67b
o21bo17$84bo15bo39bo153bo24bo19bo$bobo4bo7bobo4bobo3bo3bo28bo20bo15bo
39bo88bo3bo2bobobo20bo16bo15bo24bo19bo$61bo21b3o13b3o15bo21b3o17bo99b
o16bo16b3o22b3o17b3o$bo3bo2bo6bo3bo2bo3bo2bo2bo28b3o52bo41bo69bo3bo2b
o23b3o14b3o$116b3o39b3o$bobo4bo6bo3bo2bo6bobo196bobobo2bobobo2$bo3bo2b
o6bo3bo2bo3bo2bo2bo195bo3bo2bo2$bobo4bobobo3bobo4bobo3bo3bo85b3o106bo
3bo2bo$54b3o62bo17b2o16bo103bo35b2o35b2o$56bo21b2o15b2o23bo16bobo14b2o
102b2o16b2o17bobo11b2o22b2o$55bo23b2o15b2o39bo16bobo101bobo15bobo16bo
14b2o20bo$78bo16bo180bo32bo6$73b2o19b2o$74bo20bo152b2o$249bo7$64bo233b
o$63bo20bo194bo17bo$63b3o17bo166bo27bo18b3o$2bobo3bo6bo3bobo4bobobo2b
obo47b3o143bobo17bo28b3o$37bo211b3o$o7bo6bo3bo3bo2bo6bo195bo3bo$37bo275b
2o$o2bobo2bo6bo3bo3bo2bobobo2bobo193bobo82bo$256b2o$o4bo2bo6bo3bo3bo2b
o6bo2bo192bo3bo23bo$80bo$2bobo3bobobo2bo3bobo4bobobo2bo3bo20b2o19b2o148b
obo18bo42b2o$57bobo19bobo167b2o13b2o26bobo$59bo189bobo13b2o27bo$264bo
14$252b2o24b2o$253bo25bo$258bo15bo$257bo15bo26bo$61bo195b3o13b3o23bo$
obo5bobo5bo4bobobo34bo167bobo4bo63b3o$60b3o169bo45bo24b3o$o3bo2bo3bo3b
obo5bo204bo6bo41b2o24bo$232bo44bobo24bo$obo4bo3bo2bo3bo4bo204bobo4bo19b
2o37b2o$254bobo38bo$o3bo2bo3bo2bobobo4bo204bo6bo20bo2$obo5bobo3bo3bo4b
o204bo6bo2$53b2o$54b2o$53bo18$3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo2bobobo30bo169bo6bobo3bo
5bo18bo$56bo207bo$3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo2bo33b3o168bo5bo3bo2bobobobo17b3o2$3b
obobo3bo3bo3bo2bobobo200bo5bo3bo2bo2bo2bo2$3bo3bo3bo4bobo3bo204bo5bo3b
o2bo5bo2$3bo3bo3bo5bo4bobobo32b3o165bobobo2bobo3bo5bo$59bo203bo$60bo201b
2o$262bobo17$67bo$66bo$4bo6bobo5bo4bobobo37b3o157bobobo2bobobo4bo4bob
o4bobo4bobo5bobo3bobo$251bo13bo13bo17bo$4bo5bo3bo3bobo3bo203bo4bo7bob
o3bo6bo3bo2bo6bo3bo2bo20bo$251bo13bo13bo16b3o$4bo5bo3bo2bo3bo2bobobo199b
o4bobobo2bo3bo2bobo4bo3bo2bobo4bo3bo2bobo2$4bo5bo3bo2bobobo2bo203bo4b
o6bobobo2bo2bo3bo3bo2bo2bo3bo3bo2bo2$4bobobo2bobo3bo3bo2bo203bo4bobob
o2bo3bo2bo3bo2bobo4bo3bo3bobo3bo$58b2o239bo$57bobo238b2o$59bo238bobo16$
59bo$58bo$58b3o264bo$3bobobo4bo4bobobo2bobobo2bobo193bo3bo4bo2bobobo2b
obobo2bobo5bobo3bo3bo4bo4bo4bo4bobo3bobobo22bo$35bo221bo66b3o$3bo7bob
o5bo4bo6bo195bo3bobo2bo4bo4bo6bo6bo3bo2bo3bo3bobo3bobo2bo2bo7bo$35bo221b
o$3bobobo2bo3bo4bo4bobobo2bobo193bo3bo2bobo4bo4bobobo2bobo4bo6bobobo2b
o3bo2bo2bobo2bo2bobo2bobobo$57bo$3bo6bobobo4bo4bo6bo2bo21b2o169bo3bo4b
o4bo4bo6bo2bo3bo3bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bo4bo2bo4bo2bo26b3o$56bobo265bo$3bob
obo2bo3bo4bo4bobobo2bo3bo191bo3bo4bo4bo4bobobo2bo3bo3bobo3bo3bo2bo3bo
2bo4bo4bobo3bobobo23bo11$305b2o$306bo9$55bo16bo237bo$2bobo5bobo3bo4bo
2bobo27bo16bo155bobobo2bo14bobo3bo6bo3bobo4bobobo2bobo26bo$6bo47b3o14b
3o210bo24b3o$2bo6bo3bo2bobo2bo2bo3bo200bo4bo7bo4bo7bo6bo3bo3bo2bo6bo$
6bo277bo$2bobo4bo3bo2bo2bobo2bo3bo200bo4bo5bobobo2bo2bobo2bo6bo3bo3bo
2bobobo2bobo2$2bo6bo3bo2bo4bo2bo3bo200bo4bo7bo4bo4bo2bo6bo3bo3bo2bo6b
o2bo26b3o$310bo$2bo7bobo3bo4bo2bobo46bo155bo4bobobo10bobo3bobobo2bo3b
obo4bobobo2bo3bo26bo$50b2o20b2o$51b2o19bobo$50bo19$2bobo5bo7bobo4bo7b
obo4bobo3bo3bo2$2bo3bo3bo7bo3bo2bo6bo3bo2bo3bo2bo2bo28bo239bo$77bo239b
o$2bobo5bo2bobo2bobo4bo6bo3bo2bo6bobo28b3o237b3o$229bobo4bobo3bobobo3b
obo3bo5bo3bo3bo4bo3bobo$2bo3bo3bo7bo3bo2bo6bo3bo2bo3bo2bo2bo$228bo3bo
2bo3bo4bo4bo3bo2bobobobo3bo3bobo2bo2bo3bo$2bobo5bo7bobo4bobobo3bobo4b
obo3bo3bo$228bo3bo2bo8bo4bo3bo2bo2bo2bo3bo3bo2bobo2bo3bo$77b3o$77bo150b
o3bo2bo3bo4bo4bo3bo2bo5bo3bo3bo4bo2bo3bo$78bo$229bobo4bobo5bo5bobo3bo
5bo3bo3bo4bo3bobo26b2o$307bobo$309bo7$276b2o37b2o$277bo38bo6$112bo13b
o$2bo6bobo5bo4bobobo9bobo4bo6bo3bo4bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bobo32bo13bo$80bo30b
3o11b3o$2bo5bo3bo3bobo3bo8bo4bo3bo2bo6bo3bobo2bo2bo2bo3bo6bo$80bo$2bo
5bo3bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bobobo2bobo4bo6bo3bo2bobo2bobo4bobobo2bobo2$2bo5b
o3bo2bobobo2bo8bo4bo3bo2bo6bo3bo4bo2bo2bo3bo6bo2bo2$2bobobo2bobo3bo3b
o2bo13bobo4bobobo2bo3bo4bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bo3bo$107b2o21b2o195bo$107bob
o20bobo193bo$107bo22bo98bobobo9bobo3bo6bo3bobo4bobobo2bobo7bo5bo2bobo
bo3bobo3bobo16b3o$278bo$233bo7bo7bo6bo3bo3bo2bo6bo9bobobobo2bo6bo5bo$
278bo$229bobobo2bobo2bo2bobo2bo6bo3bo3bo2bobobo2bobo7bo2bo2bo2bobobo3b
obo3bobo2$229bo11bo4bo2bo6bo3bo3bo2bo6bo2bo6bo5bo2bo10bo5bo$324bo$229b
obobo9bobo3bobobo2bo3bobo4bobobo2bo3bo5bo5bo2bobobo3bobo3bobo13b2o$323b
obo7$69bo$68bo$46bo21b3o34bo$3bo5bo3bo3bobo4bobo18bo58bo$45b3o56b3o$3b
obobobo3bo2bo6bo3bo2$3bo2bo2bo3bo3bobo3bo2$3bo5bo3bo6bo2bo3bo19b3o$47b
o24b2o17b3o177b2o32b2o$3bo5bo3bo3bobo4bobo21bo23bobo18bo178bo33bo$72b
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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Challenge 9: Maximum number of spaceship speeds in a 1D rule

RULES:
- No rules with extensible spaceships
- No rules with adjustable spaceships
- Rule must be isotropic

The record you have to beat is 11 distinct speeds in Rule 2166637080 (the 1D rule emulated by B026/S1), with speeds 2c/4, 2c/5, 2c/6, 2c/7, 2c/8, 4c/9, 2c/9, 4c/10, 4c/11, 2c/12, and 2c/25 (the rest of the speeds were derived from gliderdb)
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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Should be challenge 8, you can't just skip.
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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b-engine wrote: January 27th, 2025, 3:28 am
Solution 6: "Flesh"
This rule, dubbed "T-logic 3", has special action that looks like "flesh" when running a 2048*2048(or larger) soup.

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#R B3ain4aktz5-aijy6akn/S1e2-cn3cikr4-ajnw5aikqr6-k7
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Sadly, I just can't make an example. Because "flesh"-like growth is rare in Stopbox, so it shouldn't be considered "not a solution".
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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Another solution for challenge 8

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x = 379, y = 369, rule = B3-cer4y6/S2ae3jnr
154bo36bo18bo$58bo18bo19bo16bo19bo18bo19bo16bo18bo36bo$57bo18bo19bo16b
o19bo19b3o16bo17b3o16b3o15bo17bo$57b3o16b3o17b3o14b3o17b3o36b3o51bo18b
3o$226b3o4$190bo$58b3o17b3o89bo18b2o55bo$58bo19bo20bo17bo20bo13b2o15b
2o18bobo14b2o20bo16b2o$59bo19bo18b2o16b2o19b2o13bobo14bobo34bobo18b2o
16bobo$98bobo15bobo18bobo12bo53bo20bobo$bo4bo3bobo3bobobo2bo3bo3bo3bo
4bo4bobo2$bobo2bo2bo3bo4bo4bo3bo3bo3bobo2bo2bo2$bo2bobo2bo3bo4bo4bobo
bo3bo3bo2bobo2bo2bobo2$bo4bo2bo3bo4bo4bo3bo3bo3bo4bo2bo4bo266bo$269bo
22bo21bo62bo$bo4bo3bobo5bo4bo3bo3bo3bo4bo4bobo182bo15bo21bo22bo22b3o18b
o22bo17bo$229bo15bo22b3o20b3o40bo22bo18b3o$86bo16bo17bo16bo16bo15bo17b
o16bo22b3o13b3o86b3o20b3o$66bo18bo16bo17bo16bo16bo15bo17bo16bo$65bo19b
3o14b3o15b3o14b3o14b3o13b3o15b3o14b3o$65b3o4$224b3o15b3o59b2o$76b3o16b
3o16b3o15b3o15b3o14b3o16b3o15b3o19bo17bo11b2o23b2o20bobo20b2o40b2o$54b
3o21bo18bo18bo17bo17bo16bo18bo17bo18bo17bo13b2o23b2o21bo21b2o12b2o26b
2o$56bo20bo18bo18bo17bo17bo16bo18bo17bo50bo24bo44bo15b2o24bo$55bo285b
o23$106bo157bo$74bo30bo157bo38bo$2bobo4bo6bo3bo4bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bobo28b
o15bo15b3o119bobobo2bo28b3o14bo20bo$46bo26b3o12bo190bo21b3o$2bo3bo2bo
6bo3bobo2bo2bo2bo3bo6bo45b3o138bo4bo44b3o$46bo$2bobo4bo6bo3bo2bobo2bo
bo4bobobo2bobo184bo4bo2$2bo3bo2bo6bo3bo4bo2bo2bo3bo6bo2bo183bo4bo$305b
3o$2bobo4bobobo2bo3bo4bo2bo3bo2bobobo2bo3bo61b2o119bo4bobobo44bo21bo$
108bobo146b2o23b2o22bo$66b2o21b2o17bo149b2o22bobo$65bobo21bobo165bo$67b
o21bo17$84bo15bo39bo153bo24bo19bo$bobo4bo7bobo4bobo3bo3bo28bo20bo15bo
39bo88bo3bo2bobobo20bo16bo15bo24bo19bo$61bo21b3o13b3o15bo21b3o17bo99b
o16bo16b3o22b3o17b3o$bo3bo2bo6bo3bo2bo3bo2bo2bo28b3o52bo41bo69bo3bo2b
o23b3o14b3o$116b3o39b3o$bobo4bo6bo3bo2bo6bobo196bobobo2bobobo2$bo3bo2b
o6bo3bo2bo3bo2bo2bo195bo3bo2bo2$bobo4bobobo3bobo4bobo3bo3bo85b3o106bo
3bo2bo$54b3o62bo17b2o16bo103bo35b2o35b2o$56bo21b2o15b2o23bo16bobo14b2o
102b2o16b2o17bobo11b2o22b2o$55bo23b2o15b2o39bo16bobo101bobo15bobo16bo
14b2o20bo$78bo16bo180bo32bo6$73b2o19b2o$74bo20bo152b2o$249bo7$64bo233b
o$63bo20bo194bo17bo$63b3o17bo166bo27bo18b3o$2bobo3bo6bo3bobo4bobobo2b
obo47b3o143bobo17bo28b3o$37bo211b3o$o7bo6bo3bo3bo2bo6bo195bo3bo$37bo275b
2o$o2bobo2bo6bo3bo3bo2bobobo2bobo193bobo82bo$256b2o$o4bo2bo6bo3bo3bo2b
o6bo2bo192bo3bo23bo$80bo$2bobo3bobobo2bo3bobo4bobobo2bo3bo20b2o19b2o148b
obo18bo42b2o$57bobo19bobo167b2o13b2o26bobo$59bo189bobo13b2o27bo$264bo
14$252b2o24b2o$253bo25bo$258bo15bo$257bo15bo26bo$61bo195b3o13b3o23bo$
obo5bobo5bo4bobobo34bo167bobo4bo63b3o$60b3o169bo45bo24b3o$o3bo2bo3bo3b
obo5bo204bo6bo41b2o24bo$232bo44bobo24bo$obo4bo3bo2bo3bo4bo204bobo4bo19b
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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b-engine wrote: January 27th, 2025, 3:28 am NOTE: the rule must have no more than 3 states, and must not be based on Stopbox.
So I was messing around on Discord with LuveelVoom and accidentally found a rule "really close" or something. 100x10000 soups in B2n3-jknq4iknt5jnqry6-e78/S2ae34-nr5-aijq6ek8 tend to display similar tendencies or something.
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Re: Miscellaneous challenges

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LuveelVoom wrote: January 24th, 2025, 9:15 pm Challenge 4: 3x3 Total Still Life

To complete this challenge, you must construct a still life in B3/S23 that contains all still life compatible 3x3 binary grids (Rotations and reflections are separate!). (Since the minimal bounding box for the coolout conjecture is 10 cells, all 3x3 grids that do not trigger D4-8 or the middle cell dies from D0-1 are still life compatible.) The smaller the better.
May help:

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 x = 43, y = 54, rule = LifeHistory
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.A$18.3D.2D3.2D.A.E.2A$20.D3.D3.D2.A.E.A$18.2D2.2D2.2D5.A$33.2A!
EDIT:
The question is actually partially solved by now;

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 x = 58, y = 85, rule = LifeHistory
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A$31.2A!
Last edited by yyh_baboon on July 18th, 2025, 2:48 am, edited 3 times in total.
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 x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3aeiq4tz5j6i7e8/S2-ci3-aeky4cei5ain6acin78
3o$o2bo$3bo$b3o!
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