Period1GliderGun wrote: March 4th, 2025, 4:23 pm
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x = 40, y = 42, rule = B3/S23
16b3o$15bo$14b2o3bo$12b3obo8b2o$2o9b2obobobo4bo2bo$bo8bobo2bo9bo$bobo
8b2o5bo5bo2b2o$2b2o2bo5bo5b2o8bobo$6bo9bo2bobo8bo$5bo2bo4bobobob2o9b2o
$5b2o8bob3o$12bo3b2o8bo3b2o5b2o$16bo7b3o3b2o5b2o$13b3o7bo$23b2o$19bo$
18bo2bo11bobo$18bo2bo$19b4o7b3o3b3o$29bo9bo$19b6o4b3o5b3o$19bo3bo6bo7b
o$19bo$20bobo$19bo2bo7b2o5b2o$20b2o8b2o5b2o$7bo13b2o$7b3o10b3o$10bo8b
2ob2o$9b2o8b2ob2o$19b2ob2o$21bo$24bo$13bo9bobo$12bobo7bo2bo$12b2o9b2o
3$6b2o$7bo15b2o$4b3o16b2o$4bo!
I think the oscillator is interesting in an objective way. It shows an unusual way to engineer new oscillators from known components / "attachments". This way of engineering doesn't simplify to some "well-known and usually considered boring" approach. It does not look general enough to make it into some kind of "universal technology" that would be comparable in flexibility to active reactions moving through conduits. The approach looks limited, not easily configurable (or not adjustable at all), and it is interesting to see examples where it does work.
At the same time, I think the provided description (omitted in my quote) is unnecessarily obscure. I think that description fails to help a reader trying to understand what is objectively interesting about the oscillator. The oscillator would have fewer objective reasons to be considered interesting, if it were nothing more than a demonstration of well-understood flexible universal technology.
(There doesn't seem to be a simpler way to clearly and unambiguously communicate "I like the pattern, but I disagree with/object to the comments in the same post". I
do want to encourage sharing interesting patterns and ideas. I do
not want to encourage unnecessary obscurity.)
Crossposting my attempt to show several variations where some components are omitted or replaced.
I think this is on-topic in this thread, and might be helpful for readers.
Merely collecting many examples, without having some interesting discussion of ideas connecting the examples, looks like "road to nowhere", there are infinitely many oscillators, you can't collect them all.
confocaloid wrote: March 4th, 2025, 5:50 pm
[...] several consecutive modifications, where some of optional/variable components are removed/replaced:
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x = 140, y = 42, rule = B3/S23
16b3o47b3o47b3o$15bo49bo49bo$14b2o3bo44b2o3bo44b2o3bo$12b3obo8b2o35b3o
bo8b2o35b3obo8b2o$2o9b2obobobo4bo2bo23b2o9b2obobobo4bo2bo23b2o9b2obobo
bo4bo2bo$bo8bobo2bo9bo25bo8bobo2bo9bo25bo8bobo2bo9bo$bobo8b2o5bo5bo2b
2o21bobo8b2o5bo5bo2b2o21bobo8b2o5bo5bo2b2o$2b2o2bo5bo5b2o8bobo21b2o2bo
5bo5b2o8bobo21b2o2bo5bo5b2o8bobo$6bo9bo2bobo8bo25bo9bo2bobo8bo25bo9bo
2bobo8bo$5bo2bo4bobobob2o9b2o23bo2bo4bobobob2o9b2o23bo2bo4bobobob2o9b
2o$5b2o8bob3o35b2o8bob3o35b2o8bob3o$12bo3b2o8bo3b2o5b2o23bo3b2o8bo3b2o
5b2o23bo3b2o8bo3b2o5b2o$16bo7b3o3b2o5b2o27bo7b3o3b2o5b2o27bo7b3o3b2o5b
2o$13b3o7bo39b3o7bo39b3o7bo$23b2o48b2o48b2o$19bo49bo49bo$18bo2bo11bobo
32bo2bo11bobo32bo2bo11bobo$18bo2bo46bo2bo46bo2bo$19b4o7b3o3b3o30b4o7b
3o3b3o30b4o7b3o3b3o$29bo9bo39bo9bo39bo9bo$19b6o4b3o5b3o29b6o4b3o5b3o
29b6o4b3o5b3o$19bo3bo6bo7bo30bo3bo6bo7bo30bo3bo6bo7bo$19bo49bo49bo$20b
obo47bobo47bobo$19bo2bo7b2o5b2o30bo2bo7b2o5b2o30bo2bo7b2o5b2o$20b2o8b
2o5b2o31b2o8b2o5b2o31b2o8b2o5b2o$21b2o48b2o34bo13b2o$20b3o47b3o34b3o
10b3o$19b2ob2o45b2ob2o36bo8b2ob2o$19b2ob2o45b2ob2o35b2o8b2ob2o$19b2ob
2o45b2ob2o45b2ob2o$21bo49bo49bo$74bo49bo$73bobo37bo9bobo$63b2o7bo2bo
36bobo7bo2bo$64bo8b2o37b2o9b2o$61b3o$61bo$106b2o$73b2o32bo15b2o$73b2o
29b3o16b2o$104bo!
