Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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I have split the discussion with Sober ABC here:

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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: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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x = 20, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
14bo$2o11bo$2o11bo5bo$13b6o!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

Post by Resu »

Looks like a fuse, is not.

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x = 113, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o64b
2o$22b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o37bo4bo$47b2ob2o
b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o11bo$72b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob
2ob2o11bo5bo$106b6o!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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Resu wrote: June 16th, 2025, 10:46 am Looks like a fuse, is not.
Indeed, it's not a fuse. I could proof that by extending the "fuse":

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x = 213, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$22b
2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$47b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o
b2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$72b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob
2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$97b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o64b
2o$122b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o37bo4bo$147b2o
b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o11bo$172b2ob2ob2ob2ob2o
b2ob2ob2o11bo5bo$206b6o!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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b-engine wrote: June 16th, 2025, 5:44 pm Indeed, it's not a fuse. I could proof that by extending the "fuse":

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x = 213, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$22b
2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$47b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o
b2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$72b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob
2ob2ob2ob2ob2o$97b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o64b
2o$122b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o37bo4bo$147b2o
b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o2b2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2ob2o11bo$172b2ob2ob2ob2ob2o
b2ob2ob2o11bo5bo$206b6o!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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x = 0, y = 0, rule = G16BS
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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I fail to see a practical use for these, unless you want to create the most inefficient universal constructor ever:

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x = 382, y = 521, rule = B3/S23
147bobobo2bo3bo2bobobo2bo3bo4bo3bo3bobobo2bobobo2bobobo2bo3bo2bobobo2$
147bo3bo2bo3bo2bo6bo3bo4bo3bo3bo3bo4bo4bo6bo3bo4bo2$147bobobo2bo3bo2bo
bobo2bobobo4bobobo3bobobo4bo4bobobo2bobobo4bo2$147bo6bo3bo6bo2bo3bo8bo
3bobo6bo4bo3bo2bo3bo4bo2$147bo6bobobo2bobobo2bo3bo8bo3bo3bo2bobobo2bob
obo2bo3bo4bo12$182b5o$136b5o40bo4bo$135bo4bo45bo13b5o$140bo40bo3bo13bo
4bo28b2o2bo$135bo3bo43bo20bo28b2o3bo$137bo61bo3bo$201bo16b5o$217bo4bo$
222bo$153b5o59bo3bo$152bo4bo61bo$157bo$152bo3bo$154bo55$117bobobo2bo3b
o2bo6bo8bo2bobobo3bo6bobobo2bobobo2bobobo2$117bo3bo2bo3bo2bo6bo8bo6bo
3bo6bo6bo8bo2$117bobobo2bo3bo2bo6bo8bo2bobobo3bo6bobobo2bobobo4bo2$
117bo6bo3bo2bo6bo8bo6bo3bo6bo6bo8bo2$117bo6bobobo2bobobo2bobobo4bo2bob
obo3bobobo2bobobo2bo8bo42$77b5o$76bo4bo196b5o$81bo195bo4bo$76bo3bo201b
o$78bo198bo3bo$279bo2$229b5o$228bo4bo61b5o38b5o24bo12b2o$233bo60bo4bo
37bo4bo25bo11b2o$228bo3bo66bo42bo$230bo63bo3bo38bo3bo11b5o$296bo42bo
12bo4bo$357bo$352bo3bo$95b5o30b5o67b5o147bo$94bo4bo29bo4bo50b5o11bo4bo
$99bo34bo49bo4bo16bo$94bo3bo30bo3bo55bo11bo3bo$96bo34bo52bo3bo14bo$
186bo$261b5o$260bo4bo$265bo$260bo3bo$262bo45$98bobobo2bo3bo2bobobo2bo
3bo3bobobo2bobobo3bo3bo2bobobo2$98bo3bo2bo3bo2bo6bo3bo7bo2bo3bo3bo3bo
2bo3bo2$98bobobo2bo3bo2bobobo2bobobo3bobobo2bobobo3bo3bo2bobobo2$98bo
6bo3bo6bo2bo3bo3bo6bo3bo3bo3bo2bo2$98bo6bobobo2bobobo2bo3bo3bobobo2bob
obo3bobobo2bo25$68b5o$67bo4bo$72bo$67bo3bo61b5o$69bo62bo4bo$137bo$132b
o3bo$115b5o14bo104bo$51b5o58bo4bo120bo$50bo4bo41b5o17bo$55bo40bo4bo12b
o3bo51b5o$50bo3bo46bo14bo38b5o9bo4bo$52bo43bo3bo53bo4bo14bo$98bo60bo9b
o3bo$154bo3bo12bo$156bo2$191b5o$176b5o9bo4bo$175bo4bo14bo$180bo9bo3bo$
175bo3bo12bo$177bo2$212b5o$197b5o9bo4bo$196bo4bo14bo$201bo9bo3bo$196bo
3bo12bo$198bo2$233b5o$218b5o9bo4bo$217bo4bo14bo$222bo9bo3bo$217bo3bo
12bo4b2o$219bo19b2o23$86bo3bo2bobobo2bobobo2bobo13bobobo2bo3bo2bobobo
2bo3bo4bo3bo3bobobo2bobobo2bobobo2bo3bo2bobobo2$86bo3bo2bo3bo2bo3bo2bo
3bo5bo5bo3bo2bo3bo2bo6bo3bo4bo3bo3bo3bo4bo4bo6bo3bo4bo2$86bobobo2bobob
o2bo3bo2bo3bo3bobobo3bobobo2bo3bo2bobobo2bobobo4bobobo3bobobo4bo4bobob
o2bobobo4bo2$86bo3bo2bo3bo2bo3bo2bo3bo5bo5bo6bo3bo6bo2bo3bo8bo3bobo6bo
4bo3bo2bo3bo4bo2$86bo3bo2bo3bo2bo3bo2bobo13bo6bobobo2bobobo2bo3bo8bo3b
o3bo2bobobo2bobobo2bo3bo4bo30$18b5o$17bo4bo$22bo$17bo3bo61b5o$19bo62bo
4bo$87bo$82bo3bo$65b5o14bo198bo$b5o58bo4bo214bo$o4bo41b5o17bo$5bo40bo
4bo12bo3bo51b5o$o3bo46bo14bo38b5o9bo4bo$2bo43bo3bo53bo4bo14bo$48bo60bo
9bo3bo$104bo3bo12bo$106bo2$141b5o$126b5o9bo4bo$125bo4bo14bo$130bo9bo3b
o$125bo3bo12bo$127bo2$162b5o$147b5o9bo4bo$146bo4bo14bo$151bo9bo3bo$
146bo3bo12bo$148bo2$183b5o$168b5o9bo4bo$167bo4bo14bo$172bo9bo3bo48b5o$
167bo3bo12bo49bo4bo$169bo69bo13b5o$234bo3bo13bo4bo28b2o2bo$236bo20bo
28b2o3bo$252bo3bo$254bo16b5o$270bo4bo$275bo$206b5o59bo3bo$205bo4bo61bo
$210bo$205bo3bo$207bo43$90bobobo2bo2bobobo2bobobo2$90bo6bo2bo3bo2bo2$
90bobobo2bo2bobobo2bobobo2$90bo6bo2bobo4bo2$90bo6bo2bo3bo2bobobo48$
280bo2$281b3o$281bo$282bo7$154b5o$153bo4bo95b5o$158bo94bo4bo$153bo3bo
100bo$155bo97bo3bo$97b5o153bo$51b5o40bo4bo122b5o$50bo4bo45bo13b5o72b5o
26bo4bo$55bo40bo3bo13bo4bo71bo4bo7b5o19bo45b5o23b2o$50bo3bo43bo20bo76b
o6bo4bo14bo3bo45bo4bo23b2o$52bo61bo3bo72bo3bo12bo16bo52bo$116bo16b5o
55bo9bo3bo65bo3bo11b5o$132bo4bo67bo69bo12bo4bo$137bo155bo$68b5o59bo3bo
151bo3bo$67bo4bo61bo155bo$72bo$67bo3bo$69bo3$237b5o$236bo4bo$241bo$
236bo3bo$238bo!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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Boats can be turned into blocks and loafs safely using a HWSS or LWSS.

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x = 45, y = 67, rule = B3/S23
22bobo$25bo$10bobo8bo3bo$13bo7bo3bo$13bo11bo$10bo2bo8bo2bo$11b3o9b3o5$
41bobo$40bo$obo12bo11bo12bo3bo$3bo10bobo9bobo11bo3bo$3bo11b2o10b2o11b
o$o2bo8bo18bo8bo2bo$b3o8b5o10b5o8b3o$17bo8bo$14b4o8b4o$14bo14bo$17b3o
4b3o$17bo2bo2bo2bo$18b3o2b3o$5bo32bo$4bobo11b8o11bobo$5b2o11bo6bo11b2o
$20b4o$5b4o10b2o2b2o10b4o$5bo3bo24bo3bo$8b2o9b6o9b2o$10b2o4bo2bo4bo2b
o4b2o$10bobo2bobobob2obobobo2bobo$12bo2bobobo2bobobobo2bo$10bobo2bobo
bobo2bobobo2bobo$10b2o4b2obob2obob2o4b2o$19bo4bo$19b6o2$21b2o$20bo2bo
$20b4o2$18b3o2b3o$17bo2bo2bo2bo$16bobo6bobo$15bobo8bobo$14bobo10bobo$
14bo14bo$12b3o14b3o$11bo20bo$12b3o14b3o$14bo14bo$14bob2o8b2obo$13b2ob
obo6bobob2o$17bo8bo7$19b3o$19bo2bo$19bo$19bo$20bobo!

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x = 31, y = 13, rule = C
8.2X2.3X.3X.X.X$8.X.X.X3.X3.X.X$8.X.X.3X.3X.X.X$8.2X2.X5.X.X.X$8.X.X.
3X.3X.3X$M2.M$4.M$M3.M$.4M$27.2M$27.M.M$29.M$29.2M! [[ AUTOSTART GPS 10 ]]
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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KtT wrote: July 19th, 2025, 12:03 pm It can be used to assembly a p35 and a p72 dependent reflector loop:
Composite P35 dependent loop

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x = 137, y = 137, rule = B3/S23
112bo$110b3o$109bo$109b2o2$101b2o$101bo$98b2obo$96bo2bob2o$96b2obo6b3o
$99bo8bo$99b2o7b3o$103b3o2bo2bo2bo$75b2o4b2o26b2o2bobo$75bobo2bobo20b
3o8bo$77bo2bo22b3o$76bo4bo$76b2o2b2o26b2o$78b2o12bo12b4o$90b3o12b3o$89b
o13b4o$13bo75b2o11b3o$12bobo61b3o22b4o$13bo17b2o42bo3bo5bo14b2o$2o29b
o43bo3bo4bobo$bo10bo20bo42b3o4bo2bo17b3o$bobo7bobo15b5o50b2o9bo8b3o$2b
2o7bobo3bo11bo64bobo2b2o$9b4o4b2o13b4o12bo38bo7bo2bo2bo2b3o$9bo8b2o12b
o2bo10b3o37b2o11b3o7b2o$9bo8b3o4b2obo16bo40bobo12bo8bo$12bob2o2b3o4b2o
bo16b2o34bo19b3o6bob2o$12bob2o4b3o2b2obo50b2o26b2obo2bo$12bob2o4b3o8b
o10b3o35b2o26bob2o$5bo2bo12b2o8bo9bo2bo63bo$5b4o13b2o4b4o9bo3bo61b2o$
11bo11bo3bobo11bo2bo$7b5o15bobo12bobo14b2o34b2o$7bo20bo31bo34bobo$9bo
28bo18b3o35bo$8b2o17bo9bo6b2o11bo2b3o8bo$26bobo8b3o4bobo12bo2bo8bobo26b
3o$27bo16bo10b4obo10b2o26bo3bo$55bo2bob2o41bo$18b2o74b3o2b2ob2o$19bo76b
o4bo3b2o$19bobo73bo9bobo$20b2o85bo$30bo32bo43b2o$28b2o23b2o7bobo8b2o$
24b2o3b2o21b2o7bo3bo7b2o3bo$23bo2bo27bo6bo3bo12b3o$24bobo34bo3bo15bo4b
o$25bo36bobo15b2o4b2o$13b2o48bo6bo14bobo$13bo2b2o13bobo18b2o15bobo4b2o
15b2o$14b2obo14b2o17bobo7bo8bobo2bo2bo15bo$18bo4b2o7bo18bo8bobo8bo3bo
b2o15bob2o$18bo3bo2bo24b2o4b2obobo12b2o17b2o2bo$14b2obo4bo2bo29bobobo
bobo9bo3b2o16bobobo$13bo2b2o4bo2bo29bo4bob2o10b3o2bo13b2obob2o$13b2o8b
2o31b3obo16b2obo3b3o6bo2bo$49b2o7bobo15bo2bo3bo3bo7b2o$41bo7b2o8bo16b
2o4bo5bo$42bo13bo26bo3bo$40b3o12bobo26b3o$54bobo$55bo2$81bo$80bobo$50b
3o26bobo12b3o$49bo3bo26bo13bo$48bo5bo4b2o16bo8b2o7bo$40b2o7bo3bo3bo2b
o15bobo7b2o$40bo2bo6b3o3bob2o16bob3o31b2o8b2o$37b2obob2o13bo2b3o10b2o
bo4bo29bo2bo4b2o2bo$37bobobo16b2o3bo9bobobobobo29bo2bo4bob2o$39bo2b2o
17b2o12bobob2o4b2o24bo2bo3bo$39b2obo15b2obo3bo8bobo8bo18bo7b2o4bo$42b
o15bo2bo2bobo8bo7bobo17b2o14bob2o$42b2o15b2o4bobo15b2o18bobo13b2o2bo$
49bobo14bo6bo48b2o$49b2o4b2o15bobo36bo$50bo4bo15bo3bo34bobo$56b3o12bo
3bo6bo27bo2bo$58bo3b2o7bo3bo7b2o21b2o3b2o$62b2o8bobo7b2o23b2o$28b2o43b
o32bo$29bo85b2o$29bobo9bo73bobo$30b2o3bo4bo76bo$33b2ob2o2b3o74b2o$33b
o41b2obo2bo$33bo3bo26b2o10bob4o10bo16bo$34b3o26bobo8bo2bo12bobo4b3o8b
obo$65bo8b3o2bo11b2o6bo9bo17b2o$41bo35b3o18bo28bo$39bobo34bo31bo20bo$
40b2o34b2o14bobo12bobo15b5o$92bo2bo11bobo3bo11bo$28b2o61bo3bo9b4o4b2o
13b4o$28bo63bo2bo9bo8b2o12bo2bo$25b2obo26b2o35b3o10bo8b3o4b2obo$23bo2b
ob2o26b2o50bob2o2b3o4b2obo$23b2obo6b3o19bo34b2o16bob2o4b3o2b2obo$26bo
8bo12bobo40bo16bob2o4b3o8bo$26b2o7b3o11b2o37b3o10bo2bo12b2o8bo$30b3o2b
o2bo2bo7bo38bo12b4o13b2o4b4o$36b2o2bobo64bo11bo3bobo7b2o$30b3o8bo9b2o
50b5o15bobo7bobo$30b3o17bo2bo4b3o42bo20bo10bo$50bobo4bo3bo43bo29b2o$35b
2o14bo5bo3bo42b2o17bo$32b4o22b3o61bobo$32b3o11b2o75bo$30b4o13bo$29b3o
12b3o$28b4o12bo12b2o$27b2o26b2o2b2o$55bo4bo$31b3o22bo2bo$22bo8b3o20bo
bo2bobo$21bobo2b2o26b2o4b2o$22bo2bo2bo2b3o$26b3o7b2o$28bo8bo$28b3o6bo
b2o$34b2obo2bo$35bob2o$35bo$34b2o2$26b2o$27bo$24b3o$24bo!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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Useless dart eater (with ColorfulGabrielsp138's dart eater):

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x = 49, y = 41, rule = B3/S23
36b2ob2o$37bobo$32b2obo5bob2o$9b2ob2o17bobob2o3b2obobo$10bobo17bo6bob
o6bo$5b2obo5bob2o12b7o3b7o$4bobob2o3b2obobo$3bo6bobo6bo12b3o7b3o$3b7o
3b7o11bo2bo3bo3bo2bo$31b2o4bobo4b2o$5b3o7b3o19bobo$4bo2bo3bo3bo2bo19b
o$4b2o4bobo4b2o$10bobo$11bo2$2o19b2o5bo19bo$bo19bo6b3o15b3o$bobo15bob
o9bo13bo$2b2o15b2o9b2o13b2o11$38bo$11bo25bobo$10bobo23bo3bo$9bo3bo23b
3o$10b3o$35b2o3b2o$8b2o3b2o18bo3bobo3bo$6bo3bobo3bo15b2o3bobo3b2o$5b2o
3bobo3b2o13bo5bobo5bo$4bo5bobo5bo13bob2obobob2obo$5bob2obobob2obo!

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x = 31, y = 13, rule = C
8.2X2.3X.3X.X.X$8.X.X.X3.X3.X.X$8.X.X.3X.3X.X.X$8.2X2.X5.X.X.X$8.X.X.
3X.3X.3X$M2.M$4.M$M3.M$.4M$27.2M$27.M.M$29.M$29.2M! [[ AUTOSTART GPS 10 ]]
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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You can give a puffer 2 a blinker addiction

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x = 934, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
929b4o$929bo3bo$929bo$930bo2bo4$o8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo
8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo642b2o$o8b
o8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo
8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo642bo$o8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo
8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo8bo642bo$932bo$
933bo3$929b4o$929bo3bo$929bo$930bo2bo!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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blep

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x = 50, y = 30, rule = LifeHistory
11.A$10.A.A$11.A$35.A$9.5A2.A16.3A$8.A4.A2.3A13.A$7.A2.A8.A12.2A$4.A
2.A.2A7.2A$3.A.A.A5.A$4.A2.A4.A.A$7.2A2.A2.A$12.2A7$F3.2E33.2C$5.2E
31.C2.C2.2C$4.2E32.C.C4.C2.C$4.E34.C5.C.C.C$42.2C.C2.C$42.C2.C$26.2A
11.C4.C$26.A12.5C$27.3A$29.A11.C$40.C.C$41.C!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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You can switch between tub fuses by using gaps:

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x = 204, y = 192, rule = B3/S23
bo$obo$bobo$2bobo$3bobo$4bobo$5bobo$6bobo$7bobo$8bobo$9bobo$10bobo$11b
obo$12bobo$13bobo$14bobo$15bobo$16bobo$17bobo$18bobo$19bobo$20bobo$21b
obo$22bobo$23bobo$24bobo$25bobo$26bobo$27bobo$28bobo$29bobo$30bobo$31b
obo$32bobo$33bobo$34bobo$35bobo$36b2o2$39b2o$39bobo$40bobo$41bobo$42b
obo$43bobo$44bobo$45bobo$46bobo$47bobo$48bobo$49bobo$50bobo$51bobo$52b
obo$53bobo$54bobo$55bobo$56bobo$57bobo$58bobo$59bobo$60bobo$61bobo$62b
obo$63bobo$64bobo$65bobo$66bobo$67bobo$68bobo$69bobo$70bobo$71bobo$72b
obo$73bobo$74bobo$75b2o2$79bo$78bobo$79bobo$80bobo$81bobo$82bobo$83bo
bo$84bobo$85bobo$86bobo$87bobo$88bobo$89bobo$90bobo$91bobo$92bobo$93b
obo$94bobo$95bobo$96bobo$97bobo$98bobo$99bobo$100bobo$101bobo$102bobo
$103bobo$104bobo$105bobo$106bobo$107bobo$108bobo$109bobo$110bobo$111b
obo$112bobo$113bobo$114b2o$116b2o$116bobo$117bobo$118bobo$119bobo$120b
obo$121bobo$122bobo$123bobo$124bobo$125bobo$126bobo$127bobo$128bobo$129b
obo$130bobo$131bobo$132bobo$133bobo$134bobo$135bobo$136bobo$137bobo$138b
obo$139bobo$140bobo$141bobo$142bobo$143bobo$144bobo$145bobo$146bobo$147b
obo$148bobo$149bobo$150bobo$151bobo$152bo$155bo$154bobo$155bobo$156bo
bo$157bobo$158bobo$159bobo$160bobo$161bobo$162bobo$163bobo$164bobo$165b
obo$166bobo$167bobo$168bobo$169bobo$170bobo$171bobo$172bobo$173bobo$174b
obo$175bobo$176bobo$177bobo$178bobo$179bobo$180bobo$181bobo$182bobo16b
o$183bobo15bobo$184bobo14b2o$185bobo$186bobo$187bobo$188bobo$189bobo$
190bo!

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x = 31, y = 13, rule = C
8.2X2.3X.3X.X.X$8.X.X.X3.X3.X.X$8.X.X.3X.3X.X.X$8.2X2.X5.X.X.X$8.X.X.
3X.3X.3X$M2.M$4.M$M3.M$.4M$27.2M$27.M.M$29.M$29.2M! [[ AUTOSTART GPS 10 ]]
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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Herschel with a beehive and a fishhook creates another temporary fishhook:

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x = 24, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$bobo$2b2o5$21b2o$20bo2bo$21b2o9$23bo$21bobo$21b3o$21bo!

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x = 31, y = 13, rule = C
8.2X2.3X.3X.X.X$8.X.X.X3.X3.X.X$8.X.X.3X.3X.X.X$8.2X2.X5.X.X.X$8.X.X.
3X.3X.3X$M2.M$4.M$M3.M$.4M$27.2M$27.M.M$29.M$29.2M! [[ AUTOSTART GPS 10 ]]
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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Tried to combine all of the most convoluted catalyses into a potential conduit base:

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x = 40, y = 56, rule = B3/S23
15bo$15b3o$18bo$17b2o$11bo$10bobo7b2o$10bobo6bobo$8b3ob2o5b2o$7bo$8b3o
b2o$10bob2o4$3b2o$4bo21b2o$4bobo18bobo$5b2o18b2o$29b2o$29bobo$31bo$31b
2o3$5bo$5bobo$5b3o$7bo2$28b2o$28bo$26bobo$26b2o$30b2o$30bo4bo$28bobo3b
obo$28b2o4bobo$33b2ob3o$39bo$33b2ob3o$33b2obo2$30bo$29bobo$28bo2bo2b2o
$2b2o25b2o3b2o$bobo$bo$2o6b2o17bo$8b2o16bobo$27bo$6bo$5bobobo4b2o$5bo
2b2o5bo$4b2o6b3o$12bo!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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x = 1, y = 1, rule = LifeHistory
4b29o$2b33o$b35o$b35o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o
$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$37o$
b35o$b35o$2b33o$4b29o!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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Jormungant wrote: November 24th, 2025, 9:44 am HWSS to MWSS metamorphosis:

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x = 157, y = 87, rule = LifeHistory
7$48.AB$48.B2A$48.2A2B$49.4B$50.4B$51.4B$52.4B$53.4B$54.4B$55.4B$56.
4B$57.4B$58.4B$59.4B65.AB$60.4B64.B2A$24.41B63.2A2B$22.3BA40B63.4B$
22.4BA40B63.4B$20.A5BA41B63.4B$21.6A43B62.4B$21.50B62.4B$23.43B.3B64.
4B$64.B.5B64.4B$66.6B64.4B$67.4B66.4B$67.4B67.4B$64.A.2A2B69.4B$62.3A
.2A72.4B$61.A42.41B$62.3A.2A34.3BA40B$64.A.A35.4BA40B$64.A.A33.A5BA
41B$65.A35.6A43B$101.50B$103.43B.3B$144.B.5B$146.6B$147.4B$147.4B$
148.2B21$125.A$125.2A$124.A.A!

Pointless demonstration of the above to make overlapping p96 streams of MWSSes and HWSSes (not optimized):

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x = 300, y = 74, rule = B3/S23
62bo236bo$62b2o15b2o$62b2o8b2o5bo$63bo7bo2bo2bobo$49bo20bo6b2o$31b2o15b
2o19b2o$32bo15b2o18b3o2bo$32bobo13bo20b2o2b2o$33b2o10bo15bo8bo3bo$38b
2o5bo15bobo$38bo2bo6bo12b2o$38bo2bo4b3o18b2o$39bo28bo4bo$65b3o4bob2o$
56bo8bo6bob2ob2o$43b2o9b2obo12b2o2b2ob2o$36b3o4bo11b2o11bo2bobo$34b4o
bo4b3o21b2o3b5obo$33bo2bo2bo6bo25bo3bob2o$33b3o4b2o30b2o$38bobo2bo$6b
3o23bob5o3b2o15bo$7bob3o20b2obo3bo20bo$6b2o2bo2bo24b2o18b3o$6b5o3bo$7b
o4b3o30b3o$12bo29b3obo$7bo32bo2bo2b2o$6bobo30bo3b5o$7bo31b3o4bo$13b2o
26bo$13b2o31bo$45bobo$b2o43bo$b2o36b2o$39b2o2$51b2o$8b3o40b2o$7bo3bo$
6bo5bo$6bo5bo$6bo5bo30b3o$7bo3bo30bo3bo$8b3o30bo5bo$41bo5bo$2b2o7b2o28b
o5bo$3bo7bo30bo3bo$3o9b3o28b3o$o13bo9bo$22bobo16b2o7b2o$23b2o17bo7bo$
39b3o9b3o$29bo9bo13bo$29bobo$29b2o4$18b2o$15bo$14bobo2b2o$12bobob3o2b
o$12bo2b6o$15b2ob2o6b2o$14b6o2bo2bobo$13bo2b3obobo3bo$14b2o2bobo73bob
2o$19bo72b3ob2o$15b2o74bo$92b3ob2o$94bobo$94bobo$95bo!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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oops i accidentally found this when playing http://lifecompetes.com/

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bo$2ob7o$bo
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oo$
oobo$
obbo!
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This is a queen bee on the right and a dying spark on the left.
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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

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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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this "almost" looks like a mold in gen 2. any way to perturb it into one?

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x = 5, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
3bo$ob3o$2o!
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x = 18, y = 14, rule = Rainbow1TFL
.16P$P16.P$P16.P$P16.P$P16.P$P16.P$P16.P$P16.P$P16.P$P16.P$P16.P$P.D14.
P$P16.P$.16P!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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I found an alternative predecessor of the thunderbird sequence.

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x = 5, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2bobo$bobo2$obo$b2o$bo!


Edit: My spark_search.py input happens to make an LWSS.

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x = 73, y = 29, rule = LifeHistory
8.C$8.C$10.3C$16.2C$13.C2.C$4.C.C6.C$6.2C.C3.C$6.C.C5.2C$8.3C$18.A$
18.A.A$8.A9.2A$7.A.A$7.2A6.A53.4A$14.2A49.3BA4B$14.A.A49.3B2A2B$3.A
60.6BA2B$4.2A57.4B3A3B$3.2A7.2A49.2B3A4B$12.A.A49.A6B$12.A52.A$.2A$A.
A6.A$2.A6.2A$8.A.A2$15.2A$14.2A$16.A!
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Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

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#C Birthday pattern
#C Generated by Google Translate
x = 341, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
4o3b3o2bo3bo7bo3bobo5b5o2b3o8b5obo3bob5o2b3o8b4o3b2o3bo3bo7b5ob5o3bo3bo12b3o
3b3o9b3o2b5ob5o7b5obo3bobo11b4o3b3o2bo11b5o2b4o7bo3bob5obo3bobo12b2o5bo3b5o7b
4o2bo3bo2b3o8b4o3b4obo3bo$o3bobo3bobo3bo7bo3bobo7bo3bo3bo11bobo3bo3bo3bo3bo7b
o3bobobo3bo3bo7bobobo3bo4bobo2bo11bo3bobo3bo7bo3bo3bo7bo11bo2bobo2bo11bo3bobo
3bobo15bobo3bo7bo3bo3bo4bobo2bo11bobo3b5o5bo7bo3bobo3bobo3bo7bo3bobo3bobo3bo$
o3bobo3bobo3bo7bo3bobo7bo3bo3bo11bobo3bo3bo3bo3bo7bo3bo3bo3bo3bo7bobobo3bo3bo
3bobo11bo5bo3bo7bo7bo7bo11bo3bo3bo11bo3bobo3bobo15bobo3bo7bo3bo3bo5bo3bo13bo
5bo7bo7bo3bobo3bobo11bo3bobo3bobo3bo$4o2b5o2b3o9b3o2bo7bo3b5o9b3obo3bo3bo3bo
3bo7bo3bo3bo3bo3bo7bobobo3bo3bo3bob5o7bo2b2obo3bo7bo2b2o3bo3b5o8b4o2bobo2b5o
7bo3bob5ob5o8b4o2b4o7bo3bo3bo4bobo2b5o9bo5bo7bo7b4o2bo3bob4o8b4o3b4ob5o$o3bob
o5bo3bo7bo3bobo7bo3bo15bobo3bo3bo3bo3bo7bo3bo3bo3bo3bo7bobobo3bo3bo3bobo11bo
3bobo3bo7bo3bo3bo7bo7bo5bo3bobo11bo3bobo3bobo11bo5bo3bo7bo3bo3bo3bo3bobo13bo
5bo7bo7bo3bobo3bobo3bo7bo3bobo3bobo3bo$o3bobo5bo3bo7bo3bobo7bo3bo15bo2bobo4bo
3bo3bo7bo3bo3bo3bo3bo7bobobo3bo3bo3bobo11bo3bobo3bo7bo3bo3bo7bo7bo5bo3bobo11b
o3bobo3bobo11bo5bo3bo8bobo4bo3bo3bobo13bo3b5o5bo7bo3bobo3bobo3bo7bo3bobo3bobo
3bo$o3bo2b4obo3bo7bo3bob5ob5o2b4o11bo3bo3b5o2b3o8b4o4bo4b3o8bobobob5obo3bobo
12b4o2b3o9b4ob5ob5o8b4o2b3o2bo11b4o3b3o2bo12b4o2b4o9bo3b5o2b3o2bo13bo5bo7bo7b
o3bo2b3o3b3o8bo3bo2b4obo3bo!
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