Jokes

[snarks]

Q:what's the bounding box of 1+1?
A:

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x = 26, y = 10, rule = Life
o15bo$o15bo$o8bo6bo$o8bo6bo3b6o$o8bo6bo$o5b7o3bo$o8bo6bo3b6o$o8bo6bo$o
8bo6bo$o15bo!

[TheWayOfTheCon]

Has anyone investigated this OT rule? It seems really promising.

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x = 0, y = 0, rule = B3/S23
!
#C [[ RANDOMIZE ]]

It has four common spaceships, one c/4d, and three very similar c2/4 orthogonals. Do you think there's an infinite family of those c2/4s? Extending the spaceship by one more row doesn't work, though.

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x = 29, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
24b3o$15b3o6bo2bo$7b3o5bo2bo5bo$7bo2bo4bo8bo3bo$3o4bo7bo3bo4bo3bo$o6b
o7bo8bo$bo6bobo5bobo6bobo!

The most common oscillators are boring p2s, and a surprisingly large p3.

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x = 17, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
15b2o$15b2o$3o3b3o4b2o$5b3o5b2o6$4b3o3b3o2$2bo4bobo4bo$2bo4bobo4bo$2b
o4bobo4bo$4b3o3b3o2$4b3o3b3o$2bo4bobo4bo$2bo4bobo4bo$2bo4bobo4bo2$4b3o
3b3o!

However, agpsearching revealed a rather sparky p15:

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x = 10, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
2b6o$bo6bo$o8bo$bo6bo$2b6o!

So this rule might have some potential.

While apgsearching I also found two natural puffers:

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x = 149, y = 115, rule = B3/S23
5bo$o2bobo2bo3bo$o4b2ob5o$o3bo4bobo2$2b3o$3bo5$20b3o2$20bobo$21bo8b2o
$11bo18b2o$10bobo5bo$4b2o3b2ob2o2b2obo$4b2o9b2o$4b2o9b2o$5bobo$7bo3b2o
$11b2o25b2o$38b2o3$10b2o$10b2o131bo$135bobob2obo$135bo3b4o3b3o$135b2o
b2o2bo$16bobo124bo$143b3o$15bo6bo22b2o77b2o17b3o$14b2ob2o3bo22bobo76b
2o$15bobo4b3o3b3o15bo$16bo4bo5b2ob2o5b2o$21bo9bo5b2o$27b5o$24b3o2b2o$
25bo3bo$28b2o86b2o$24b2o2b2o86b2o$24bo2b2o97b3o$25b3o97b3obo$27b2o89b
o5b4obo7b2ob2obo$62b2o53b4o6b2o7b2o2b5o$62b2o52b2ob5o2b3o8bob3o2bo$116b
3o2bobobo12bo$108b2o7b2o3bob2o$51bo56b2o13bo$50bobo$37bo12b2o$36bobo97b
2o$36b2o98b2o$111b2o$111b2o13bo$126bo$46bo78bo$45bobo67b2o$45b2o68b2o
8b2o$123bobo2bo$123bo4bo$128bo$125b3o5$120b2o$120b2o$46b2o$45bo2bo$46b
2o$43bo$43bo$43bo2$45b3o3$48b2o$48b2o12$40b2o$40b2o7$36b2o$36b2o9$46b
2o$45bobo$45b2o!

I think we should investigate this rule more.

[unname4798]

Found a P4:

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x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3b3o$bob3o$obobo$o2bo$b2o! 

[TheWayOfTheCon]

Found a P4:

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x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3b3o$bob3o$obobo$o2bo$b2o! 

One-time reflector for the c/4d:

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o$2o3$4b2o$3bobo$4bo!

And this still life can eat it:

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x = 9, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o3$5b2o$5bobo$7bo$7b2o!

Aaaand I just remembered this topic exists.

[TheWayOfTheCon]

Failed period-100 glider gun (96 cells in minimum phase, compared to 246 for the current smallest):

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x = 47, y = 49, rule = R2,C2,S4,6-9,20,B7-9,18
13b2o$12bo2b2o$12bo3bo$12bo2b2o$12b2obo$13b3o$13bo6$27bo$25b3o$25bob2o
$24b2o2bo$24bo3bo$24b2o2bo$26b2o10$15b2o$14bo2b2o$12b2o4bo$14bo2b2o$14b
4o$16bo3$44b2o$43b4o$43bob2o$42bob2o$42bobo$2bo39bo$b4o$2o2bo41bo$o4b
2o37bobo$2o2bo38b2obo$2b2o38b2obo$42b4o$43b2o!

[TheWayOfTheCon]

Oscillator? I hardly know her!

[otismo]

Why did the apple turn over ?

Because he saw the jelly roll . . .

<3

[Ohhhhhhhhh]

I mean, it's supposed to eat, right?

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x = 35, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o2$5bo$6bo$4b3o5$23b2o$23b2o$25b2o$25b2o$21b6o$21b6o3$27b4o$
27b4o$27b2o$27b2o$29b6o$17b2o10b6o$18bo14b2o$15b3o15b2o$15bo10b2o$26bo
$27b3o$29bo!

Edit: check gen 92.

[hotcrystal0]

This is from andrewthelifer on the Discord.

two types of Lifenthusiasts:
-- luna1000, a transfem who lurks on Tumblr and debates whether men actually exist
-- James Scott, a grizzled 60 year old programmer who hung out with Conway in the 90s and mostly cares to do Life stuff

mods please don’t go after me I hope you aren’t interpreting “no jokes about other people” too strictly this doesn’t mention any specific users

[Hunter]

Has anyone investigated this OT rule? It seems really promising.

I think we should investigate this rule more.

No we shouldn't. This is clearly just a bad variation of Pedestrian Life. For example, Boe's ship:

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x = 9, y = 10, rule = B38/S23
2bo$2bo$bo$b2o$o2bo$o5b2o$o3b4o$o4b2obo$o2bo2b3o$3o4bo!

Works the same here too.

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x = 9, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2bo$2bo$bo$b2o$o2bo$o5b2o$o3b4o$o4b2obo$o2bo2b3o$3o4bo!

What would we even call it anyways? Pedestrian?

[LuveelVoom]

two types of Lifenthusiasts:
-- luna1000, a transfem who lurks on Tumblr and debates whether men actually exist
-- James Scott, a grizzled 60 year old programmer who hung out with Conway in the 90s and mostly cares to do Life stuff

But I'm neither of these, same for many other lifenthusiasts, so I think you need a third category for people who just f**k around in INT

[TheWayOfTheCon]

But I'm neither of these, same for many other lifenthusiasts, so I think you need a third category for people who just f**k around in INT

I think they're just referring to lifeenthusiasts as in, people who focus on CGOL. Two types of OCA enthusiasts would be cool though.

[hotcrystal0]

From PK22 on the Discord:

2126: Someone uses LLLLLLSSSSSSSSS to find a (704, 509)c/2752 spaceship and posts it as a "galbellawise c/2752gb" ship. Someone else points out that the suffix "gb" is already used for displacement (137,42) gamebirdwise ships.

[LuveelVoom]

two types of Lifenthusiasts:
-- luna1000, a transfem who lurks on Tumblr and debates whether men actually exist
-- James Scott, a grizzled 60 year old programmer who hung out with Conway in the 90s and mostly cares to do Life stuff

But I'm neither of these, same for many other lifenthusiasts, so I think you need a third category for people who just f**k around in INT

My new version:

5 types of lifenthusiasts:

(greek god/celestial object)(number), transfem, debates whether men actually exist, found a reaction used in 50% of conduits

(first letter of first name)(last name), grizzled 40-60 year old programmer, wrote a program everyone uses, either contributed nothing to other fields of math or a shit ton of stuff

(minecraft username), 14-24 years old, only explores int rules, sandbox thread where they throw random discoveries, 16 core computer but doesn’t realize you can multithread apgsearch

(random string of 3-6 characters), nobody knows anything about them, 50-100 forum posts and no discord account, every post is an extremely elaborate and complex construction at least 2 months ahead of the rest of the thread’s tech in a random rule and it’s their only post in that rule’s thread

(word vaguely resembling name), probably 80 years old, speaks weirdly, never posts any normal constructions, only posts elaborate life art but outputs it at an absurd pace for how complex it is