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

[NNlk05]

(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

That's almost exactly me (18-core computer, but I do realize -p exists)

[TheWayOfTheCon]

Traveling t:

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x = 3, y = 2, rule = B3/S23-a5
3o$bo!

Traveling T:

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x = 11, y = 8, rule = B3/S23-a5
b4ob4o$2obo3bob2o$2o7b2o$2b3ob3o2$3b5o$5bo$5bo!

[I6_I6]

Traveling t:

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x = 3, y = 2, rule = B3/S23-a5
3o$bo!

Traveling T:

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x = 11, y = 8, rule = B3/S23-a5
b4ob4o$2obo3bob2o$2o7b2o$2b3ob3o2$3b5o$5bo$5bo!

More accurate:

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x = 3, y = 4, rule = B3aiy5i/S1e2e3i4i
bo$3o$bo$bo!

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x = 3, y = 4, rule = B3aei5eiy/S02a3e4i5ey
3o$bo$bo$bo!

[Apersonthatexists]

What a nice T-tetromino...

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x = 48, y = 32, rule = R4,C2,S9,14,16-17,21,23-24,30-31,37-38,44-45,51-52,58-59,B3,10,17,21,24,31,38,45,52,59,NW100010001000000000000000000000777000100707001000777000000000000000000000100010001
16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o
$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$16b16o$48o$48o$48o$48o$48o$48o$48o
$48o$48o$48o$48o$48o$48o$48o$48o$48o!

Even the pattern is surprised at what just happened

[Apersonthatexists]

types of Lifenthusiasts:
-- luna1000, a transfem who lurks on Tumblr and debates whether men actually exist

lifemthusiast

[OCAfan55]

Help I can't scan my QR code

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x = 24, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
7o2bo3b3ob7o$o5bob2o2bob2obo5bo$ob3obob3obo4bob3obo$ob3obobobo2b3obob
3obo$ob3obo2b3ob3obob3obo$o5bobo2b3o3bo5bo$7o2b2obo2bob7o$8bo2b4o$4bo
bo2bobo4b3ob4o$o3bob2obo3bob3o2bob2o$5obob3ob2o2b2obob2o$b3obo5bo2bo2b
o2bo2bo$2ob2o2bo2b3obo2bobob2o$b2o2b4o2bob3ob2o2bobo$3o3bob7ob3ob2obo
$4b2ob4obo2bo3b2o$10bobob2o3bo2bo$7obo2b2ob3ob2o2bo$o5bo2b2o2bo2b5ob2o
$ob3obo3bo2b5ob3o$ob3obobob4o2bo2bo$ob3obobo2b2obo2b2o2bobo$o5bobo2b2o
4b3o2b2o$7ob3ob4ob2o3bo!
[[ THEME INVERSE ]]

It's probably because of that glider in the bottom right

[speedydelete]

How suspicious...

On Feb. 23, 2008, Dave Greene wrote:
Every sufficiently large and ancient B3/S23 universe observed so far
turns out to be full of this weird agar, which expands in all
directions through random ash at c/137. IceNine seems to absorb
blocks and blinkers particularly well, due to a complicated froth of
sparks at its front lines -- not generated by glider collisions, but
by a lucky accident of the agar's internal structure.

When the expanding front touches an active pattern that it can't
immediately annihilate, the pattern "dies back" a short distance at
near lightspeed, leaving behind a protective scattering of blocks;
behind the blocks the front stabilizes and starts expanding again.
Converging IceNine fronts usually cause small diebacks that stabilize
as small defects in an apparent quasicrystalline structure.

And before you all ask, my alternate-universe oscilloscope was
repossessed by the Outsiders the other day, so unfortunately I can't
lend it out. But there didn't seem to be anything but IceNine out
there anyway --

Screenshot 2026-10-02 170923.png (44.28 KiB) Viewed 185 times

[yyh_baboon]

Look, flying pulsars!

Per your own discovery by searching D4_+1, the 3c/14 is infinitely extensible:

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x = 48, y = 27, rule = B3/S23-q4i
3o17b3o17b3o$obo17bobo17bobo$3o17b3o17b3o3$6b2o18b2o18b2o$3o3b2o12b3o
3b2o12b3o3b2o$obo17bobo17bobo$3o3b2o12b3o3b2o12b3o3b2o$6b2o18b2o18b2o
2$26b2o18b2o$3o17b3o3b2o12b3o3b2o$obo17bobo17bobo$3o17b3o3b2o12b3o3b2o
$26b2o18b2o2$46b2o$20b3o17b3o3b2o$20bobo17bobo$20b3o17b3o3b2o$46b2o3$
40b3o$40bobo$40b3o!

[J5L]

"Have you ever wanted a rule where the pi heptomino is actually a puffer? Yes? Presenting... B3/S23-c7c! Where the pi heptomino is a puffer!

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23-c7c
3o$2bo$3o!

Go buy this at the nearest GoL store for 50% off!"

[hotcrystal0]

LuveelVoom wrote this one a while back on Discord, but it was never crossposted.

"where is the hole?" is the question every (rule)golfer aspires to be the one to answer. Many have searched for the hole, and many have thought they have found the hole, but nobody really believes these are the hole and not just a deep dip on the course. Some people have tried to knock the ball out of the field, hoping to find a hole there, but have not been successful. Some have drilled their own holes, which is impressive given how dense the substrate of the course is, and some have claimed to have found the hole and ignore those who shout. Others try to scan the field with radars, or eliminate whole areas of the field, but someone will always come up with a divot in the field (unless, of course, it’s that one corner). Some suggest looking in easier courses, but we all agree that the hole there has been found. And yet, we still look for the hole.

[TheWayOfTheCon]

LuveelVoom wrote this one a while back on Discord, but it was never crossposted.

"where is the hole?" is the question every (rule)golfer aspires to be the one to answer...

This perfectly captures the nature of the OCASphere.

Anyways, has anyone heard of the insane discovery made by Adam recently?