Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

[M. I. Wright]

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x = 7, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$2b2o$2bo$2ob2obo$ob2ob2o$4bo$3b2o$3b2o!

[mniemiec]

An extension of row 3, column 3: ... Don't know if further ones are possible.

This has the same interior as my row 7 column 2. Yours is much smaller, but it does have the one drawback that it does contain interior empty cells that are not part of the original inverted still-life. All of my examples were careful to avoid that. I didn't attempt to find all solutions (because there are an infinite number of variations for most of these); I just tried to find one example for each still-life up to 10 bits for which such a construction is possible. There are infinitely many such invertible still-lifes (e.g. the longer snakes at least).

[gmc_nxtman]

Speaking of still-lifes and interiors.....

I was wondering what was the smallest still life completely surrounded by another (meaning no gaps to the outside), measuring by how many cells are in the space between the two still lifes, and bounding box. The still life in the center also has to be removable without the surrounding still life collapsing, so something like this doesn't count:

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = LifeHistory
2.A2.A$2.4C$AC4.CA$.C.2A.C$.C.2A.C$AC4.CA$2.4C$2.A2.A!

Here are my results so far. I've experimented with a few different layouts.

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x = 80, y = 56, rule = LifeHistory
8.D$7.DBD$7.DBD27.D.2D.3D24.D.2D.2D$6.D3BD25.DBD2BD3BD22.DBD2BD2BD$5.
D5BD24.D6B2D23.D6BD$3.2D3BE3B2D23.D2BE3BD24.D2BE3BD$2.D4BE.E4BD21.D2B
E.E2BD23.D2BE.E2BD$3.2D3BE3B2D22.D3BE2BD24.D3BE2BD$5.D5BD24.2D6BD24.D
6BD$6.D3BD24.D3BD2BDBD23.D2BD2BDBD$7.DBD26.3D.2D.D25.2D.2D.D$7.DBD$8.
D11$5.2A3.2A25.2A2.A27.2A.2A$5.A2.C2.A25.2A2.3A25.2A.2A$6.ACBCA33.A$
7.CBC27.CA2CA3C24.CA2CA2C$.2A3.C3BC3.2A17.2A.CBC2BC3BCA21.CBC2BC2BC.
2A$.A.A.C5BC.A.A17.2A.C6B2C2.A20.C6BCA.2A$3.2C3BE3B2C22.AC2BE3BC.2A
17.2A.AC2BE3BC$2.C4BE.E4BC21.C2BE.E2BC20.2A.C2BE.E2BC.2A$3.2C3BE3B2C
19.2A.C3BE2BCA23.C3BE2BCA.2A$.A.A.C5BC.A.A17.A2.2C6BC.2A17.2A.AC6BC$.
2A3.C3BC3.2A18.AC3BC2BCBC.2A17.2A.C2BC2BCBC$7.CBC26.3CA2CAC25.2CA2CAC
$6.ACBCA25.A$5.A2.C2.A25.3A2.2A27.2A.2A$5.2A3.2A27.A2.2A27.2A.2A3$36.
3D3.3D23.3D3.3D$5.D3.3D23.D3.D.D3.D21.D3.D.D$4.2D2.D3.D26.D.D3.D25.D.
D$3.D.D2.D2.2D23.3D3.3D23.3D2.4D$2.D2.D2.D.D.D26.D.D3.D25.D.D3.D$2.5D
.2D2.D22.D3.D.D3.D21.D3.D.D3.D$5.D2.D3.D23.3D3.3D23.3D3.3D$5.D3.3D$
32.3D3.3D2.5D16.3D3.3D2.5D$.3D3.3D2.5D14.D3.D.D3.D.D19.D3.D.D3.D.D$D
3.D.D3.D.D22.D5.D.D23.D5.D.D$4.D5.D.D21.D5.D3.3D19.D5.D3.3D$3.D5.D3.
3D17.D5.D7.D17.D5.D7.D$2.D5.D7.D15.D5.D4.D3.D16.D5.D4.D3.D$.D5.D4.D3.
D14.5D.5D2.3D16.5D.5D2.3D$5D.5D2.3D!

I've only tried so far with a tub, a block may be just as usable.

EDIT: My best attempt for a block:

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x = 46, y = 33, rule = LifeHistory
36.A$34.3A$33.A$4.2A27.A.A2CA.A$4.A.A25.2A.C2BC.3A$7.A26.C4BC3.A$8.A
23.AC6BCA.A$2A2.2E3.A22.C3B2E3BC.2A$A3.2E2.2A19.2A.C3B2E3BC$.A28.A.AC
6BCA$2.A27.A3.C4BC$3.A.A25.3A.C2BC.2A$4.2A27.A.A2CA.A$40.A$37.3A$37.A
3$32.3D3.3D$31.D3.D.D$35.D.D$32.3D2.4D$35.D.D3.D$31.D3.D.D3.D$32.3D3.
3D2$30.3D2.5D2.3D$29.D3.D.D5.D$33.D.D5.D$32.D3.3D2.4D$31.D7.D.D3.D$
30.D4.D3.D.D3.D$29.5D2.3D3.3D!

EDIT2: Best result so far (188)

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x = 16, y = 29, rule = LifeHistory
.A3.2C3.A$A.A.C2BC.A.A$.2A.C2BC.2A$3.C4BC$.2C6B2C$C4B2E4BC$C4B2E4BC$.
2C6B2C$3.C4BC$.2A.C2BC.2A$A.A.C2BC.A.A$.A3.2C3.A3$5.D5.D$4.2D4.2D$3.D
.D3.D.D$2.D2.D2.D2.D$2.5D.5D$5.D5.D$5.D5.D2$.D6.D5.D$2D5.2D4.2D$.D4.D
.D3.D.D$.D3.D2.D2.D2.D$.D3.5D.5D$.D6.D5.D$3D5.D5.D!

[mniemiec]

I was wondering what was the smallest still life completely surrounded by another (meaning no gaps to the outside), measuring by how many cells are in the space between the two still lifes, and bounding box. The still life in the center also has to be removable without the surrounding still life collapsing, so something like this doesn't count: ...

Here are a few smaller ones: 36 (14x12=168 or 13x13=169) and 34 (13x10=130). The third one forms a pseudo-still-life with the block, but you only ruled out collapsing, not adjacency. If the bounding object can itself be a pseudo-still-life, this brings it further down to 30 (10x10=100).

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x = 70, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2b2ob2o15b2ob2o16bo3b2o12b2ob2o$bobobobo13bobobobo14bobobo2bo10bobobob
o$bo2bo3bo12bo2bo3bo13bo2b2o2bo10b2o5bo$2o7bo10b2o7bo11b2o7b2o16bo$o9b
o9bo9bo9bo4b2o5bo7b2o2b2o3bo$bo4b2o3bo9bo4b2o3bo8bo4b2o5bo7bo3b2o2b2o$
2bo3b2o4bo9bo3b2o4bo8b2o7b2o9bo$3bo9bo9bo7b2o9bo2b2o2bo12bo5b2o$4bo7b
2o10bo5bo11bobobo2bo13bobobobo$5bo3bo2bo12bo5b2o10bo3b2o15b2ob2o$6bobo
bobo13bo5bo$7b2ob2o15bob3o$28b2o!

[BlinkerSpawn]

Bounding area 121; Margin size 48 cells; Outer population 36:

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x = 11, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
3b2ob2o$2bobobobo$bo3bo3bo$o9bo$2o3bo3b2o$2bobobobo$2o3bo3b2o$o9bo$bo
3bo3bo$2bobobobo$3b2ob2o!

Bounding area 121; Margin size 51 cells; Outer population 40:

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x = 11, y = 11, rule = tlife
2b2ob2obo$2bob2ob2o$2o7b2o$o8bo$bo3b2o3bo$2o2bobo2b2o$o4bo3bo$bo8bo$2o
7b2o$2b2ob2obo$2bob2ob2o!

Bounding area 72; Margin size ~20 cells; Outer population 26:

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x = 8, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
3bob2o$b3obo$o6bo$2o4b2o$3b2o$2ob2ob2o$bo4bo$bob2obo$2b2obo!

[Sphenocorona]

The two entries above are identical. I'm guessing the second one is supposed to be something else.

[Extrementhusiast]

If no adjacency is allowed, this is probably the smallest possible:

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2b2ob2o$2bob2obo$2o6bo$o8bo$bo2b2o2b2o$2o2b2o2bo$o8bo$bo6b2o$2bob2obo$
3b2ob2o!

[praosylen]

Almost an eater:

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x = 10, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo$b2o5bo$7bobo$7bobo$3b3o2bo$5bo$4bo!

[dvgrn]

Almost an eater:

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x = 10, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo$b2o5bo$7bobo$7bobo$3b3o2bo$5bo$4bo!

This is kind of an interesting case. It can be made into a toggle that accepts gliders from opposite directions, two lanes apart. A loaf toggle accepts gliders one lane apart, and a block toggle accepts gliders ten lanes apart... there are a few other examples, but not a huge number I don't think.

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x = 54, y = 59, rule = LifeHistory
45.2A.A$45.A.2A6$45.2A5.2A$45.2A5.2A2$48.2A$48.2A4$25.2A$25.2A12.A$
39.A.A$21.2A5.2A9.3A$21.2A5.2A11.A7$20.2A$19.A2.A3.D$20.2A3.D.C$25.DA
DA$26.C.A3.2A$22.2A3.A3.A2.A$23.2A7.2A$22.A6$24.2A5.2A$24.2A5.2A2$27.
2A$27.2A4$4.2A$4.2A12.A$18.A.A$2A5.2A9.3A$2A5.2A11.A6$5.2A.A$5.A.2A!

Still probably useless, since a couple of eaters or boat-bit catchers would take up about the same amount of space. But who knows -- maybe that 7-5-3-1 lightspeed spark will turn out to come in handy sometime.

[muzik]

Name suggestion: Stinger.


On a slightly related note, is it possible to turn a hf predecessor like this:

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x = 3, y = 4, rule = LifeHistory
.C$3C$C.C$.C!

back into a beehive in the same spot?

If you can do this, and also extract some sort of glider output from it, then this could possibly be used as a "button" for something like a functional calculator, if anyone ever gets around to building such a crazy project.

[muzik]

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x = 15, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2bo$obo$b2o7$13b2o$13b2o$3b2o$3b2o!

New on/off?

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x = 22, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o3$19bobo$19b2o$20bo2$10bo$8bobo$9b2o3b2o$14b2o3$9b2o4b2o$10bo
4bo$7b3o6b3o$7bo10bo!

[simeks]

... then this could possibly be used as a "button" for something like a functional calculator...

I made a prototype push-button once (this was before Syringe existed). It's operated by clicking away the white cell pointed at by the arrow. The still lifes around that eater makes it immune from "pushing" it at the same time that the gauge glider reaches it:

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x = 202, y = 196, rule = LifeHistory
25.2A3.2A$25.2A2.A.3A$29.A4.A$25.4A.2A2.A$25.A2.A.A.A.2A$28.A.A.A.A$
29.2A.A.A$33.A2$19.2A$20.A7.2A$20.A.A5.2A$21.2A7$31.2A$31.A$32.3A$34.
A5$58.A$58.3A$4.A56.A$2.5A14.2A37.2A$.A5.A13.A48.2A$.A2.3A12.A.A48.A$
2A.A15.2A47.A.A$A2.4A16.A38.2A4.2A$.2A3.A3.2A11.3A35.A2.A$3.3A4.2A14.
A35.2A$3.A21.2A23.2A$2A.A46.2A$2A.2A128.A19.A$114.A18.3A17.3A$114.3A
19.A19.A$11.2A104.A17.2A6.2A10.2A6.2A$12.A103.2A6.2A16.A.A17.A.A12.A$
9.3A111.A.A17.A19.A10.4A$9.A114.A48.4A16.A$59.2A3.2A71.2A27.2A5.A2.A
8.2A5.A.A$14.A23.2A20.A3.A53.2A10.2A5.2A11.2A14.2A5.4A14.A3.2A3.2A$
13.A.A22.A18.3A5.3A43.2A5.2A10.2A18.2A7.A14.4A3.2A.A.A4.A3.2A3.2A$14.
A14.2A8.3A15.A9.A43.2A42.A2.2A17.A2.A3.2A5.A3.2A$29.A11.A139.A10.A.A$
30.3A114.2A18.2A12.A2.A8.A$32.A95.2A17.2A18.2A$128.2A$16.2A114.2A18.
2A$15.A.A95.2A16.A.A17.A.A20.A$15.A96.A.A16.A19.A21.A$14.2A96.A17.2A
18.2A21.3A$30.2A.A65.2A10.2A$30.A.2A66.A$100.A.A$23.2A76.2A$23.2A$
120.2A18.2A26.3A$121.A19.A26.A$111.A9.A.A17.A.A25.A$111.A.A8.2A18.2A
3.2A$111.2A33.A2.A$12.2A123.2A7.2A.2A6.2A25.A.A$13.A123.2A8.A.A7.2A
17.3A5.A3.A$13.A.A132.A22.2A2.A2.A.A7.A$14.2A153.A2.A2.2A7.A4.A4.2A$
120.2A18.2A26.A19.A5.2A$120.2A5.2A11.2A18.2A6.A10.3A2.A3.A$72.2A53.2A
31.2A6.A15.A.A$72.A.A94.A2.A$34.A27.A11.A58.A19.A17.2A$32.3A27.3A9.2A
56.A.A17.A.A$31.A33.A59.2A6.2A10.2A6.2A$31.2A19.2A10.2A60.A19.A$37.A
15.A69.3A17.3A$35.3A15.A.A67.A19.A$34.A19.2A$34.2A41.2A$77.2A5$37.2A$
18.2A17.2A$18.2A74.2A$68.2A23.A.A$68.A24.A$17.2A50.3A20.2A$18.A52.A$
15.3A12.2A$15.A14.A$31.3A69.2A$33.A64.2A3.2A$29.A68.2A$29.3A104.A$32.
A85.2A14.5A$31.2A64.2A12.2A6.A13.A5.A$98.A5.2A5.A7.A.A12.3A2.A$95.3A
6.2A6.3A5.2A15.A.2A$20.2A.2A70.A18.A19.4A2.A$20.2A.A105.2A3.A3.2A$23.
A105.2A4.3A$23.3A4.2A105.A$21.2A3.A3.2A105.A.2A$20.A2.4A109.2A.2A$20.
2A.A15.2A$21.A2.3A12.A.A$21.A5.A13.A86.2A$22.5A14.2A85.A$24.A104.3A$
131.A6$34.2A$34.A$35.A$34.2A2$34.2A$34.A$35.A$34.2A$30.2A6.2A26.A$30.
A.A6.A24.3A$31.A.A4.A24.A$32.A.A2.A25.2A$33.A2.A$27.A6.2A$27.3A41.2A.
2A$30.A41.A.2A$29.2A41.A$64.2A4.3A$35.AC7.2A18.2A3.A3.2A$19.A16.A7.2A
23.4A2.A$19.3A11.3A19.2A15.A.2A$22.A10.A20.A.A12.3A2.A$21.2A31.A13.A
5.A$53.2A14.5A$48.A22.A$10.2A.2A19.2A12.3A$10.2A.A21.A15.A$13.A18.3A
15.2A$13.3A4.2A10.A$11.2A3.A3.2A$10.A2.4A$10.2A.A15.2A$11.A2.3A12.A.A
$11.A5.A13.A$12.5A14.2A27.2A$14.A38.2A5.A.A$53.2A7.A$62.2A2$49.A$48.A
.A.2A$48.A.A.A.A$47.2A.A.A.A2.A$48.A2.2A.4A$48.A4.A$49.3A.A2.2A$51.2A
3.2A3$51.A$49.3A$48.A$48.2A7$38.2A$37.A.A5.2A$37.A7.2A$36.2A2$50.A$
46.2A.A.A$45.A.A.A.A$42.A2.A.A.A.2A$42.4A.2A2.A$46.A4.A$42.2A2.A.3A$
42.2A3.2A!

[Extrementhusiast]

If you can do this, and also extract some sort of glider output from it, then this could possibly be used as a "button" for something like a functional calculator, if anyone ever gets around to building such a crazy project.

A few years ago, 'Guam' had made a one-bit-spark-to-two-gliders converter:

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x = 42, y = 36, rule = LifeHistory
3.3B14.A$3.4B11.3A$4.4B9.A$5.4B8.2A$6.4B2.2B.4B$7.4B.5B$7.11B$4.14B.
2B$3.19B$2.20B$3.20B$3.21B$3.21B$3.22B$2.24B$2.24B14.2A$2.23B3.B11.A$
.32B4.BA.A$19BA16B.B2A$.37B$.19B2A16B$.18BA2BA15B$.19B2A14B$28B5.B.B$
.2B2A7B2.14B4.3B$2.B2A8B5.8B6.B2AB$2.12B4.6B9.2A$3.6B2.4B4.4B$5.4B3.
4B$13.4B$14.4B$15.4B$16.4B$17.4B$18.4B$19.3B!

[muzik]

Blinker to boat:

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x = 17, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
6b2o$6b2o8$10bo$10bobo$10b2o$2o13b2o$2o13b2o3$6b3o!

[BlinkerSpawn]

I can't say I've seen anything like this explosion in Life before.

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x = 8, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
5bo$4bobo$o3bobo$b2o2bo$2o4$6bo$5b2o$5bobo!

[drc]

I can't say I've seen anything like this explosion in Life before.

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x = 8, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
5bo$4bobo$o3bobo$b2o2bo$2o4$6bo$5b2o$5bobo!

It's used in that one methuselah that starts with L

[drc]

Two entertaining but most likely useless reactions:

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x = 28, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
5bo12b6o$b5o12bo4bo$o19bo$b3o12b5o$4bo2b2o6bo$3b2o3bo2bo4b3o$8bobobo6b
o2b2o$5b2obo2bo6b2o3bo2bo$5bo2bo14bobobo$6b2o12b2obo2bo$20bo2bo$21b2o!

[FlameandFury]

LWSS & Beehive with beehive turns into clean R pentomino:

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x = 23, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
3$15bo$7b2o5bo$6bo2bo4bo3bo$5bob2o5b4o$4bobo$4bobo$5bo!

[gmc_nxtman]

Not sure if this H->G0 can be completed:

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x = 23, y = 26, rule = LifeHistory
9.A$9.3A$5.2A5.A7.2A$5.2A4.2A7.A$18.A.A$18.2A7$19.2A$19.A.A$21.A$21.
2A2$C17.2A$C.C15.A.A$3C10.2C5.A$2.C9.C2.C4.2A$13.2C3$11.2A$11.2A!

Or this Bx146:

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x = 44, y = 28, rule = LifeHistory
27.3B5.2A$16.A10.3B4.B2AB$16.3A7.6B2.3B$19.A5.8B2.B.B$18.2A4.14B$18.
5B.16B$20.3B.8B2D7B$18.13BD2BD6B$16.16B2D8B$16.25B$17.24B$8.A8.15BD7B
$8.3A5.15BDBD6B$11.A3.17B2D6B$10.2A3.23B.B2A$10.28B.BA.A$12.25B5.A$5.
2B2.28B5.2A$3.D33B$.DBD17BC15B2.2A$B3D17BCBC4B.10BA.A$.D19B3C4B2.4B2A
2B3.A$3.20BC4B2.3BA2BAB3.2A$8.B.17B3.4B2AB$14.B.7B9.2B.B$15.4B12.3B$
14.4B13.B2AB$13.4B15.2A!

EDIT: Spartan HWSS->G and almospartan Sidecar->G, maybe the smallest reasonably constructible converters of these kinds:

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x = 116, y = 119, rule = LifeHistory
31.4B6.4B8.2AB25.4B$32.4B6.4B5.BA2BAB4.B20.4B$22.A10.4B6.4B4.BA2BA3B.
B2A20.4B$20.3A11.4B6.4B4.B2A6B2A21.4B23.2A$4.A14.A15.4B6.4B3.7B.2B23.
4B22.A$4.3A12.2A15.4B6.4B3.6B27.4B18.BA.A$7.A7.2B.3B3.7B.B4.4B6.4B2.
5B9.A19.4B14.2A.B2A$6.2A6.5B5.13B.4B6.11B8.3A12.B.3B.4B12.B2A2B$6.5B
2.9BD36B11.A10.18B6.4B$8.15BD21BD14B9.2A3.B5.2B2A11BD4B3.6B$7.2A14B2D
18B3D13B10.8B3.2B2A9B3D4B2.6B$7.2A13B2D2B2A15BDBD4B.7B13.8B.13BDBD4B.
7B$8.B.12BD3B2A15BD15B12.22BD15B$10.23B3.2B2.19B11.15B.2B2.20B$11.9B
2.10B11.17B8.17B8.18B$12.8B3.6B16.15B.2B2.19B11.16B$13.7B4.3B19.22BD
15B12.14B$10.11B3.B21.8B.13BDBD4B.7B12.16B$9.12B2.2A19.8B3.2B2A9B3D
13B11.14B.B2A$9.12B2.A20.2A3.B5.2B2A11BD14B8.2AB.3B3.6B.BA.A$9.11B4.
3A18.A10.18B2.8B8.A.AB7.6B4.A$9.B3D4B.4B4.A15.3A12.B.3B.4B11.6B8.A9.
2B2D2BD4.2A$9.2BD4B4.2A20.A20.3B12.5B8.2A4.2A2.4B3DB$9.2B3D2B4.A40.4B
14.4B13.A.A7BD4B$9.6B6.3A37.2A16.3B14.A3.11B$8.7B8.A38.A17.4B11.2A3.
4B2A5B$7.8B44.3A20.2A17.3B2A5B$6.8B45.A22.A18.10B$5.9B69.3A16.9B$4.4B
.6B70.A16.9B$3.4B.7B87.8B$2.4B2.6B15.2A72.8B$.4B3.8B4.B8.A74.6B4.B$4B
5.B2A6B.4B3.BA.A74.6B3.2B$3B5.2B2A13B.B2A75.6B2.3B$2B7.18B76.7B.4B$B
9.17B76.6B.4B$13.13B78.9B$12.12B80.8B$12.10B81.8B$11.11B72.A8.7B$11.
7B.2B73.3A6.6B$10.11B76.A4.2B3D2B$11.11B74.2A4.4BD2B$11.11B74.4B.4B3D
B$11.11B76.11B$9.2AB2.4B3DB75.12B$8.A.AB3.4BD2B75.12B$8.A6.2B3D2B75.
11B$7.2A7.6B76.7B$16.7B68.2A5.8B$16.8B68.A6.8B$17.8B67.A.AB2.8B$17.8B
68.2AB.10B$16.6B2.B2A68.12B$16.7B.BA.A67.12B$17.6B4.A67.9B2.B2A$17.6B
4.2A67.8B2.BA.A$17.6B74.6B6.A$16.8B74.6B5.2A$15.8B75.5B$15.9B72.2B2D
2BD$15.9B67.2A2.4B3DB$14.10B66.A.A7BD4B$14.3B2A5B66.A3.11B$13.4B2A5B
65.2A3.4B2A5B$13.11B71.3B2A5B9.B$11.A7BD4B71.10B8.2B$9.3A2.4B3DB74.9B
7.3B$8.A6.2B2D2BD2.B71.9B6.4B$8.2A7.5B.B2A70.8B6.4B$16.8B2A71.8B4.4B$
2A13.7B.2B73.6B4.4B$.A5.2B3.10B76.6B3.4B$.A.AB.14B78.6B2.4B$2.2AB.14B
77.7B.4B$4.16B77.6B.4B$4.16B78.9B$5.16B77.8B$6.4B2C9B76.8B$5.3BC4BC6B
77.7B$4.10BC3BA11B58.2A7.6B$4.4BC5BC2BABA11B58.A6.2B3D2B$5.4B6C2B2A
12B13.A44.A.AB3.4BD2B$5.26B11.3A45.2AB2.4B3DB$5.8B.17B10.A50.11B$6.7B
3.2B.11B11.2A49.11B$4.4B.B9.10B10.4B49.11B$4.2A14.9B9.3B20.A29.11B$5.
A14.8B9.4B.3B.B12.3A15.A14.7B$2.3A15.8B2.18B10.A18.3A6.2A4.8B$2.A16.
8B2.4BD11B2A2B5.B3.2A20.A6.A5.8B$19.8B2.4B3D9B2A2B3.8B19.2A6.A.AB2.7B
$19.9B.4BDBD13B.8B21.B8.2AB.9B$18.17BD22B19.3B10.11B$18.21B2.2B.15B
16.6B9.11B$17.19B8.17B11.10B2.B3.B.9B.B2A$18.16B11.19B2.2B3.27B2.BA.A
$18.15B12.15BD15B2A3BD16B5.A$17.17B12.7B.4BDBD15B2A2B2D16B5.2A$17.17B
11.13B3D18B2D11B2D4B$18.14B.B2A8.14BD21BD10B2D6B$19.10B4.BA.A8.36BD
10BD7B$19.9B8.A8.11B6.4B.13B5.3B2.5B2.4B$20.8B8.2A8.5B2.4B6.4B4.B.7B
3.3B3.6B3.4B$20.7B18.6B3.4B6.4B15.2A5.4B5.4B$20.7B15.2B.7B3.4B6.4B15.
A4.2B9.4B$19.8B14.2A6B2AB4.4B6.4B11.3A4.2BAB9.4B$19.7B15.2AB.3BA2BAB
4.4B6.4B10.A7.A.A10.4B$19.4B2AB16.B4.BA2BAB5.4B6.4B18.A12.4B$20.3B2AB
22.B2A8.4B6.4B31.4B$19.6B23.2B10.4B6.4B31.4B$20.5B36.4B6.4B31.4B$20.
4B38.4B6.4B31.4B$21.5B37.4B6.4B31.4B$24.2A38.4B6.4B31.4B$24.A40.4B6.
4B31.4B$25.3A38.4B6.4B31.4B$27.A39.4B6.4B31.4B!

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x = 175, y = 72, rule = LifeHistory
64.4B6.4B44.B2A8.4B6.4B$63.4B6.4B39.B4.BA2BAB5.4B6.4B$62.4B6.4B39.2AB
.3BA2BAB4.4B6.4B10.A$49.2B10.4B6.4B40.2A6B2AB4.4B6.4B11.3A$49.B2A8.4B
6.4B42.2B.7B3.4B6.4B15.A14.A$43.B4.BA2BAB5.4B6.4B12.2A32.6B3.4B6.4B
15.2A12.3A$18.A23.2AB.3BA2BAB4.4B6.4B13.A24.2A8.5B2.4B6.4B4.B.7B3.3B.
2B7.A$18.3A21.2A6B2AB4.4B6.4B15.3A6.2A13.A8.11B6.4B.13B5.5B6.2A$21.A
21.2B.7B3.4B6.4B18.A4.2B2AB9.BA.A8.36BD9B2.5B$20.2A24.6B3.4B6.4B20.3B
.4B6.3B.B2A8.14BD21BD15B$16.2A2.5B12.2A8.5B2.4B6.4B4.B.7B7.11B2.7B11.
13B3D18B2D14B2A$15.B2AB3.4B11.A8.11B6.4B.13B3.B.22B12.7B.4BDBD15B2A2B
2D13B2A$16.2B3.6B7.BA.A8.36BD24B12.15BD15B2A3BD12B.B$15.2B3.7B3.3B.B
2A8.14BD21BD26B11.19B2.2B3.23B$14.BA2B.16B11.13B3D18B2D28B8.17B11.10B
2.9B$14.A.A18B12.7B.4BDBD15B2A2B2D30B2.2B.15B16.6B3.8B$15.A.17B12.15B
D15B2A3BD26BD22B19.3B4.7B$12.3A4.16B11.19B2.2B3.30B.4BDBD13B.8B21.B3.
11B$12.A7.17B8.17B11.10B2.16B2.4B3D9B2A2B3.8B19.2A2.12B$20.20B2.2B.
15B16.6B7.4B.7B2.4BD11B2A2B5.B3.2A20.A2.12B$21.15BD22B19.3B9.2B2.6B4.
18B10.A18.3A4.11B$20.9B.4BDBD13B.8B21.B13.6B11.4B.3B.B12.3A15.A4.4B.
4B3DB$15.B3.9B2.4B3D9B2A2B3.8B19.2A14.3B13.3B20.A20.2A4.4BD2B$14.2AB.
10B2.4BD11B2A2B5.B3.2A20.A12.7B12.4B40.A4.2B3D2B$14.2A14B.18B10.A21.A
.A10.2A.B.2A14.2A37.3A6.6B$15.16B7.4B.3B.B12.3A19.2A11.A3.A15.A38.A8.
7B$15.16B8.4B19.A29.3A5.3A13.3A44.8B$17.15B8.4B48.A9.A15.A45.8B$21.
10B10.3B120.9B$22.8B12.4B117.6B.4B$21.7B16.2A117.7B.4B$20.9B15.A119.
6B2.3B$19.9B17.3A116.6B3.2B$18.10B19.A116.6B4.B$A10.19B133.8B$3A7.4BD
11B2A2B.B130.8B$3.A3.B2.4B3D9B2A3B2A129.9B$2.2A2.3B.4BDBD14B2A129.9B$
2.14BD15B129.10B$4.16B2.2B2.B2.5B127.3B2A5B$3.14B8.3B4.2A121.2A3.4B2A
5B$3.12B10.B2AB3.A123.A3.11B$4.10B12.2A5.3A19.A49.A50.A.A7BD4B$6.7B2A
20.A17.3A47.3A45.2A4.2A2.4B3DB$8.5B2A14.A22.A26.A22.A33.A15.A9.2B2D2B
D4.2A$7.8B14.3A20.2A25.3A20.2A30.3A15.A.AB7.6B4.A$7.6C19.A17.4B28.A
17.4B17.A11.A19.2AB.3B3.6B.BA.A$6.C5BCB17.2A16.3B29.2A16.3B19.3A9.2A
20.14B.B2A$8.4BC2B16.4B14.4B28.4B14.4B21.A9.B20.16B$6.C.3BC3B4.7B.B5.
3B12.5B9.A20.3B12.5B8.2A10.2A9.3B19.14B$8.2C4B.B3.13B.4B11.6B8.3A12.B
.3B.4B11.6B8.A10.5B5.6B16.16B$10.7BD26B2.8B11.A10.18B2.8B8.A.AB9.4B3.
10B11.18B$7.CB5C4BD21BD14B9.2A3.B5.2B2A11BD14B8.2AB.3B4.6B2.11B3.2B2.
20B$6.BC5BC4B2D18B3D13B10.8B3.2B2A9B3D13B11.7B.9BD3B2A15BD15B$7.C.4BC
3B2D2B2A15BDBD4B.7B13.8B.13BDBD4B.7B12.17B2D2B2A15BDBD4B.7B$12.C4BD3B
2A15BD15B12.22BD15B12.17B2D18B3D4B2.6B$17.11B3.2B2.19B11.15B.2B2.19B
11.18BD21BD4B3.6B$17.10B11.17B8.17B8.17B8.19BD26B6.4B$18.6B16.15B.2B
2.19B11.15B.2B2.19B.B3.13B.4B12.B2A2B$19.3B19.22BD15B12.22BD13B7.7B.B
4.4B14.2A.B2A$19.B21.8B.13BDBD4B.7B13.8B.13BDBD4B.6B19.4B18.BA.A$18.
2A19.8B3.2B2A9B3D13B10.8B3.2B2A9B3D4B2.B.5B16.4B22.A$18.A20.2A3.B5.2B
2A11BD14B9.2A3.B5.2B2A11BD4B7.2A15.4B23.2A$19.3A18.A10.28B11.A10.18B
8.A15.4B$21.A15.3A12.B.3B.4B6.11B8.3A12.B.3B.4B16.3A11.4B$37.A19.4B6.
4B2.5B9.A19.4B19.A10.4B$56.4B6.4B3.6B27.4B30.4B$55.4B6.4B3.7B.2B23.4B
30.4B$54.4B6.4B4.B2A6B2A21.4B30.4B$53.4B6.4B4.BA2BA3B.B2A20.4B30.4B$
52.4B6.4B5.BA2BAB4.B20.4B30.4B$51.4B6.4B8.2AB25.4B30.4B!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Probably useless 24-bit still life:

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x = 8, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
4bo$2b5o$bo5bo$2b5o2$2b2ob2o$bob2obo$bo$2o!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

I can't say I've seen anything like this explosion in Life before.

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x = 8, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
5bo$4bobo$o3bobo$b2o2bo$2o4$6bo$5b2o$5bobo!

5522-gen methuselah from two of these explosions.

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x = 17, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
5bo8bo$4bobo6bobo$o3bobo2bo3bobo$b2o2bo4b2o2bo$2o7b2o4$6bo8bo$5b2o7b2o
$5bobo6bobo!

[muzik]

Glider returns in the exact path it came from:

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x = 22, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
9bo4bo4bo$8bobo2bobo2bobo$8bobo2bobo2bobo$7b2ob2obobob2ob2o$8bobo2bobo
2bobo$8bobo2bobo2bobo$9bo4bo4bo3$3o$2bo$bo!

[muzik]

For no reason whatsoever, a completely synthetic soup that releases a loafer:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
o5bob3ob2obo$b2ob2o2bob2ob3o$11bo3bo$12bobo$b2o2bobo3bobobo$bobo2b2obo
2bo2bo$b3o9b3o$12b4o$8bo3b4o$obo3b3o4b3o$obo2bo6bo2bo$6bo6bobo$b2o4b2o
2bo2b2o$11bo2b2o$o3bo6bob3o$2obo2b2ob7o!

Pains me to think how many of these could just get lost in Catagolue due to a stray glider or B-heptomino...

[apg]

For no reason whatsoever, a completely synthetic soup that releases a loafer:

If you had a SHA-256 preimage of that soup, you could submit it to Catagolue...

[muzik]

For no reason whatsoever, a completely synthetic soup that releases a loafer:

If you had a SHA-256 preimage of that soup, you could submit it to Catagolue...

However you do that. Might be someths to look into.


Even then, it would be a bit cheatish of me (it's basically just a loafer phase with a loaf predecessor, surrounded with non-interrupting junk) to upload it...



Here's another one, which is a bit more rushed:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
o2b2o2bobob2o2bo$o2bobo2b2o3bobo$3b3o9bo$o13b2o$o9bo$8b3o4bo$2b2o3bo7b
o$3b2o3bo3bo2bo$o2b2o4b2o3b2o$2o11b3o$13b3o$bob2o3bob2ob3o$bob2o4b7o$
7bo2b6o$bob2o2bob7o$bo2b2obobobob3o!

And one which is very, very obvious:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
2b3o7b2obo$o6b3o4b2o$o10b2ob2o$5b3o6b2o$o3b4o5b3o$o11b4o$3b6o3b2obo$o
3b4o4b4o$13b3o$3b2o2b2o5b2o$b2obo2bob2o3bo$4bo2bo4bo2bo$14b2o$o8bob2ob
2o$2o3b2o7b2o$2o3b2o3b4obo!