What this?

[PHPBB12345]

[wildmyron]

It is a QR code (2D barcode) which encodes a URL to a chinese URL shortening service - http://qr01.cn/B9Ilrx - which then redirects to your github page for your simulator - https://git123hub.github.io/repo-1/life-simulator.html

A QR code is machine readable format generally used to make it easy for users on mobile devices to capture data (in this case a URL) using the camera rather than typing it in manually.

[testitemqlstudop]

How does it evolve in Life?

[rowett]

How does it evolve in Life?

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x = 29, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
7ob2o3bob2o5b7o$o5bobob6o2bobobo5bo$ob3obob3obobobo5bob3obo$ob3obo6b6o
bobob3obo$ob3obo3bo4bob3o2bob3obo$o5bob3obo3b2o4bo5bo$7obobobobobobobo
b7o$8b2o2bo2bob2o$2b3obobob2obobo5b3o2b3o$2obo3b5obo2bobob7obo$b2obob
2o4bo2bob3o2b3obo$2ob3o5bob2o3b3obo4bo$3o2b8ob2ob5o4b3o$b4o5bo2b2ob4ob
2ob2ob2o$bob4o5bo2b3o4bo$4o4b3o3b4obobo3bo2bo$b4ob2o2b2o2b5o5b4o$6obob
o2b3obo5b7o$ob2ob5ob2o2bobo4b5o$obob2o2b2ob2o2bo6bo2bo$o2b4o2b3o6b7o$
8bo2b4o3b3o3b2ob2o$7o4b2obo2bob2obobo$o5bo4bo5bob2o3b2ob2o$ob3obobo3b
2obo2bob7obo$ob3obobob4ob2ob2o3bo$ob3obobob2o3b4o3bobob2o$o5bo3bo3bobo
b4o2bo2bo$7o3b2ob2o3b2ob2ob3o!
#C [[ THEME 6 ZOOM 6 ]]

[GUYTU6J]

This makes me wonder:can we make a QR code which evolves into what it codes?

[muzik]

This makes me wonder:can we make a QR code which evolves into what it codes?

That is probably impossible, but please let there be one.



Is the above QR code a garden of eden?

[Gamedziner]

This makes me wonder:can we make a QR code which evolves into what it codes?

If there is one that leads to nothing, then maybe. But that's a pretty big if.

[drc]

Easy. Encode a bunch of spaces until you have a die hard

[dvgrn]

Easy. Encode a bunch of spaces until you have a die hard

Or to give many more infinite series of options to test, encode a single ON cell, a domino or duoplet, a blinker, a block, etc., etc., with empty cells around it in various configurations. There pretty much has to be a QR code of a blinker or block plus "junk space", that evolves into a blinker or block.

Many orders of magnitude more difficult would be if the QR code has to specify canonical RLE (with or without the header), or a canonical block of ASCII-encoded pattern. There's no shortage of vaguely possible options to test, but the odds that any particular one of them would match is so horribly small that probably only a Catagolue-sized project would even have a chance of success.

[Gamedziner]

Don't forget about the required squares in the upper left, upper right, and lower left corners.

[dvgrn]

Don't forget about the required squares in the upper left, upper right, and lower left corners.

There's no absolute reason why those squares couldn't collapse into vacuum, given the right encouragement from the rest of the QR code. But yes, I think diehards are going to be very very rare. Here's an encoding of one orientation of blinker in canonical RLE, for example:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
7o3b3ob7o$o5bob3obobo5bo$ob3obo3b3obob3obo$ob3obob2o2bobob3obo$ob3obo
2bo2bobob3obo$o5bobo2bo2bo5bo$7obobobob7o$9bo$5ob3o2bobobobobo$3bobo5b
4o2bo2bo$2obo2bob3obob2obobo$bo5b2o2b4o3b3o$ob3obobo3bo2bo$8bobobo2bo
2b3o$7obob2obo2b3o$o5bo2b2o4b2ob3o$ob3obobo2bobo2bobo$ob3obobob5o2bo$o
b3obobobobob2o$o5bob2ob4o2bo$7obobobo2bo2b2o!

[simeks]

There's no absolute reason why those squares couldn't collapse into vacuum, given the right encouragement from the rest of the QR code. But yes, I think diehards are going to be very very rare.

Just for fun I tried running this with random cells in the red area:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory
7A.5D.7A$A5.A.5D.A5.A$A.3A.A.5D.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.5D.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.5D.A.
3A.A$A5.A.5D.A5.A$7A.A.A.A.7A$8.5D$6DA14D$6D.14D$6DA14D$6D.14D$6DA14D
$8.13D$7A.13D$A5.A.13D$A.3A.A.13D$A.3A.A.13D$A.3A.A.13D$A5.A.13D$7A.
13D!

About one in 30000 dies completely, but I haven't worried about what's encoded... Here's an example:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory
7A2.2A.A.7A$A5.A4.2A.A5.A$A.3A.A4.2A.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.A.3A.A.3A.A$A.3A.A
5.A.A.3A.A$A5.A.A.A.A.A5.A$7A.A.A.A.7A$8.3A$2.2A2.2A3.2A2.A2.2A$2.4A
4.3A2.A2.2A$A3.3A.2A.2A4.A2.A$2.A.A6.A.4A2.A$2.A.3A.A.A.A4.3A$8.A.2A.
A3.2A$7A2.4A4.A2.A$A5.A4.A.2A.2A2.A$A.3A.A.4A2.A.2A2.A$A.3A.A3.A2.2A
2.2A.A$A.3A.A.A3.A2.A.A.A$A5.A2.2A.A3.A3.A$7A2.3A.A3.A.A!

[Gamedziner]

There's no absolute reason why those squares couldn't collapse into vacuum, given the right encouragement from the rest of the QR code. But yes, I think diehards are going to be very very rare.

Just for fun I tried running this with random cells in the red area:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory
7A.5D.7A$A5.A.5D.A5.A$A.3A.A.5D.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.5D.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.5D.A.
3A.A$A5.A.5D.A5.A$7A.A.A.A.7A$8.5D$6DA14D$6D.14D$6DA14D$6D.14D$6DA14D
$8.13D$7A.13D$A5.A.13D$A.3A.A.13D$A.3A.A.13D$A.3A.A.13D$A5.A.13D$7A.
13D!

About one in 30000 dies completely, but I haven't worried about what's encoded... Here's an example:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory
7A2.2A.A.7A$A5.A4.2A.A5.A$A.3A.A4.2A.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.A.3A.A.3A.A$A.3A.A
5.A.A.3A.A$A5.A.A.A.A.A5.A$7A.A.A.A.7A$8.3A$2.2A2.2A3.2A2.A2.2A$2.4A
4.3A2.A2.2A$A3.3A.2A.2A4.A2.A$2.A.A6.A.4A2.A$2.A.3A.A.A.A4.3A$8.A.2A.
A3.2A$7A2.4A4.A2.A$A5.A4.A.2A.2A2.A$A.3A.A.4A2.A.2A2.A$A.3A.A3.A2.2A
2.2A.A$A.3A.A.A3.A2.A.A.A$A5.A2.2A.A3.A3.A$7A2.3A.A3.A.A!

Nice!

[Gamedziner]

I just realized I made a duplicate post here. Please delete this post. (Edited on August 22nd, 2016)

[SuperSupermario24]

There's no absolute reason why those squares couldn't collapse into vacuum, given the right encouragement from the rest of the QR code. But yes, I think diehards are going to be very very rare.

Just for fun I tried running this with random cells in the red area:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory
7A.5D.7A$A5.A.5D.A5.A$A.3A.A.5D.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.5D.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.5D.A.
3A.A$A5.A.5D.A5.A$7A.A.A.A.7A$8.5D$6DA14D$6D.14D$6DA14D$6D.14D$6DA14D
$8.13D$7A.13D$A5.A.13D$A.3A.A.13D$A.3A.A.13D$A.3A.A.13D$A5.A.13D$7A.
13D!

About one in 30000 dies completely, but I haven't worried about what's encoded... Here's an example:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory
7A2.2A.A.7A$A5.A4.2A.A5.A$A.3A.A4.2A.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.A.3A.A.3A.A$A.3A.A
5.A.A.3A.A$A5.A.A.A.A.A5.A$7A.A.A.A.7A$8.3A$2.2A2.2A3.2A2.A2.2A$2.4A
4.3A2.A2.2A$A3.3A.2A.2A4.A2.A$2.A.A6.A.4A2.A$2.A.3A.A.A.A4.3A$8.A.2A.
A3.2A$7A2.4A4.A2.A$A5.A4.A.2A.2A2.A$A.3A.A.4A2.A.2A2.A$A.3A.A3.A2.2A
2.2A.A$A.3A.A.A3.A2.A.A.A$A5.A2.2A.A3.A3.A$7A2.3A.A3.A.A!

Interesting.
Unsurprisingly, the example you gave doesn't actually seem to encode anything. I wonder what the odds are that a randomly-generated set of pixels would encode to something valid (even if it's gibberish) in the QR format, given that the other necessary parts are there.

[muzik]

Any non-glider-spaceship releasers?

[simeks]

Any non-glider-spaceship releasers?

Pretty rare if the rest should die out too:

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory
7A.A.A3.7A$A5.A2.3A2.A5.A$A.3A.A.2A4.A.3A.A$A.3A.A2.A4.A.3A.A$A.3A.A
4.2A.A.3A.A$A5.A5.A.A5.A$7A.A.A.A.7A$11.2A$2.A3.A3.A.A2.A.A.A$5.A.8A
2.3A$2.A.A.2A4.A2.3A2.A$.A.2A8.2A5.A$A2.4A.2A.A.A2.A2.2A$10.5A.2A.A$
7A7.A$A5.A2.2A.5A2.2A$A.3A.A.A.2A.A3.3A$A.3A.A2.2A.A.4A$A.3A.A3.5A4.A
$A5.A.A8.A.A$7A.2A.2A.7A!

[muzik]

Not neccesarily doe out, as long as the ship survives and escapes out into space.

Any non-standard emitters?

[simeks]

Not neccesarily doe out, as long as the ship survives and escapes out into space.

Any non-standard emitters?

It's easy to prove they exist, but maybe that's not what you had in mind?

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x = 21, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory
7A.A.3A.7A$A5.A.4A2.A5.A$A.3A.A2.3A2.A.3A.A$A.3A.A.A2.A2.A.3A.A$A.3A.
A5.A.A.3A.A$A5.A.A.A.A.A5.A$7A.A.A.A.7A$10.2A$.6A.2A2.9A$A2.A.A2.A5.
2A.A.2A$A4.3A$3A.2A.A$2A.A.2A2.A2.2A$14.A$7A2.A5.A$A5.A5.3A$A.3A.A.A
3.A$A.3A.A11.A$A.3A.A10.A.A$A5.A.2A3.2A2.A2.A$7A5.2A.A2.2A!

[muzik]

Not neccesarily doe out, as long as the ship survives and escapes out into space.

Any non-standard emitters?

It's easy to prove they exist, but maybe that's not what you had in mind?

Well, kinda (remember those handmade 16x16 soups that released loafer and copperhead?)

Although if you could sneak an unrecognisable loafer predecessor in there...

[PHPBB12345]

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#C [[ VIEWONLY ]]
x = 96, y = 55, rule = B3/S23
30b37o$30b37o$30b2o7bobob5obo3b2o2bo7b2o$30b2ob5obo3bobobob2ob2obobob
5ob2o$30b2obo3bobob3o3bobob2o4bobo3bob2o$30b2obo3bob2o2bobo2b3ob2o3bob
o3bob2o$30b2obo3bob2obobob2o5bobobobo3bob2o$30b2ob5obobo3bob2o2b2ob4ob
5ob2o$30b2o7bobobobobobobobobobo7b2o$30b10ob5obo2bobo3b11o$30b4o3bobo
3bo8b2o6b2o3b2o$30b2ob6o2b2ob4o3bobo2bo2b5ob2o$30b2ob2ob2o5b4o2b5ob2ob
ob2o2b3o$30b2obo2b6o9b4ob5o4b2o$30b2ob3o3bo4bo3bobo4bob2o3b5o$30b3obob
obo2b2ob2o4bo2b2ob2ob2o2bob2o$30b4o2b2ob7obob2o2bobo2bo5b3o$30b4ob2obo
2bobo4b2o2bo4bobo3b4o$30b3o2b2o4b2ob2o2b3o2b6o2b6o$30b2o2bo3bobo3b3obo
b5o2bob4o2b2o$30b2obobobob5obobobob2ob4ob3o2b3o$30b4o2b5o2bo2b3obobobo
3b3o2b4o$30b7o3bob2o3b2ob2ob3o2bo3b2ob2o$30b2o2bo2b2obo3bo2b2o5bo2bob
3obob2o$30b2obobo3bobobob2obo2bo3b4o5b3o$30b2obob2obob3ob2ob3ob2obob4o
4b3o$30b2obo2bo3bo2b2ob5o2bo7b2o2b2o$30b10obo2bo4b2o3b2ob3obo3b2o$30b
2o7b5obobo2b3obo2bobob2ob3o$30b2ob5ob2o10bo5b3o5b2o$30b2obo3bobo2bobob
2o2b2o2b2o5b2o2b2o$30b2obo3bobobob3ob2o2bo3b2ob2obobob2o$30b2obo3bobo
3b2o2b6o3bo2b8o$30b2ob5ob4ob3obob2o3b2o3b2ob4o$30b2o7b2o3bob2o2bobobo
3b5ob3o$30b37o$30b37o5$2bo29bo37bo4bobo$2bo29bo37bo4bo2bo9b6o$2bo3b7o
19bo3b7o11b11o4bo2bobo8b5o5bo$5o7bo17b5o7bo26bo2bob7o4bo3bo3bo$2bo9bo
19bo9bo25b4ob2o2bo7bo3bo3bo$2bo9bo19bo9bo28b2obo2bo6bo4bo3bo$2bobo7bo
2b13o4bobo7bo27bo3b6o4b4ob7o$2b2o2b7o19b2o2b7o26bo4bo2bo5b2o2bo7bo$3o
9bo17b3o9bo25b5obo2bo6bo2bo7bo$2bo9bo19bo9bo31b6o4bo2b7obo$2bo9bo19bo
9bo31bo2bo6bo2bo7bo$2bo9bo19bo9bo28b2obo2bo6b4o7bo$2bo2b8o19bo2b8o10b
13o2b3o3b7o3bo2bo7bo$3o9bo17b3o9bo31bo18b2o!