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by b-engine » May 7th, 2025, 4:12 am
"CA roleplay factions" be like:
[insert faction name] jailed [insert name] for [reason]:
"Actual CA factions" be like:
[insert period] [type of pattern]:
Me: native CA "factioner" trying to figure out how to break inside the roleplay faction and wreak it like Trojan horse.
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by CARuler » May 7th, 2025, 11:13 pm
b-engine wrote: May 7th, 2025, 4:12 am
"CA roleplay factions" be like:
[insert faction name] jailed [insert name] for [reason]:
"Actual CA factions" be like:
[insert period] [type of pattern]:
Me: native CA "factioner" trying to figure out how to break inside the roleplay faction and wreak it like Trojan horse.
why?
What is this about?
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by confocaloid » May 8th, 2025, 3:17 am
CARuler wrote: May 7th, 2025, 11:13 pm
[very long quote omitted]
why?
The same question could be asked about the recurring situation illustrated here, where someone quotes an entire long post just to leave a short reply.
Forum rule 3d: "... only quote text that is actually relevant to your post ..."
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by hotcrystal0 » May 18th, 2025, 8:56 pm
Is there any problem with the definition I use?
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the link is here
139 days until New York's age verification law goes into effect.
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x = 192, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
33$42b4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o3$41b2o$39bo6bo$38bo8bo$38bo8bo$38b9o3$42b
4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o!
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by islptng » May 18th, 2025, 9:58 pm
hotcrystal0 wrote: May 18th, 2025, 8:56 pm
Is there any problem with the definition I use?
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@RULE test
@TABLE
n_states:2
neighborhood:Moore
symmetries:none
var a = {0,1,2}
var b = a
var c = a
var d = a
var e = a
var f = a
var g = a
var h = a
♂ ,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,♀
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by Citation needed » May 19th, 2025, 12:03 am
islptng wrote: May 18th, 2025, 9:58 pm
hotcrystal0 wrote: May 18th, 2025, 8:56 pm
Is there any problem with the definition I use?
hotcrystal0 wrote: April 26th, 2025, 5:36 pm
cis/trans: the difference between these two still lives
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x = 14, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
3bo8b2o$2bobo6bobo$bob2o5bobo$bo8bo$2o7b2o!
HRT: higher-range totalistic
bi: prefix for certain pseudo still lives
non-binary: not base 2
transition: controversy has led me to leave this undefined
someone please make a literal bi-block
"RLE" means "Run Length Encoded".
"MAP" means "Non-isotropic Range 1 Two-state Rule".
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by Citation needed » June 1st, 2025, 7:04 pm
Citation needed wrote: May 19th, 2025, 12:03 am
hotcrystal0 wrote: April 26th, 2025, 5:36 pm
cis/trans: the difference between these two still lives
HRT: higher-range totalistic
bi: prefix for certain pseudo still lives
non-binary: not base 2
transition: controversy has led me to leave this undefined
someone please make a literal bi-block
"RLE" means "Run Length Encoded".
"MAP" means "Non-isotropic Range 1 Two-state Rule".
Most importantly, "LGBT" means "Life Graded By Transitions".
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#CXRLE Gen=-2
x = 4, y = 3, rule = LGBT-INT
bKCW$Q$U!
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by hotcrystal0 » June 21st, 2025, 2:32 pm
d/dx wrote: if I see, one single ship ever I will blow up this whole universe
*changes rule to B36/S23*
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x = 29, y = 18, rule = B36/S23
8bo$8bo$8bo6b2o$14bobo$14b2o$22b3o2$6b2o$6b2o4b2o$2o9bo2bo$2o10b2o2$18b
2o$18b2o$10bo$9bobo14b2o$9bo2bo13bobo$10b2o15b2o!
139 days until New York's age verification law goes into effect.
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x = 192, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
33$42b4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o3$41b2o$39bo6bo$38bo8bo$38bo8bo$38b9o3$42b
4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o!
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by LWSSONHWSSONLWSS » June 22nd, 2025, 1:06 am
hotcrystal0 wrote: June 21st, 2025, 2:32 pm
d/dx wrote: if I see, one single ship ever I will blow up this whole universe
*changes rule to B36/S23*
Or B3/S2-e3
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x = 29, y = 18, rule = B3/S2-e3
8bo$8bo$8bo6b2o$14bobo$14b2o$22b3o2$6b2o$6b2o4b2o$2o9bo2bo$2o10b2o2$18b
2o$18b2o$10bo$9bobo14b2o$9bo2bo13bobo$10b2o15b2o!
Now the ships are tubs.
Use B3/S23-n to eat the ships.
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x = 29, y = 18, rule = B3/S23-n
8bo$8bo$8bo6b2o$14bobo$14b2o$22b3o2$6b2o$6b2o4b2o$2o9bo2bo$2o10b2o2$18b
2o$18b2o$10bo$9bobo14b2o$9bo2bo13bobo$10b2o15b2o!
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by pifricted » July 9th, 2025, 10:44 am
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They are
REAL .
...is enjoying his teenage time.
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by PK22 » July 9th, 2025, 11:38 am
pifricted wrote: July 9th, 2025, 10:44 am
(Noooo.png)
They are
REAL .
I 'rescued' your princess in 9G:
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51bo$52bo19bobo$50b3o19b2o$9bo63bo$9b2o66bo$8bobo3bo60b2o$13b2o61b2o$
13bobo3$16b2o$16bobo$16bo2$b2o75b2o$obo61bo12bo2bo$2bo61b2o11bo2bo$63b
obo12b2o4$82b2o$67b2o13bobo$67b2o13bo!
Also, you can semi-automate finding the right castle/soup using findpreds.py. Devils 1 and 3 will interfere with your search, though.
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by LuveelVoom » July 21st, 2025, 4:36 pm
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by LuveelVoom » July 21st, 2025, 5:05 pm
Here's another:
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by pifricted » July 22nd, 2025, 5:53 am
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...is enjoying his teenage time.
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by pifricted » August 8th, 2025, 7:35 am
Ehhh....
Double post but long time no post.
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...is enjoying his teenage time.
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by LuveelVoom » October 17th, 2025, 9:43 pm
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by TigerCub414 » October 27th, 2025, 10:38 pm
"Can I have CatForce?"
"We have CatForce at home"
CatForce at home:
https://alexibay.com/games/cat-force/
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8b3o$7bo2bo$7bo2bo$7b3o4$28b3o$28bo2bo$28bo2bo$29b3o11$3o$o2bo$o2bo$b
3o4$22b3o$21bo2bo$21bo2bo$21b3o!
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by tommyaweosme » November 3rd, 2025, 6:13 pm
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here's the gosper glider gun
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#R life
24bo$22bobo$12b2o6b2o12b2o$11bo3bo4b2o12b2o$2o8bo5bo3b2o$2o8bo3bob2o4b
obo$10bo5bo7bo$11bo3bo$12b2o!
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by hotcrystal0 » November 10th, 2025, 9:06 pm
I really just had to post this.
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139 days until New York's age verification law goes into effect.
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x = 192, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
33$42b4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o3$41b2o$39bo6bo$38bo8bo$38bo8bo$38b9o3$42b
4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o!
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by speedydelete » November 16th, 2025, 8:12 pm
I made this for no reason!
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I manage the
5S project , which collects all known spaceship speeds in certain rulespaces.
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by b-engine » November 29th, 2025, 5:24 am
LuveelVoom wrote: October 17th, 2025, 9:43 pm
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Also, they suck at classic Minesweeper but can speedrun
INT minesweeper .
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by hibiscus » November 29th, 2025, 6:05 am
Never ended up getting around to posting this here:
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#C [[ ZOOM 8 TRACK -3/87 -1/87 ]]
x = 4, y = 5, rule = B35ay/S2-i3-e4ey5j
2bo$b2o$2obo$bobo$2b2o!
29.09.26
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by b-engine » December 7th, 2025, 8:47 am
The only POTY 2025 candidates:
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by qqd » February 4th, 2026, 2:22 pm
Someone: What is the smallest known stable glider eater in B3/S23?
Every Life enthusiast : Fishhook.
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x = 7, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o$2o2$3b2o$3bo$4b3o$6bo!
Someone: I found that the block is a smaller one:
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x = 6, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
3bo$4b2o$2ob2o$2o!
Life enthusiasts:
Currently writing a utility in Lua that may be helpful for faster manual pattern manipulation.
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by I6_I6 » February 5th, 2026, 3:58 am
qqd wrote: February 4th, 2026, 2:22 pm
Someone: What is the smallest known stable glider eater in B3/S23?
Every Life enthusiast : Fishhook.
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x = 7, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o$2o2$3b2o$3bo$4b3o$6bo!
Someone: I found that the block is a smaller one:
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x = 6, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
3bo$4b2o$2ob2o$2o!
Life enthusiasts:
Also tub
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x = 5, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
2bo$3b2o$2b2o2$bo$obo$bo!
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#C [[ THEME Golly ]]
x = 27, y = 15, rule = LifeHistory
8.A$A6.A.A$3A4.BA2B.B2D$3.A4.2B.2B2DB$2.2A2.3B.6B2.3B$2.20B$4.19B$4.2B
C10BD4B$4.2B2C10BD4B$4.B2C11B2D3B$4.13B2D4B$5.12BD3B.B2A$6.13B3.BA.A$
6.3B.B3.B10.A$25.2A!
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