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Re: (15,11)c/107 caterpillar thread
Posted: April 1st, 2026, 10:07 pm
by PC101
I6_I6 wrote: April 1st, 2026, 9:15 am
hibiscus wrote: April 1st, 2026, 12:01 am
I could have never imagined that I'd finish it before April started, but this is what happens when you forgo a night of sleep as a result.
Silk Moth synthesis COMPLETED!!
62124 gliders painstakingly arranged over the course of one night to synthesise the first and only (15,11)c/107 spaceship. I would love to show you how exactly the synthesis looks like, but I'd rather keep the techniques I used to make this a secret until you download the file. Just as a proof that this indeed works, here's the resulting Silk Moth a few million generations after the cleanup of each stage has been performed:
generation100000000.png
Anyway enough with the suspense, here's
THE 62124G SILK MOTH SYNTHESIS.
62124.mc
I don't think that's the correct file, since it doesn't work (not to mention the random rectangle in the northwest).
Unless, of course, this entire thing was just a big April fools joke.
Yeah I also see the random rectangle. I think they uploaded the wrong file.
Re: (15,11)c/107 caterpillar thread
Posted: April 3rd, 2026, 10:55 am
by hotdogPi
Now that it's April 3: was it real?
Re: (15,11)c/107 caterpillar thread
Posted: April 3rd, 2026, 11:01 am
by hibiscus
hotdogPi wrote: April 3rd, 2026, 10:55 am
Now that it's April 3: was it real?
No
Re: (15,11)c/107 caterpillar thread
Posted: April 4th, 2026, 1:12 pm
by PC101
hibiscus wrote: April 3rd, 2026, 11:01 am
hotdogPi wrote: April 3rd, 2026, 10:55 am
Now that it's April 3: was it real?
No
Darn
Re: (15,11)c/107 caterpillar thread
Posted: August 17th, 2026, 1:46 am
by hibiscus
I've been posting about this a little in the Discord but I've made some renewed progress on the Silk moth synthesis. What you see here is the result of ~10436 gliders:
- sm1.png (4.71 KiB) Viewed 389 times
This was the monstrosity used to create this:
- sm2.png (4.12 KiB) Viewed 389 times
According to my calculations, this is a pretty sizeable portion (29.4%) of the "first and only (15,11)c/107 spaceship" synthesised.
Re: (15,11)c/107 caterpillar thread
Posted: August 21st, 2026, 11:59 am
by hibiscus
A page detailing the history of the synthesis thus far:
HIBISCUS vs. THE SILK MOTH
Screenshot of the most recent version (25670G):
- sm46_2.png (2.91 KiB) Viewed 242 times