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[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