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confocaloid wrote: December 31st, 2023, 6:01 pm

hotcrystal0 wrote: December 31st, 2023, 4:55 pm What is a wick/agar where some copies of the main part are shifted by some generations called?

I believe some examples of this were posted in discussion Talk:Honey farm hasslers (an incomplete p26 pre-pulsar hassling wick; a p25 pre-pulsar hassler).

wildmyron wrote: June 5th, 2017, 2:10 am

drc wrote:EDIT: In another rule (to avoid triple posting), here's a really frickin cool puffer:

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x = 6, y = 26, rule = B3-ej6e/S234i
3o$obo$2b2o21$4b2o$2bobo$2b3o!

That is just mesmerizing. It's like a demonstration of transverse and longitudinal waves at the same time.

I couldn't resist posting this simple cleanup:

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x = 15, y = 40, rule = B3-ej6e/S234i
9b3o$9bobo$11b2o21$13b2o$11bobo$11b3o12$2b2o$obo$3o!

TYCF wrote: January 1st, 2024, 8:54 am How many 'printers' have been constructed which creates images using spaceships?

• the variants of the golly-ticker pattern (from Golly's Patterns/Life/Guns, originally based on Alan Hensel's decimal counter, though there have been p30 and p46 and I think maybe p1 variants built) -- there's a script to build these for any arbitrary bit pattern;
• the LCD (Loafer Character Display) from Jormungant's high-bandwidth telegraph project, and otsimo's 2020 adaptations of it (stationary printer, moving display);
• Mr. T's c/10-based printers that also print bitmaps in the form of fleets of loafers (moving printer, moving display)
• the various c/2-based printers by GilGil

Haycat2009 wrote: January 1st, 2024, 7:39 pm

muzik wrote: January 3rd, 2024, 10:50 am Has anyone disproven the possibility of a T-nosed p3 so far?

Haycat2009 wrote: January 4th, 2024, 12:38 am How do I use Moose antlers as a catalyst?

x = 38, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
bo11bo$2bo9bo$3o9b3o2$3b2o5b2o4b2o5b2o4b2o5b2o$3bo7bo4bo7bo4bo7bo$4b3o
b3o6b3ob3o6b3ob3o$6bobo10bobo10bobo$7bo12bo11bobo$33bo$20b2o13b2o$35b
2o!

x = 30, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
7bo14bo$2o4bobo12bobo4b2o$obo4bo14bo4bobo$2bo24bo$2b3o20b3o$5bo18bo$2b
3o20b3o$2bo24bo$obo7bo8bo7bobo$2o7bobo6bobo7b2o$9bobo6bobo$9b3o6b3o$9b
3o6b3o$9bobo6bobo$2o7bobo6bobo7b2o$obo7bo8bo7bobo$2bo24bo$2b3o20b3o$5b
o18bo$2b3o20b3o$2bo24bo$obo4bo14bo4bobo$2o4bobo12bobo4b2o$7bo14bo!

TYCF wrote: January 6th, 2024, 5:31 am What is the longest-lasting collision of a glider and a natural still life?

x = 8, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
o5b2o$b2obo2bo$2o2b2o!
#C [[ STOP 1810 ]]

x = 5, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2b2o$bo2bo$o2bo$b2o2$2bo$b2o$bobo!
#C [[ STOP 2585 ]]

x = 9, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
7b2o$2ob2ob2o$bob2o3bo$bo$2o!
#C [[ STOP 3854 ]]

hkoenig wrote: January 8th, 2024, 3:57 pm[...]
I also noted a collision between a Glider and a MWSS that will produce only stable objects after 605 generations, but I can't find the exact configuration.
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#C final population 71
#C final pattern has bounding box 55x44 and
#C includes 9 blocks, 4 beehives, a tub and a loaf
x = 8, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
bo$o$3o$5bo$3bo3bo$2bo$2bo4bo$2b5o!

otismo wrote: January 9th, 2024, 9:00 am Are re-forming catalysts similar enough to oscillators?

dvgrn wrote: January 9th, 2024, 9:24 am

otismo wrote: January 9th, 2024, 9:00 am Are re-forming catalysts similar enough to oscillators?

Similar enough for what purpose, or for what comparison, exactly?

Sometimes reforming catalysts are oscillators.

otismo wrote: January 9th, 2024, 3:48 pm I think we would have to agree that re-forming catalysts are oscillators.

But since they are mostly still lifes, they are "on the fence" between conduit/periodic.

HerscheltheHerschel wrote: January 11th, 2024, 8:40 am Does this have any octohash and octo3obj results, and what's it's census.rle rank? (B-engine calls this active region B-turner)

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x = 4, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
b3o$o2bo$2bo$2bo!

HerscheltheHerschel wrote: January 11th, 2024, 10:52 am Why do so many rare objects involve pi-heptominos in their formation?

HerscheltheHerschel wrote: January 11th, 2024, 10:52 am Why do so many rare objects involve pi-heptominos in their formation?

confocaloid wrote: January 20th, 2023, 8:31 pm[...]
The xp15 and xp30 tabulations together have 18 occurrences of constellations, all of which would normally be occurrences of a pentadecathlon. The two most common are the following constellation (6 occurrences) and a clean pentadecathlon (5 occurrences):

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#C https://catagolue.hatsya.com/object/xp15_w66z033zxeaeeeeae_gvppfz7447z0eehlhwhlhee/x2xb3s23clustersv0
x = 13, y = 15, rule = B3S23clustersv0
.4B$.B2AB$.B2AB$.4B$4B$B2AB$B2AB$4B3$3.3B2.3B$.2B8A2B$.2BAB4ABA2B$.2B8A2B$3.
3B2.3B!

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#C https://catagolue.hatsya.com/object/xp15_sksy033w66zvnv/b3s23
x = 13, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
7b2o$7b2o2b2o$3o8b2o$obo$3o$3o$3o$3o$obo$3o!

The reason for the commonness of that constellation seems to be the pi+block collision:

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x = 10, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
b2o$obo$o$obo$b2o5b2o$8b2o!

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