Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

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TheWayOfTheCon wrote: October 3rd, 2026, 8:08 pm
Introducing the BoatRotator 6900™, also a useless discovery.

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x = 95, y = 95, rule = B3/S23
15bo$15b3o$18bo$17b2o$18b3o52b2o$19bobo49bo2bo$18bo3bo$18b5o47bo$17b2o
3b2o$18b5o48b2o$19b3o51bo$20bo2$70b2o3b2o$70b2o3b2o$27b2o9b2o14b2o15b
5o17b2o$27b2o8b2o15b2o16bobo18bo$38b5o43bo4bobo$13b2o24b4o29b3o10b4ob
3o$13b3o68b2obob2o$4b2o9b2obo20b4o40b3obo2bo$4bo5bo4bo2bo19b5o41b2obo
bo$9bo5b2obo18b2o15b2o29b4o$5bo3bo3b3o22b2o14b2o30bo$7bo5b2o3$78b2o$78b
2o4$53b2o$53b2o6$15b2o5b2o48bo5bo$15b2o5b2o8b2o37b3o3b3o$32b2o36b2ob2o
b2ob2o$41bo27b3o7b3o$40bobo$41b2o5bo22bo7bo$47bo$44bo2b3o$43bobo$43b2o
5$15b2o5b2o37b2o$15bob2ob2obo37b2o8b2o5b2o$16bobobobo48b2o5b2o$16bobo
bobo$15bo7bo4$17b2ob2o18b2o$15bo2bobo2bo16b2o$15b3o3b3o$16bo5bo2$15b2o
$15b2o3$49b2o9b3ob3o14bo$10bobo26b2o6b2ob2o7bob2ob2obo13bobo$10bo3bo24b
2o6bo2bo7b2o7b2o4b2o7bobo$14bo5b3o24bo2bo8bob2ob2obo4bo2bo6bo2bo3b2o$
10bo4bo4b3o25b2o10b3ob3o5bo2bo6bobo4b2o$14bo60bo5bobo$2b2o6bo3bo33b2o
25bo5bo$bobo6bobo34bo2bo22bobo$bo16b2o3b2o14b2o6bo2bo15b2o5bobo$2o17b
5o15b2o6b2ob2o14b2o6bo$20b3o26b2o$21bo$71b2o3b2o$71bo5bo2$72bo3bo$73b
3o3$20b2o$20b2o$76b2o$76bo$77b3o$79bo!

By the way, the oscillator is period 690.
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

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parkes24 wrote: October 4th, 2026, 8:42 am
TheWayOfTheCon wrote: October 3rd, 2026, 8:08 pm
Introducing the BoatRotator 6900™, also a useless discovery.

By the way, the oscillator is period 690.
I know, I just added an extra zero to make it sound a bit more like a product name.
I could've chose a better username, but oh well.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

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A very near miss for a new crawler. I debated whether I wanted to post it to the crawlers thread but decided not to.

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x = 9, y = 68, rule = B3/S23
2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b
2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o8$3o3b
3o$o2bobo2bo$ob2ob2obo!
Speed is 8c/27.
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x = 10, y = 3, rule = B34twz/S23
b2o4b2o$obo4bobo$2bo4bo!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

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NNlk05 wrote: October 4th, 2026, 12:18 pm A very near miss for a new crawler. I debated whether I wanted to post it to the crawlers thread but decided not to.

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x = 9, y = 68, rule = B3/S23
2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b
2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o8$3o3b
3o$o2bobo2bo$ob2ob2obo!
Speed is 8c/27.
You can place them side by side to make a sort of infinite crawler:

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x = 46, y = 61, rule = B3/S23:T52,71
3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2o
b2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b
2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob
2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b
2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o6$2bo5b
o11bo5bo10bo5bo$b3o3b3o9b3o3b3o8b3o3b3o$o2b2ob2o2bo7bo2b2ob2o2bo6bo2b
2ob2o2bo$o3bobo3bo7bo3bobo3bo6bo3bobo3bo$b2obobob2o9b2obobob2o8b2obob
ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o!

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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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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

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I6_I6 wrote: October 4th, 2026, 2:31 pm
NNlk05 wrote: October 4th, 2026, 12:18 pm A very near miss for a new crawler. I debated whether I wanted to post it to the crawlers thread but decided not to.

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x = 9, y = 68, rule = B3/S23
2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b
2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o7$2b2ob2o$2b2ob2o8$3o3b
3o$o2bobo2bo$ob2ob2obo!
Speed is 8c/27.
You can place them side by side to make a sort of infinite crawler:

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x = 46, y = 61, rule = B3/S23:T52,71
3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2o
b2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b
2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob
2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b
2ob2o12b2ob2o7$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o6$2bo5b
o11bo5bo10bo5bo$b3o3b3o9b3o3b3o8b3o3b3o$o2b2ob2o2bo7bo2b2ob2o2bo6bo2b
2ob2o2bo$o3bobo3bo7bo3bobo3bo6bo3bobo3bo$b2obobob2o9b2obobob2o8b2obob
ob2o$3b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o!
I say we make this a thread. Anyways, could stabilize with blocks.

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x = 58, y = 61, rule = B3/S23
9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$2o54b2o$2o54b2o5$9b2o
b2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$2o54b2o$2o54b2o5$9b2ob2o13b
2ob2o12b2ob2o$9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$2o54b2o$2o54b2o5$9b2ob2o13b2ob2o
12b2ob2o$9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$2o54b2o$2o54b2o5$9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2o
b2o$9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$2o54b2o$2o54b2o5$9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$
9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$2o54b2o$2o54b2o5$9b2ob2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$9b2o
b2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o$2o54b2o$2o54b2o4$8bo5bo11bo5bo10bo5bo$7b3o3b3o9b3o
3b3o8b3o3b3o$6bo2b2ob2o2bo7bo2b2ob2o2bo6bo2b2ob2o2bo$2o4bo3bobo3bo7bo
3bobo3bo6bo3bobo3bo4b2o$2o5b2obobob2o9b2obobob2o8b2obobob2o5b2o$9b2ob
2o13b2ob2o12b2ob2o!
We could probably make some reactions using multiple of these things in different phases. I've tried a lot, but they weren't too good.
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x = 15, y = 9, rule = B3-jr4jn6c/S234i5r
6bo$6bo$8bo$8b3o$10bo$7bo2bo$7b3o!
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