Talk:Rectifier

Uses

Why don`t I ever see this OR the boojum reflector in patterns? Why do I always see two pentadecthalons or a figure eight, a boat, and an block? -wwei23 11:58AM 10/4/2015 NY time

Population

Population count can be reduced by 4 cells by using tubs instand of snakes in eater

The reason the snakes are used on the eater 3 is to minimize the bounding box. Minimal bounding boxes are typically considered more important than minimal cell counts when dealing with stable technology.
~Sokwe 13:20, 14 October 2011 (CDT)

Removal of pauses

Regarding this edit, I think pauses are useful. Without pauses, the glider appears out of nowhere and immediately starts moving, which is non-intuitive. I think it's much easier to understand what happens if the patterns stays non-animated for some time. Confocal (talk) 06:43, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Could modify the RLE so that the glider starts out outside the visible box, but I'm not sure if the RLE is used anywhere else that could potentially break. --Galoomba (talk) 08:45, 26 May 2023 (UTC)