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Herschel-to-B conduit based on the beehive-to-block reaction x = 80, y = 60, rule = LifeHistory 70.2A$69.B2AB$11.2A3.2A52.2A$11.A.A.A2.A3.2A44.B2A$13.A.2A.A4.A44.4A$ 12.AB.2B.A.3A43.BA4B$12.A3B3A.A45.2A4B$13.4BA2B46.2BAB$11.A2B.B.3B47. 3B$11.AB3.2B48.2B$12.A2.B2AB.2B43.B2AB.2B$9.3A4.2A3B2A43.2A3B2A$...

p37 bouncer with speed tunnel sparker x = 104, y = 88, rule = LifeHistory 36.A$36.3A14.2A$39.A13.A$38.2A4.B5.BA.A$38.8B4.B2A$40.7B.3B$39.6B3ABA B$38.6BA3BABA51.BA$38.7B4ABAB49.2AB$28.2A10.12B48.2B2A$29.A7.3B2.A8B 48.4B$29.A.AB3.B2AB4ABA2B2.B2A45.4B$30.2AB2.2BAB4AB2AB3.BA.A43.4B$32. 8BA2.3B7.A42.4B$3...

132p37 as color-changing reflector x = 70, y = 47, rule = LifeHistory 18.A$18.3A$21.A3.3B$20.2A.7B$20.6BA3B.2B36.B$22.2B2AB2A3B2A34.2B$20. 3B5A2B.B2A33.A2B$19.4B3A5B.B33.BABA$19.11B35.2B2A$15.2B2A10B35.4B$15. BA2BA10B2AB30.4B$14.2BAB2A9BA2BAB28.4B$12.4BA3B.2A10BAB26.4B$5.2A4.B 4A4B2A11BAB25.4B$4.B2A...

Pseudo p35 gun: x = 115, y = 59, rule = LifeHistory 81.B3.B$23.2B55.7B$22.4B51.2B.B2A4B.2B$21.5B50.2A3BABA6BA$21.2B3AB49. 2AB.BA2BA2B.B2A$18.5B3AB5.2A43.B.3BA3BAB.B$7.2A9.4BA3BAB2.BA.AB39.A5. 3B.ABA$8.A8.2BA3B2A2BA3B2A2B16.2A3.2A14.3A34.A$8.A.AB4.2BAB2ABA3B2A4B .B2A13.A2.A.A2.A12.A8.3B.ABA20.3A$9.2A...

High-clearance p7 inserter x = 94, y = 53, rule = LifeHistory 74.A.A$71.A2.2A.A$71.3A3.A$75.2A.2A.A$73.2A.A.A.2A$19.B53.A2.2B$17.2A 3B52.2ABA$17.2A3B3.B45.3A2.BAB$17.BA3BA.3A44.A2.2A3B$16.BA3B6A45.A.A. 4B$16.A2.4BA.B45.2A.A.2AB2A.2A$17.5A49.A2.A3BA.A.2A$72.2A2.B.A.A$17. 5A52.5A.4A$16.A2.4BA.B48.A3.B...

SVG icon for Golly The appicon.xpm that comes with Golly sucks (and xpm is deprecated). Here is an SVG icon that you can import into inkscape and modify to your liking: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <svg version="1.0" width="128" height="128" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/sv...

A compact switchable glider gun It turns out that the age-old PRNG topic isn't exhausted yet. Here is a compact way to build a toggleable glider gun (the PRNGs are just a handy way to build a demo). For some even periods a half-period gun can be used (not for all even periods though; the p46 had to ...

True Herschel Heisenburps These two use the ordinary common or garden reaction (the first may actually be useful, though there is a false Heisenburp that does the same thing): x = 92, y = 28, rule = LifeHistory 27.DB48.CB$26.BDBD46.BCBC$12.2A11.2B2D33.2A11.2B2C$11.B2A2B8.4B9.2A 22.B2A2B8.4B9.2A$12.4...

p54 true Heisenburp device using a teardrop x = 156, y = 181, rule = LifeHistory 146.A4.4B$144.3A3.2A3B$143.A6.2BAB2A$143.2A3.AB.A.B2A$139.6B2.BABA3.B $136.4B2AB4.2BA$134.6B2A3B2.4B$133.13B.2B2AB$134.7BA4B3.2A$134.7B2A4B $135.5BABA4B$114.A21.10B$114.3A3.2A15.7B$117.A2.A.A13.8B$112.6A2B.A.A .2A8.10B$...

p17 gun: Further reduction x = 128, y = 108, rule = LifeHistory 34.A36.A$24.A7.3A26.A7.3A$23.A.A5.A28.A.A5.A$23.BA2B4.2A27.BA2B4.2A$ 24.2B.6B28.2B.6B$25.6B31.6B$24.8B18.2A9.8B18.2A$22.9B.B17.A8.9B.B17.A $22.11B14.BA.A8.11B14.BA.A$20.2AB.2B2A6B.B11.B2A7.2AB.4BA5B.B11.B2A$ 19.A.AB.2B2A10B7.3B8.A.AB.3B...

@Jormungant: Something like this for p17: x = 129, y = 133, rule = LifeHistory 16.A$16.3A$12.A6.A$12.3A3.2A$5.2A8.A2.4B$6.A7.2A4.2B3.BA$6.A.AB4.9B.B A.A$7.2AB6.5BA4BA$9.2BA2.5B2AB2A.B$9.B2A7B2AB2AB$10.ABA12B45.A$11.9B 2A3B35.A7.3A$12.9BA3B34.A.A5.A$12.8BA.A.2BA32.A2BA4.2A$12.7B2AB2.2A.A 32.2B.6B$11....

p17 gun: I was right about Jormungant's herschel factory: x = 129, y = 109, rule = LifeHistory 34.A36.A$24.A7.3A26.A7.3A$23.A.A5.A28.A.A5.A$23.BA2B4.2A27.BA2B4.2A$ 24.2B.6B28.2B.6B$25.6B20.A10.6B$24.B3A4B17.3A9.8B18.2A$22.2ABA5B.B15. A10.9B.B17.A$22.2B2AB3A3B15.2A9.11B14.BA.A$20.A2B.10B.B10.4B7.2AB....

@iNoMed: Can be further reduced: x = 140, y = 122, rule = LifeHistory 75.A$75.3A$39.A31.A6.A$29.A7.3A31.3A3.2A$28.A.A5.A27.2A8.A2.4B$28.BA 2B4.2A27.A7.2A4.2B3.BA37.A$29.2B.6B27.A.AB4.9B.BA.A34.3A$30.B2A3B20.A 9.2AB6.BA8BA34.A6.A$29.BAB2ABAB17.3A11.3B2.2B3A5B.B35.2A3.3A$27.3BA3B AB.A15.A14.6B5A5B34.4...

@Jormungant: Something like this: x = 112, y = 115, rule = LifeHistory 95.A$93.3A$92.A6.A$92.2A3.3A$90.4B2.A8.2A$85.AB3.2B4.2A7.A$84.A.AB.9B 4.BA.A$85.A10B6.B2A$86.B.4B2A4B2.3B$87.5B2A9B$87.9BA5B$87.8B2A4B$87. 8BA4B$85.2AB.B.4BA4B$84.A.AB2.5BAB2AB$84.A7.3BA2BA2B$83.2A8.3B2A3B$ 92.8B$93.9B$93.9B$95.8...

p61 Herschel to LWSS x = 138, y = 132, rule = LifeHistory 94.2A$94.A.A$96.A4.2A$92.4A.2A2.A2.A$92.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$94.BABABA.A$95. B2ABA.A$96.2B.BA$95.3B$86.2A6.4B$87.A6.B2A3B$87.A.AB3.B2A3B$88.2AB. 10B$90.13B$90.14B$87.A2.15B$85.3A4.8B2.4B$84.A7.6B5.4B$84.2A5.9B4.4B$ 80.2B.3B4.4B4.2A5.4B$71.B5.7B5.4B5...

Smaller p51-based p17 gun Probably room for improvement here (maybe Jormungant's herschel factory can be made to work) x = 144, y = 123, rule = LifeHistory 76.A$76.3A$40.A31.A6.A47.A$30.A7.3A31.3A3.2A45.3A$29.A.A5.A27.2A8.A2. 4B42.A6.A$29.BA2B4.2A27.A7.2A4.2B3.BA37.2A3.3A$30.BA.6B27.A.AB4.9B.BA .A34...

It doesn't have to make sense -- and it doesn't, really. This Pointless Optimization Game is an arbitrary exercise that has been going on since somewhere around the turn of the century -- or is "turn of the millennium" the right phrase? All right, then: x = 121, y = 122, rule = LifeHistory 75.2A$74...

p56 Quetzal with pi version of speed tunnel Not the smallest p56, I know, just playing around with the speed tunnel. x = 152, y = 122, rule = LifeHistory 89.2A$88.A.A$82.2A4.A$52.2A26.A2.A2.2A.4A$52.A.A25.2A.A.A.A.A2.A$54.A 4.2A22.A.ABABAB$50.4A.2A2.A2.A20.A.AB2AB$50.A2.A.A.A.A.2A21.AB.2B$52. BABABA...

p77 gun reduced slightly using meatball SW-2: I'm aware of the meatball. But I'm not convinced that reducing the BB at the cost of increasing population makes sense x = 77, y = 60, rule = LifeHistory 31.2A$27.2A.A.A9.A$28.A.A9.3A$28.A.2A7.A21.A$25.2A.A.4B5.2A20.3A$25.A 2.4A4BA4B3.2A18.A$26.2A2.BA3B...

p62 gun using speed tunnel x = 89, y = 65, rule = LifeHistory 38.2A$34.2A.A.A9.A$35.A.A9.3A$35.A.2A7.A$32.2A.A.4B5.2A$32.A2.4A5B3AB 3.2A3.2A21.A$33.2A2.BA4B3A5.A5.A19.3A$11.2B22.3A.3BA2BAB.BA.A5.A.AB 15.A$5.14B16.A4.2B2A3B.B2A7.A.AB.B12.2A$4.B4A6B4AB13.A.A4.9B10.A3B2A 8.5B$4.BA2BA6BA2BAB13.2A5.9B9.3...

Smaller p77 and p65 using speed tunnels x = 79, y = 60, rule = LifeHistory 58.2A$48.A9.A.A.2A$48.3A9.A.A$51.A7.2A.A$18.A31.2A5.4B.A.2A$18.3A24. 2A3.4BA4B4A2.A$21.A22.A.A5.BABA3BAB2.2A$20.2A20.3A.A.AB.2BA2BA2B.3A$ 20.4B17.A5.2AB.3B2A2B4.A$22.B2A16.2A6.9B4.A.A$21.2B2A14.4B6.9B5.2A$4. 2A15.5B12.3B8.9B$...

Is it possible to make pull requests to Catagolue? It has a login window. Do I need to create an account, or can I use my Conwaylife login? I already found the tutorial, but it only mentions a Google account, which I don't want to create. No details about anonymous contributions (in my case that wou...

Slightly smaller gun_98 x = 64, y = 60, rule = LifeHistory 32.2A$32.A.A$34.A4.2A$30.4A.2A2.A2.A$30.A2.A.A.A.A.2A$32.BABABA.A$33. B2ABA.A$34.2B.BA$14.A18.3B$13.A.A8.2A6.5B7.A$14.A10.A6.B2A3B6.3A$25.A .AB3.B2A4B8.A$12.5A9.2AB.10B6.A.A$12.A3.A11.13B5.A.AB$14.A13.14B5.A3B $4.AB.2B2A2.3A12.15B6.4B$3.A.2A...

Slightly smaller gun_49 x = 113, y = 72, rule = LifeHistory 72.2A4.A$73.A3.A.A$73.A.3A.A$74.A3.A$76.A$66.AB.2B2A2.3A$65.A.2AB3AB 4.A$65.A.6BA3.2A$64.2A.2A6B2.6B$62.2BA.BA2B.A3B4.B2A4B$62.3BAB3.BA3B 2.3B2A6B$62.3BA.2BAB.A2B.13B$62.6B2A.2A3.12B$63.A6B.A3.13B$63.B3AB2A. A3.12B$64.2A2B.BA5.10B$78.7B$78....

Smaller gun_38 x = 113, y = 99, rule = LifeHistory 33.2A5.2A9.B$33.A.A.BA2B.A7.2AB$35.A2BAB.2A7.B2ABAB$35.A2.A2.5B5.6A$ 36.2AB4.5B4.B3.A$38.A3.4B3A2B3AB3A$34.3AB3.4B3ABAB.BA2B.AB$33.A2.2A4. 3BA3BA2B2.B.2A$32.A.A2B.A4.3B3A7.B2AB$32.A.A2.A.A4.5B9.2A$33.A3.A.A3. 7B8.A$38.A3.4B.4B8.3A$41.4B3.4B9.A14.A$4...