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77topaz wrote:rliston, could you please increase your haul size? You're submitting so many hauls so quickly that apgsearch processes such as /verify are getting backlogged. I recommend using 10x-30x the haul size you're currently using.

Sure, I increased soups_per_haul to 300M. Thanks, Rob

My FPGA code is checked in to https://github.com/rliston/life-soup along with 288 20x20 soups with lifespan 25K+. It is currently running on a Xilinx EK-U1-VCU118-G evaluation board but with some effort the verilog code could be ported to run on AWS F1 instances e.g. https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/inst...

Just for the record, here's the actual JavaLifeSearch link . WinLifeSearch and a pile of other search software can be found at the bottom of the Game of Life Links thread. As well as on the wiki . Thanks for the pointers everyone. I am planning to minimize the (288) 25K+ lifespan patterns in https:...

Here's the minimal population 20 by 20 pattern that agrees after one generation (population 149): x = 20, y = 20, rule = B3/S23 bobob2o6bo$2obob2ob3ob3o2b3o$b2o2bo6b5o$bobo4b4o5b2o$b2ob2obob3o2bobob o$b2ob3o3bo7b2o$bo6bobo6b3o$b2o5bo7bob2o$o4bo3bobo5bo$obo2bobo6b2obo$b o7bo6bo$3o8b2ob4o$b2o11bo2bob...

Very impressive! I'm intrigued to hear more about your FPGA search program. It does prompt the question: if apgsearch tracked the lifespans of soups, what would the current record-breaker be? Over 10 trillion soups have been sampled in Catagolue, but long-lived soups aren't currently filtered. My F...

Found this 20x20 soup with lifespan 39693 after searching ~23B patterns using my own FPGA-based search engine. #Life 1.05 #D Wilma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilma_Flintstone) #D L=39693 #D I=197 #D F=3524 #D Rob Liston 10-28-2018 #N #P -10.0 -10.0 *..*.**..*.*..*..... **..**.***.*.**..*** .**.....