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by praosylen
December 21st, 2023, 4:43 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3049
Views: 1116310

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Quick and (less) dirty p72 version with a nice glider output. the evolution has a mild bottleneck after the first glider is released when the debris-taming glider I used is removed, so maybe an actual sparky ship rather than my lazy attempts at overusing Heisenburp glider spam could clean it more e...
by praosylen
December 19th, 2023, 5:59 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3049
Views: 1116310

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Edit 2: and this messy puffer: x = 153, y = 92, rule = B3/S23 20b2o$19b2obo$20bo$20bo2bo$20bo3bo$20bo2bo3$21b3o$21bo$22b2o$23b2o$23b obo10bo7b2o$23bobo9b2o6bo2bo$23bo11bobo4b2o4b2ob2o$26b2o14bo2bo2bo$38b 2o4b2o3bo2bo$27bobo8b3o2bobo4b2o$20b2o20bo$19b2o8bobo4b2o3bo4bo13bo$ 21bo13b2o6bobo7b2o4b2o8b2o...
by praosylen
November 10th, 2023, 12:32 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3049
Views: 1116310

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

I made a brief effort to produce an extremely high clearance version of the c/4d p28 puffer, but no luck: rle I'm not even sure what we'd do with it if solved... [...] And here is an even higher clearance version: rle It could be paired one closer although (a) its sparks touch (but still die immedi...
by praosylen
October 18th, 2023, 4:20 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Wrong answers only thread
Replies: 507
Views: 26102

Re: Wrong answers only thread

unname4798 wrote:
October 17th, 2023, 12:34 pm
Q: How many known oscillators have period 1000 or more?
None, if an object would repeat after 1000 or more generations, it is instead classified as PATHOLOGICAL, not an oscillator.

What practical use does the mango have?
by praosylen
August 10th, 2023, 4:13 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3049
Views: 1116310

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

Do we already have a p6 fencepost for the bottom side of this wick edge or should I go searching for that? Found, pictured paired with some version of the other fencepost and paired with the 2c/8 front corner: fenceposts Recognized a motif, here's a reduction: x = 248, y = 160, rule = B3/S23 119b3o...
by praosylen
July 22nd, 2023, 2:26 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4445
Views: 1670130

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

P10 Butterfly Hassler: (Don't know if this is discovered.) x = 32, y = 32, rule = B3/S23 29b2o$29bo$30bo$21b2o6b2o$20bo2bo4bo$27b4o$31bo$19bobo3bo4b2o$20bob4o 2$12b3o5b2o$12bobo5b2o$10b2o2bo$10bo9bob4o$10b3o6bobo3bo4b2o$31bo$27b 4o$20bo2bo4bo$21b2o6b2o$7bo6bo15bo$4bo3bob2obo3bo11bo$3bo3bo2b2o2bo3bo...
by praosylen
July 21st, 2023, 7:22 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4445
Views: 1670130

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

This is like literally the only way this year's POTY could possibly be competitive: p19 is big news, but p41 is also big news. I don't expect anything else to have a chance for POTY, but who knows which of these will win Combined entry for both, perhaps? Almost feels unfair to pit them against each...
by praosylen
July 2nd, 2023, 12:57 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: POTY 2022 Voting Thread
Replies: 46
Views: 6501

Re: POTY 2022 Voting Thread

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by praosylen
May 5th, 2023, 4:56 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4445
Views: 1670130

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

A partial of a different sort... a sparky p15 wick that has easy stabilizations (as individual rotors) in a bunch of rules 1 transition off CGoL, but nothing I can immediately see in normal Life: x = 52, y = 9, rule = B3/S23 6bo7bo7bo7bo7bo7bo$5bobo5bobo5bobo5bobo5bobo5bobo$5bobo5bobo5bobo5bob o5bob...
by praosylen
December 2nd, 2022, 2:24 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread (1-transition)
Replies: 98
Views: 22917

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread (1-transition)

... EDIT2:New p15 in LakeLife: x = 17, y = 17, rule = B3/S235e 8bo$7bobo$7bobo$7bobo$5bobobobo$4bob2ob2obo$5bobobobo$b6o3b6o$o15bo$b 6o3b6o$5bobobobo$4bob2ob2obo$5bobobobo$7bobo$7bobo$7bobo$8bo! ... Monomerization in a different rule (sadly I'm not seeing any way to make it work in normal Life, eve...
by praosylen
July 12th, 2022, 3:31 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: OCA DOTY 2021 Voting
Replies: 21
Views: 2535

Re: OCA DOTY 2021 Voting

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by praosylen
April 5th, 2022, 3:39 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your unsure discoveries
Replies: 3209
Views: 1483723

Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

I think I found a new orbit for Puffer 2 . I can't find it mentioned here anywhere, but I feel it might be known: rle It's p100. The only thing that I could find similar is this other, related p100 orbit by Scorbie from 2016 in Useless Discoveries: And a new cleaner p100 orbit of the puffer train: ...
by praosylen
March 16th, 2022, 1:44 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: POTY 2021 Voting Thread
Replies: 44
Views: 4727

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by praosylen
March 9th, 2022, 4:14 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4445
Views: 1670130

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

More partials: ... p10 x = 14, y = 14, rule = B3/S23 4b2o2$5bo$4bobo$4bobo2b2o2bo$5bo2bo2bobo$9b2o$3b2o$obo2bo2bo$o2b2o2bob o$7bobo$8bo2$8b2o! ... This p5 from jslife works just fine: x = 68, y = 68, rule = B3/S23 35b2o$35bo$37bo2bo$33b8o$32bobo6b2o$32bob3o2bo2bo$31b2o4bob3o$30bo2bo 3bo$30b2o2bo4b3...
by praosylen
December 21st, 2021, 5:17 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Gun Discussion Thread
Replies: 684
Views: 221054

Re: Gun Discussion Thread

It can also be supported with a dot spark, after which maybe this P6 partial can be used to reduce things, if completed. rle Rich's P16 works, 35x16: x = 35, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 $7b2o6b2o5bo10b2o$7bob2o4b2o5bo10bo$8bo2bo19bobo$3bo4bo2bo19b2o$2bobo 3bo2bo14b2o$3b2o3b3o14b2o$25bo$3b2o3b3o15b2o$2bob...
by praosylen
December 21st, 2021, 11:50 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad
Replies: 945
Views: 571045

Re: Execution of Old Guns by Variable-Speed Firing Squad

I am utterly speechless at the moment... Behold, the new smallest period-46 glider gun with a 555-cell bounding box (37x15): x = 37, y = 15, rule = B3/S23 24b2o$24b2o$36bo$10b2o22b3o$2o7bobo13b2o6bo$2o7bo15b2o6b2o$9b3o4$9b3o 21b3o$2o7bo20b2o$2o7bobo13bo4b2o$10b2o11bobo4bobo$24b2o! Well, congrats on...
by praosylen
December 5th, 2021, 1:57 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4445
Views: 1670130

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

Partials: p9 rle Solved! x = 60, y = 55, rule = B3/S23 27bob2o4b2obo$27b2o2bo2bo2b2o$25b2o3bo4bo3b2o$24bo3b2ob4ob2o3bo$25b3o bobo2bobob3o$27bobob4obobo$29bo2b2o2bo$30b2o2b2o3$28b2o6b2o$28bobo4bo bo$29b2o4b2o$32b2o$27b5o2b5o$26bo12bo$27b3o6b4o$30bo4bo$3bo23b3ob4ob2o $2bobo21bo2bo6bobo17bo$2bobo10bo3...
by praosylen
November 28th, 2021, 12:55 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your reactions that might be useful for conduits
Replies: 77
Views: 14131

Re: Thread for your reactions that might be useful for conduits

P5: x = 31, y = 37, rule = B3/S23 25b2o$25bo$22b2obo$21bobob2o$21bobo4b2o$22bo2bob2obo$30bo$17bo7b5o$15b 3o4b4obo$14bo6b2o$14b2o4bo$18b2obo$11b2o8bo$11b2o$18bo2bo$20b2o11$bo7b 2o2b2o$b2o4b3ob2ob3o$obo3bo10bo$7b4o2b4o$10bo2bo$7b2o6b2o$7bo2bo2bo2bo $8b3o2b3o2$6b4ob2ob4o$6bo2b2o2b2o2bo! I couldn't fin...
by praosylen
November 9th, 2021, 1:10 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4445
Views: 1670130

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

Thanks to ikpx2 for reducing the stator (and bubblegum for the suggestion to edit this post) In case this confuses anyone who's not in Discord (or for that matter anyone like me who is), I just wanted to mention that "ikpx2" is Blinkerspawn's current server nickname there, which changes from time t...
by praosylen
October 23rd, 2021, 1:40 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4445
Views: 1670130

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

Based on 35P12: are there any other oscillators where this actually works? There's one cell at fault here; otherwise, it would be a p120. (The p60 is recent but known.) x = 31, y = 50, rule = StateInvestigator 11.A$11.A$10.3A3$10.3A$11.A3.E2A$11.A4.A$11.A5.3A$11.A7.A$10.3A$21.2A $21.A$10.3A9.3A$11....
by praosylen
October 8th, 2021, 5:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: CGOL patterns as NFTs
Replies: 169
Views: 21557

Re: CGOL patterns as NFTs

About mathematical facts - I already replied several times that CGOL is somewhere between Art and Software. That seems like a perfectly reasonable position. I certainly won't disagree with that. If you won't disagree here, I will. To me the clearest evidence is the nature of our community itself. T...
by praosylen
October 5th, 2021, 11:05 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Catalyst Discussion Thread
Replies: 313
Views: 121753

Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

This old catalyst by (probably) gmc_nxtman seems worth mentioning: rle I don't recognize the input. (It appears to be an R-turner predecessor, but there are many of those.) Does it work on anything more common? This is something people seem to nearly invariably miss when I post unfamiliar catalysts...
by praosylen
October 5th, 2021, 9:54 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Catalyst Discussion Thread
Replies: 313
Views: 121753

Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

This old catalyst by (probably) gmc_nxtman seems worth mentioning:

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x = 10, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
3bo2bo$3b4o$b2o4b2o$o3b2o2bo$b3ob3o2$3b2ob4o$3b2obo2bo2$4bo$4b2o$4b3o
$6b2o$6bo$5b2o!
by praosylen
October 5th, 2021, 12:29 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 4511
Views: 1749977

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

This pattern is eight cells, in a D8_1-symmetric way, away from being a p38 oscillator, and frustratingly, there's absolutely no hope of fixing it: How exactly did you find it? I'm afraid there aren't any fancy new tools — just a catalyst by Kazyan I've been manually messing around with occasionall...
by praosylen
October 4th, 2021, 7:31 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 4511
Views: 1749977

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

This pattern is eight cells, in a D8_1-symmetric way, away from being a p38 oscillator, and frustratingly, there's absolutely no hope of fixing it: x = 49, y = 49, rule = B3/S23 17b2o11b2o$16bo2bo9bo2bo$16b3o11b3o$19b3o5b3o$14b4o4bo3bo4b4o$14bo2bo b3o5b3obo2bo$15bo3bo9bo3bo$14b2obo13bob2o$15bob2o11b...