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just to mention the HBK reaction... Isn't that an "uncontrollable glider". Not that I can see! In the various HBKs, here's what makes the perpendicular output gliders completely controllable: x = 103, y = 29, rule = B3/S23 100bobo$32bobo65b2o$32b2o67bo$33bo9$89b2o$21b2o56bo8bo2bo$11bo8bo2bo54b o9bo...

ideally, the debris could be converted to one or more spare gliders, so we could build another caterpillar based on it. If some or all of the objects in the debris can be used as one-time turners or splitters, it may be possible. There is a long boat in the debris, which may be useful. Um. It's cer...

After building my newest sawtooth, I realized that its ignition mechanism could also be used for a spaceship. This makes my recent high period diagonal c/4 spaceships obsolete. Here is the new design which allows for a much lower period... I really like the fuse design with the glider stream burnin...

No, it still doesn't explain what the . in ./zfind is A period in that context just means "look in the current directory". Two periods would mean "look in the next directory above the current directory". (Unfortunately, three periods do not mean "look in the next directory above that"... that would...

works for me, but the output is the issue, that tub is almost always in the way... There's at least one rather hair-raising exception, where a conduit can be connected to the output -- x = 38, y = 48, rule = LifeHistory 10.B$9.3DB$8.2BD2B$7.B3D2B$7.6B$7.7B$7.8B$8.8B$8.9B$7.6B.4B$7.10B$8. 8B.B$8.6B2...

Perhaps more controversially, should O(sqrt(log(t))) be moved to make use of the √ character? Note that we also have Template:sqrt , which allows for an inline overbar also, where the interior doesn't exceed one line in height (ie. it doesn't work when nested within itself, or with Template:frac s ...

Constructibility is directly relevant to Blockicness, though ... Nah. There are easier places to find constructibility, like spartanism. I will not dip to far into that, but you are wrong. confocaloid is completely correct about the origin of the term. It came into general use because of getting us...

this xs36 costs 112g and has two separate x-marks-the-spot stages... Speaking of x-marks-the-spot converters (this came up on Discord recently also) -- just noticed that the converter is actually eighteen stages painfully combined into one, not seventeen as I said somewhere: EDIT: Oops. Apparently ...

in terms of hive five oscillators, it might be a better idea to collide gliders... 63 is quite close to 61, the repeat time of the speed tunnel, which is kinda sorta as low as you can go with an engineered X-to-V-spark converter where a single signal gets split and synchronized to make a V. Of cour...

Cross-posting from Discord : This is a Herschel-to-V-spark converter with good clearance, repeat time 63, posted by iNoMed on 4 December 2023: x = 20, y = 34, rule = B3/S23 o$3o10b2o$3bo9b2o$2b2o7$bo$bobo$b3o14bo$3bo13bobo$17bobo$18bo10$11b2o$ 10bo2bo$11b2o3$10bo$9bobo$9bobo$10bo! Wasn't quite sure ...

Has quadratic growth ever appeared naturally or seminaturally in B3/S23? Not yet! Read the LifeWiki quadratic growth article. It's a safe bet that any new quadratic-growth soups that show up on Catagolue will immediately get mentioned there. Right now the status is this (emphasis mine): ... quadrat...

In my opinion, only strict volatility is defined for spaceships - technically, the volatility of all spaceships is 1 or it would be a puffer/wickstretcher. Not sure what you mean by "technically". Wouldn't the volatility of, let's say, a very long pufferfish spaceship technically be lower than the ...

glider reflector [based on the "G-to-X" beehive factory]... Nice one! -- another ghive-based 90-degree reflector that doesn't cross paths with the input. It's even a kind of inside-edge edge shooter. There's a huge spark that spills over the edge, but no actual catalysts. The spark knocks down the ...

Does that mean that other periods would be possible with a similar design? If yes, what would be the minimum period? And how does the period affect the size? How did you construct this? With helper scripts? Or rather manually? I'm very interested in FWKnightship's answer to this. I can say, based o...

Haycat2009 wrote: ↑

December 4th, 2023, 12:40 am

Just a question: If the Mikipedia pages are just irrelevant, can you just move them to a new wiki for this?

Anyone is certainly completely welcome to do this. It just won't be a new wiki on the server that hosts the LifeWiki, with a "conwaylife.com" URL.

Why is the silverfish so much smaller than the centipede? Long story short, in 2014 chris_c had found a way to support a block-trail-creating "silverfish" front end of a 31c/240 spaceship, using only two streams of upward-traveling spaceships instead of the six in the centipede. The number of upwar...

NewLifeCA #43, 3 December 2023: ever yet more superer diehards, new toggle conduits, engine-collecting, and a new knightship caterpillar Suddenly it has been over three months since the last NewLifeCA bulletin.  It's hard to get caught up properly after such a long hiatus, but I'll give it a try.  ...

HerscheltheHerschel wrote: ↑

December 3rd, 2023, 10:23 am

I was referring to a loop involving only three-block shifters.

Um. Given that they're shifters and not reflectors, how do you plan to make them into a loop?

Are these puffers [known]? (Moved question to Basic Questions, since these definitely aren't spaceships.) These puffers are probably not in the "knowable" category. Someone may possibly have seen them before, but wouldn't have kept track of them -- there are just too many medium-to-large puffers th...

HerscheltheHerschel wrote: ↑

December 3rd, 2023, 9:00 am

Is there a three-block shifter loop?

Yes, there are the adjustable oscillators from way back, and then this modern construction by David Bell seems like it must count as a loop. The link is right there in the three-block shifter article.

50c/154 helix... 50c/154 is the speed of this H track... Wow, that's ambitious -- Coe ships as part of a helix definitely seem like a first. The Coe ship does seem to do an unusually good job of pushing the burning reaction forward much faster than a glider's normal speed. Has any research been don...

(6,3)c/1024 spaceship: 6,3c1024.mc.gz I feel like this pattern needs a round of applause, or something bigger than "likes" anyway. It's a really impressive construction! The .mc.gz file is 123938x112640, minimum bounding box 123938x112538, population minimum 346912 and maximum 356383 -- smaller tha...

This is not going to be anything checked in Golly, but could be a helpful addition/supplement to everything else that already exists. Hmm. This thread was created with the purpose of collecting terms and definitions specifically to be added to the version of the Life Lexicon that is checked in to G...

Anyone cares to complete... for style points (and repeat time)? How's this for style points? It works at 74/75/78+ ticks due to an internal syringe. The H-to-2G splitter happens to fit exactly with the minimum possible number of Snarks -- no adjustability needed on the north side -- and the trombon...

Probably. It's gotten to be a defined term by this time, but it's not easy to find the definition . The LifeWiki has "spacefiller" and "space nonfiller", but not "space cleaner". I would think the definition would go on the LifeWiki first in this case. It's not a specific small pattern that can get ...