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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, population minimum 346912 and maximum 356383 -- smaller than the original half-baked knightship...

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 ...

I believe and state it here that your quoted post below is an instance of harassment, directed at me. Sigh... you're quoting my executive decision on this issue. I've re-read it, and it looks to me like a moderator's good-faith effort to improve a difficult situation. I'm pretty happy with the job ...

Why does Catagolue have a hat on the eater 2? https://catagolue.hatsya.com/ Tradition! This has happened in previous years. It's December now -- holiday season. It seems eminently reasonable that something hosted on hatsya.com should add a Santa hat to its icon in December. Switching the eater2 to ...

here to ask for permissions to edit/create pages after procrastinating making an account for like 2 years and lurking on cgolcord (may i have said permissions i want to share my barely successful attempts at rulegolfing) Done! Maybe try posting some of your rulegolfing attempts on the OCA board her...

What is the smallest glider splitter that produces two gliders in the same lane? Assuming you're talking about starting from a glider -- these things are called "G-to-G0" converters. Unfortunately the tandem-glider outputs were too awkward to keep in newer versions of the Elementary Conduits Collec...

I do say that you are intimidating me in various ways. Well, here's the thing. I've got no interest in making you uncomfortable unnecessarily. These discussions are very time-consuming and no fun at all for me either. However, when someone breaks forum rules as often as you've been doing recently, ...

Can eat glider... I experimentally changed the title of this thread to "Patterns involving sparks". If that wasn't the intended meaning, feel free to change it again. Just a note about the glider-eating ability of the dying sparks at the end of the reaction: this is an extremely common feature of c...

What I say is that you (dvgrn) were involved in the dispute on the content of OCA:tlife from the very beginning. You were objecting to my rewording and participating in an edit war with me as a side. You are involved and biased in this disagreement. I'll try a brief response here, but honestly I've...

g-to-ship with dubious usefulness... Apologies for the dubiously useful response, but it's really very strange that those last three catalysts are basically a syringe mounted backwards -- same orientation of everything, just a few cells off the standard position. You're really messing with my brain...

Does this answer your questions? No, it really doesn't. There were two questions in my last post. Both of them allow the possibility of yes-or-no answers. I've asked for yes-or-no answers. You haven't given any yes-or-no answers. So your response doesn't answer those two questions in any way. You a...

You are linking twice to the same post. I believe I already replied to you to the best of my ability. Yes, same post. Not a mistake. Really important questions. Do you understand the LW:DR rules now? When disputes arise in the future, do you intend to carefully follow those rules? If I've missed yo...

I believe I already attempted to reply to your posts, to the best of my ability. Also, multiple people don't use the quote feature on the forums much or at all, without adverse effects on the ability to communicate. There's a difference between replying to posts and answering questions. In my capac...

@confocaloid, could you please try quoting one of my questions, and then answering it? Then repeat the procedure with another one of my questions? That is something that you haven't done yet, during any of our discussions that I can recall. I'm really hoping that it starts happening soon. -- Okay, t...

Transitions are events that can happen, when certain conditions are met. An example of a transition would be "an alive cell survives". An example of a condition would be that an alive cell survives when it has 2 alive neighbours. Question #1: @confocaloid, given our recent discussions, might it not...

what is the difference between "condition" and "transition" when talking about CA rules? Transitions are events that can happen, when certain conditions are met. An example of a transition would be "an alive cell survives". An example of a condition would be that an alive cell survives when it has ...

Old Synthesis for safekeeping... Yikes, that old synth still had one of the "X marks the spot" synthesis steps in it. @Anyone -- what's the best way to locate all the remaining "X marks the spot" stages that are probably still hiding on Catagolue, and replace them with something ... you know ... mo...

In your first post in that thread, you already asked your question that you wanted to hear an answer to. There was no need to repeat it again and again. There was no need for your longposts either. People who are interested and read the thread, will most likely quickly reach your first post in that...

Agreed. You cannot trust people to report themselves, as they think that they are right and their opinion is the only correct one - if they did not, there would not even have an edit war in the first place, as they would [acknowledge] that they should not undo the next edit, preventing the chaos be...

confocaloid wrote: ↑

November 28th, 2023, 11:49 pm

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Likely copy&paste error. All added links on the left lead to LifeWiki:Did you know/161

Fixed -- thanks!

I think the posts should be moved back to this thread, to avoid unnecessarily polluting the forum. Those posts are on-topic here. There seem to be a couple of significant misunderstandings here -- not at all surprising, again, because this is a completely new system that we're setting up here. Thos...

Can you please directly acknowledge that your opinion is not the community opinion ? Ignoring the edit war between you and me in OCA:tlife, and looking only at replies from other people, there are no strong objections to retaining my edits from people other than you. I directly acknowledge that my ...