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NNlk05 wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 7:39 pm

Maybe a gemoid?

I already made an orthogonoid. I might try to make a demonoid next, but I’m not sure.

I abandoned the CGoL unit cell project, but I also didn't want it to go to waste, so I'm releasing my private notes on the unit cell: x = 284, y = 258, rule = hc0-Univ 20$137.E$138.AB4.AB3.AB5.AB2.AE$160.D2$137.B$137.A3$137.B$122.B14.A27. B3.B8.2B2.D2B$122.A43.B.B4.3C2.D.B3.B$160.A6.B10.DB2.B2D$160....

Here’s a catalyst that functions similarly to eater 5 from CGoL (top is the normal catalysis reaction, bottom is more complex reactions): x = 53, y = 28, rule = B3/S23-a5 22bo15bo13bo$22bo12bobo13bo$23bo13bo13bo$22b2o12b2o12b2o2$5bo16bo13bo 13bo$4bobo14bobo11bobo11bobo$2obob2o10b2obob2o7b2obob2o7b2o...

I think we should look more into T syntheses and (both glider and T, perhaps a mix of both) assisted syntheses, as those will likely help with guns since most smaller guns shoot Ts and not gliders. For example, here is a sparker-assisted 3T-to-F (base reaction from 3T_stdin) which unfortunately does...

Monomerisation (unfortunately cannot reflect Ts): x = 19, y = 9, rule = B3/S23-a5 b2ob2o2b3o2b2ob2o$obobo3bobo3bobobo$bo2bobo2bo2bobo2bo$4bob7obo$5bo7bo $7b2ob2o$8bobo$8bobo$9bo! Reduced monomer: x = 19, y = 7, rule = B3/S23-a5 4b2o2b3o2b2o$4bo3bobo3bo$b2obobo2bo2bobob2o$obobob7obobobo$bo3bo7bo3b o...

x = 12, y = 11, rule = B3/S23 7b2o$7bo2bo$7bo2bo$7bo3bo$7bo$7bo$4b2o$2bo2bo$bob2o$bo$2o! *nom* What a delicious active region. Next: 2-state is impossible, but here's a 3-state rule with all the patterns you posted: x = 124, y = 119, rule = B468S02357_3state 71.BA6.A6.3A4.3A6.3A$46.2B6.2B5.2B6.AB.A...

WhiteHawk wrote: ↑

June 1st, 2026, 7:57 pm

A 2c/5 orthogonal partial

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x = 6, y = 3, rule = B3/S23-a5
o2bo$2b3o$b2o2bo!

For a second I thought you accidentally posted in a thread intended for CGoL since that exact same 2c/5o tagalong works in CGoL. That being said, is there any spaceship here that supports it?

Dumping some things I found by hand while bored: P32 and P20 blinker hasslers: x = 50, y = 25, rule = B3/S23-a5 40b2o$39b5o$11b3o25bo3bo$3bo6bo4bob3o19b2ob2o$2bobo4bo3b2o25b2o$b2obo 11b2o3bo$bobob2o4b3obo4bo11bo$bo2bo2bo9b3o11bob3o$2bo2bo2bo2bo19b2o2b 3o$5bo5bo18bo2bobo3b3o$6bo4bo19bo7b3o$31bo8bo2$3...

Another extension of the P6 partial for the P114: x = 28, y = 30, rule = B3/S23-a5 18bo$9bo6b2o$4b2o2b3o5b2ob2ob2o$4bo5bo8b3obo$b2obobobo7bo3bo2bob2o$2b obo5bo5b2o5bobo$2bobob2o2bo5bo4bobobo$b2ob2ob3o6bo2b2ob2ob2o$bo5bo2b2o 6bobo5bo$3b3o3bobo3b6ob3o$4bob2o3bo5b2obo2bo$3b2obo3bo8bobob2o$3bo2bo 4bo4bo...

I finally figured out how to properly do glide-symmetric searches in LLS, and I'm getting partials like this one: x = 26, y = 15, rule = B3/S23-a5 2b2o13bo4b2o$2bo12b2o6bo$3b7o5b2obob3o$6bo3bobo4b3o$3b4o4b2o2bo5b2o$3b o2b2obo5b3obo2bo$4b2obobo2b3o2b2ob2o$3b4o2b2obo3bo2b4o$2bo2bob2ob2ob2o 3bobo2bo$2...

There's a LifeWiki LLS tutorial that walks through a variety of tasks that LLS is surprisingly good at. As usual, the tutorial is a bit behind the times -- e.g., it should also walk through how to use jls-to-lls.py / jls-to-lls.lua , and probably other helper tools for creating input files for LLS....

Some HDP spark program partials done on the angel sequence (the past ones were on the R): P1134 rotator; while it's likely impossible, I thought that a very high period engine was pretty interesting (also 1134 is not double a prime and actually has some pretty good factors) x = 39, y = 39, rule = B3...

Slight reduction to the P248 T gun in population (bounding box stays the same): x = 36, y = 40, rule = B3/S23-a5 26bo$24b3o$23bo$23b2o6$6b2o$7bo$7bobo16b2o$8b2o15bo2bo$25b3o$25bobo$4b o$2bobobo$2bo4bo24b2o$ob5obo23bobo$bo4bo27bo$2bobobo27b2o$4bo5$18bo$18b o2$17b2ob2o$19b5o$20bob2o$20b6o$18b3o3b2o$18...

x = 18, y = 38, rule = B3/S23-a5 12bo2bo$5bobo3bo3bo$b4ob2o2bo3b2o$bob2obo4b2o2b3o$b2o4bo3bo3bo$2o2bob o3b2o$b2ob2obo2b2obo2bo$bobo7b2obo$2b2ob2o5bo2b2o$5b2o6bo$4bo9bo$7bo$ 8bo$6bo$5bo2b2o$6bo2bo$5bo5b2o$4bo4b2obo$4b2o3bo3bo$4bo3bo3b2o$5bob2o 4bo$5b2o5bo$8bo2bo$8b2o2bo$11bo$9bo$10bo$3bo9bo$4bo6b2o$...

- for the p27, we could search for a p9. Can you please search for a p9 for that p27? This would be a good way to add another period to our collection. Unfortunately, P9 searches require a good amount of luck. I got lucky with the other P9. I can try, but I’m not sure if I’ll find anything. P12, po...

Two ways to catalyse the 9-mino appearing in one of the pi catalysts. x = 141, y = 592, rule = LifeHistory $9.2E28.2E$9.E2.2E25.E2.2E$6.2E.E3.E22.2E.E3.E$5.E2.E.3E22.E2.E.3E$3. E2.EBC.E22.E2.EBC.E$3.2E.E.C2B22.2E.E.C2B$6.E.2C15.E10.E.2C15.E$3.2EB E.2B13.3E7.2EBE.2B13.3E$3.E2.CB2CB2.2B7.E10.E2.CB2CB...

A couple minor updates to hc0_Univ for the ongoing CGoL unit cell development: x = 348, y = 251, rule = hc0-Univ 283.C$284.A$282.C2.C2$70.C203.C8.A$283.B$68.A$68.B$77.C$70.AB2.AB3.BA 2.BA3.BA12.BA2.BA2.BA3.BA3.BA3.BA3.BA5.BA$66.C.E205.E8.A$77.A205.B$77. B196.C$82.AB2.AB8.AB2.AB3.AB4.AB2.AB4.AB2.AB2....

More HDP spark program stuff (mostly partials): Complete oscillators: P8 x = 28, y = 7, rule = B3/S23-a5 12bo2bo$2b5o6b2o6b5o$4bo5b2o4b2o5bo$2obobob2ob2o4b2ob2obobob2o$4bo5b2o 4b2o5bo$2b5o6b2o6b5o$12bo2bo! P140 flipper x = 267, y = 110, rule = B3/S23-a5 54b16o127b16o$54b16o127b16o$54b16o127b16o$54b1...

Partials found while testing HDP's spark program on this rule: P68 flipper, likely impossible (the boats are just there to remove junk) x = 22, y = 18, rule = B3/S23-a5 bo$obo$2o3$12bo$5bo4b4o$5b3obobo2bo$3bobo3b2o2b3o$6b3o2b2o3bobo$7bo2b obob3o$8b4o4bo$9bo3$20b2o$19bobo$20bo! P24 rotator x = 9, y =...

PK22 wrote: ↑

May 25th, 2026, 1:29 pm

p48:

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x = 15, y = 12, rule = B3/S23-a5
2o$obo6bo$2bo7bo$2b2o3bo2bo2bo$5bo2bo2bo2bo$4obo3b2obobo$o10bob2o$bob
ob3o3bobo$2ob2o3bo3bo$2bo3b2o$2bob2o$3bobo!

That's actually P8. A real P48 phase shift can't use a P8 sparker.

Some comments: 1. Is this AI-generated? It sure does somewhat look like it is. Also the triple backticks note seems to affirm it since most AIs use Markdown for formatting. 2. Those are honey farm predecessors. 3. Generally, a pattern is only considered a methuselah if it lasts for more than 100 gen...

Removed pride flag numbers from the oscillator stamp, but also added blue to signify that no oscillator engines are known for that period: x = 289, y = 119, rule = B3/S23-a5Super 54.A3.A177.2M14.2M$6D25.M8.A3.A8.A.A.A.A8.6D10.2M56.2D2.2D18.2A23.A11. 2A11.6D13.M.M4.2M6.M2.M8.M10.2A4.2A$6D17.4A4.2M5.2...

LLS found a solution to the P9 weak sparker: x = 17, y = 23, rule = B3/S23-a5 7bo$7bo$5bobobo$3bobobobobobo$b3obo3bob3o$bobobobobobo$5b2ob2o$4bo5bo 2b2o$2obob5obo2bo$bobobo2bo2bobo$o2b4ob4ob2o$2o2bobo5bo$2b3o2b6o$2bob o3bo2bob2obo$7bobo3bob2o$7bob2obo$4b2obo2bo$3bobobob3o3b2o$4bo2bobo6b o$7bob2ob4o$...

p32 wing/bun hassler: x = 26, y = 26, rule = B3/S23-a5 11bo$10bo$9bo3bo$9bob2o$7b2obo$6bo2bo$7b2o2bo8bo$8b3o8bobo$18b2obo$18b obob2o$18bo2bo2bo$19bo2bo2bo$2bo9b2o8bo$3bo8bobo8bo$o2bo2bo7b2o$bo2bo 2bo$2b2obobo$4bob2o$4bobo8b3o$5bo8bo2b2o$16bo2bo$15bob2o$13b2obo$12bo 3bo$15bo$14bo! EDIT: p66 R hassle...

New SKOP 64: a 74-cell R hassler! x = 31, y = 19, rule = B3/S23-a5 23b3o$22bo2b2o$24bo2bo$23bob2obo$21b2obo2bobo$20bo3bo2bob2o$23bob2obob o$24bo2bo2bo$5bo20bo2bo$4bo10b2o9bo$bo2bo9bo10bo$o2bo2bo4b2obo2b2o$obo b2obo4bobo$2obo2bo3bo2b4o$bobo2bob2o$2bob2obo$3bo2bo$4b2o2bo$5b3o! I found it while sparki...