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by C28
May 8th, 2024, 7:13 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Thread for your miscellaneous posts and discussions
Replies: 281
Views: 24680

Re: Thread for your miscellaneous posts and discussions

family is overrated as heck. why am I supposed to love an adult woman who couldn't even be bothered to raise her child right? just because she gave birth to me? why should I bother to hug a man who tells me that my problems are all my fault? because he's my father? why am I supposed to be nice to so...
by C28
May 8th, 2024, 1:01 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Keeping track of dirty conduits
Replies: 36
Views: 4737

Re: Keeping track of dirty conduits

partial Rx79 x = 27, y = 19, rule = B3/S23 2o$bo$bobo$2b2o3$20bo3b2o$15b2o2bobo3bo$15bo3b2o3bo$16b3o4bo$18bob4ob o$19bo4bobo$20b3obobo$22bob2o2$3b3o7b2o$4bo8bobo$4b3o8bo$15b2o! no idea if there's a way to delete the block Chainable. The blinker can be deleted, while allowing to delete the block lat...
by C28
May 7th, 2024, 3:50 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Keeping track of dirty conduits
Replies: 36
Views: 4737

Re: Keeping track of dirty conduits

partial Rx79

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x = 27, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$bobo$2b2o3$20bo3b2o$15b2o2bobo3bo$15bo3b2o3bo$16b3o4bo$18bob4ob
o$19bo4bobo$20b3obobo$22bob2o2$3b3o7b2o$4bo8bobo$4b3o8bo$15b2o!
no idea if there's a way to delete the block
by C28
May 7th, 2024, 12:21 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 4568
Views: 1762604

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Mathemagician314 wrote:
May 6th, 2024, 5:21 pm
Is this H-to-X block catalyst known?
this feels like a parody of most X-to-Century conduits I see

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x = 29, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
2o22bo$bo13b2o6bobo$bobo11b2o6bobo$2b2o18b2ob3o$28bo$22b2ob3o$22b2obo
4$2bo$2bobo$2b3o$4bo!
by C28
May 7th, 2024, 12:15 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the Spark Conduits
Replies: 39
Views: 5089

Re: The Hunting of the Spark Conduits

phi spark predecessor to glider

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x = 9, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
8bo$7bo$6bo$bo4bo$obo3bo$bo5bo$8bo2$7b2o$7b2o!
by C28
May 2nd, 2024, 10:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 4817
Views: 1236462

Re: Thread for basic questions

In Lucy+Fx153, is the FNB a bait (in the old, stricter sense of the term) block? I don't think it would. the combo might be a block keeper if the SNG from Lucy/L141 can escape. edit: yep x = 74, y = 64, rule = LifeHistory 9.2A44.2A$9.2A44.2A2$2A.A42.2A.A$A.2A42.A.2A3$20.2A44.2A$20.A45.A$18. A.A43.A...
by C28
May 2nd, 2024, 7:39 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4541
Views: 1700002

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

completed if it hasn't already: x = 58, y = 50, rule = B3/S23 2$12bo$10b3o$9bo7b2o11bo$9b2o18bo2b2o$17bo13b3o6bo$21bo4bo13bo$14b3ob o3bo2bob2ob2o7b3o$14b5obobo2bobob5o$6b3o7b2ob2obo2bo3bob3o$7bo13bo4bo $7bo6b3o13bo$14b2o2bo18b2o$17bo11b2o7bo$35b3o$30bo4bo$18b2o9b3o$18bo2b o6bo2b2o$19b3o5b4obo$16b3o...
by C28
May 1st, 2024, 10:41 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4541
Views: 1700002

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

reduction to the p190 wing hassler x = 58, y = 47, rule = B3/S23 29bo4b2ob2o2bo2bob2o4bo$28bobo2bobob2o2b4obobo2bobo$27bo2bo2bobo10bob o2bo2bo$27bob2ob2o2bob6obo2b2ob2obo$24b2obo2bo4bobo6bobo4bo2bob2o$24b 2ob2obobob2obob4obob2obobob2ob2o$26bo3bo4b5o2b5o4bo3bo$26bo7bo12bo7bo $27bo3bobo14bobo3bo$28bo3...
by C28
May 1st, 2024, 8:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 4817
Views: 1236462

Re: Thread for basic questions

what makes the recently-discovered L141 so interesting? Details can be found here . Long story short, there's a provably universal but very limited toolkit of Spartan Herschel conduits that can be used to build self-constructing patterns -- i.e. circuitry that slsparse can automatically compile int...
by C28
May 1st, 2024, 7:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 4817
Views: 1236462

Re: Thread for basic questions

what makes the recently-discovered L141 so interesting?

I honestly do not know
by C28
April 30th, 2024, 10:05 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your speculative elementary conduits
Replies: 285
Views: 37692

Re: Thread for your speculative elementary conduits

AlbertArmStain wrote:
April 26th, 2024, 5:46 pm
An unrelated partial h-to-h:

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x = 25, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
o$3o$3bo$2b2o5$23b2o$22bobo$23bo3$21b2o$21b2o2$o$obo$3o$2bo!
L141 (or Lx141? idk)

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x = 28, y = 32, rule = B3/S23
o$3o21b2o$3bo20bobo$2b2o22bo$26b2o$24b2o$23bobo$24bo3$22b2o$22b2o2$bo
$bobo$b3o$3bo5$5bo$4bobo$5bo5$8b2o$9bo$6b3o$6bo!
by C28
April 29th, 2024, 9:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for basic questions
Replies: 4817
Views: 1236462

Re: Thread for basic questions

Haycat2009 wrote:
April 29th, 2024, 9:38 pm
Why are male pronouns used for patterns (Grandfather problem, unique father problem) despite the fact that female pronouns are normally used for biological cells (Budding yeast forms daughter cell, etc)?
tradition or something idk
by C28
April 26th, 2024, 8:17 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your reactions that might be useful for conduits
Replies: 78
Views: 14565

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

U-turner to chaos that might have potential

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x = 20, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
17b3o$17b3o$5b2o9bobo$5bo10b2o$6b3o$8bo$6b2o$6bo$4bobo$4b2o$9b2o$4b2o
2bo2bo$bo2bo4bobo$obobo5bo$bo2bob2o$4bo2bo$5bo4bo$6b5o2$8bo$7bobo$8bo!
by C28
April 24th, 2024, 3:44 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your speculative elementary conduits
Replies: 285
Views: 37692

Re: Thread for your speculative elementary conduits

This would be a nice H-to-G on my mind if the Behive can be easily erased : (Edit : It would be a NE6T42) x = 30, y = 41, rule = LifeHistory 9$14.A$13.A.A$13.A.A$11.2A.A.2A$10.A3.A3.A$10.A.2A.2A.A$11.A.A.A.A$ 13.4B$12.4B$10.7B$7.2B.8B$6.12B$6.4BE6B$4.6BEBE4B$2.B2D5B3E2B2D$.BD2B D6BE3B2D$2.B2D10BDB$...
by C28
April 17th, 2024, 10:31 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Spaceship Discussion Thread
Replies: 3149
Views: 1147422

Re: Spaceship Discussion Thread

It can also eat blocks as well: x = 21, y = 44, rule = B3/S23 13b2o$13b2o2$16b2o$16b2o8$2b7o3b7o$b2ob4obobob4ob2o$b2o3b4ob4o3b2o$3b 3o9b3o$3bob3o5b3obo$2b2o13b2o$2ob2o2b2o3b2o2b2ob2o$2obo2bo2bobo2bo2bo b2o$bo2b3obo3bob3o2bo$2bo15bo$5bo9bo$3bob2o7b2obo$4bo3b2ob2o3bo$8b2ob 2o2$8bo3bo$7bo5bo$7bob3obo$...
by C28
April 15th, 2024, 7:57 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Still-life 'factories'
Replies: 217
Views: 135352

Re: Still-life 'factories'

u-turner to boat

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x = 32, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
20b3o$20b3o$19bobo$19b2o2$11b2o$2b2o7b2o$3bo$3o5b2o$o7b2o18b2o$28bobo$30bo$30b2o!
by C28
April 11th, 2024, 7:30 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: The Hunting of the Spark Conduits
Replies: 39
Views: 5089

Re: The Hunting of the Spark Conduits

U-turner to phi

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x = 20, y = 23, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$6bo$6bobo8b3o$7b2o8b3o$16bobo$16b2o6$9b2o$4b2o2bo2bo$bo2bo4bobo$
obobo5bo$bo2bob2o$4bo2bo$5bo4bo$6b5o2$8bo$7bobo$8bo!
by C28
April 5th, 2024, 10:37 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your chaos-edgeshooting reactions that can probably yield new conduits
Replies: 137
Views: 34985

Re: Thread for your chaos-edgeshooting reactions that can probably yield new conduits

H to chaos

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x = 29, y = 44, rule = B3/S23
21bo$19b3o$18bo$18b2o3$18b2o$18bobo$19bo5$2o$bo$bobo$2b2o6$25b2o$2bo22b
obo$2bobo22bo$2b3o22b2o$4bo14$24b2o$25bo$25bobo$26b2o!
by C28
April 2nd, 2024, 10:07 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4541
Views: 1700002

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

x = 34, y = 21, rule = B3/S23 11b2o7b2o$12bo3b2o3bo$11bo4bo4bobo$11b2o9b2o5bo$13bo16bob2o$9b3o13b2o 3bob2o$9bo2b2o4b2o5b2obobo$10bo6b2o8b2obo$7b3o8b2o4bo4bo$7bo11bo4b5o2$ 5b5o4bo11bo$4bo4bo4b2o8b3o$3bob2o8b2o6bo$3bobob2o5b2o4b2o2bo$2obo3b2o 13b3o$2obo16bo$4bo5b2o9b2o$10bobo4bo4bo$12bo3b2o3bo$12b2o7...
by C28
March 27th, 2024, 8:05 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 4568
Views: 1762604

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

useless transparent block

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x = 13, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
4b3o$4b3o$3bobo$3b2o6bo$10bobo$11bo6$2o$2o2$6b2obo$6b2ob3o$12bo$6b2ob
3o$7bobo$7bobo$8bo!
by C28
March 21st, 2024, 7:33 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Catalyst Discussion Thread
Replies: 316
Views: 123640

Re: Catalyst Discussion Thread

Sorry for necroposting, but there seems to be another family of catalysts: x = 131, y = 40, rule = LifeHistory 75.D3.D.3D.D3.D$75.2D2.D.D3.D3.D$75.D.D.D.2D2.D.D.D$75.D2.2D.D3.D.D.D $75.D3.D.3D2.D.D3$82.D$12.2D2.D3.3D59.D$11.D2.D.D3.D2.D58.D$11.D2.D.D 3.D2.D12.95D$11.D2.D.D3.D2.D12.D93.D$12.2D2.3D.3...
by C28
March 19th, 2024, 11:25 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Oscillator Discussion Thread
Replies: 4541
Views: 1700002

Re: Oscillator Discussion Thread

a reduction to a p18 LoM hassler x = 34, y = 34, rule = B3/S23 12bo$12bo$12bo$12b2o$15bo$11bo4bo$16bo$12b3o3$27b2o$18b3o8bo$13b3o2bo bo5bo$11b2o2bo2bo2bo4bo3bo$11bo2b2o3bobo4bo3b4o$11b3o5b3o6bo3$5bo6b3o 5b3o$4o3bo4bobo3b2o2bo$3bo3bo4bo2bo2bo2b2o$7bo5bobo2b3o$4bo8b3o$5b2o3$ 19b3o$23bo$18bo4bo$22bo$19...
by C28
March 9th, 2024, 9:35 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your speculative elementary conduits
Replies: 285
Views: 37692

Re: Thread for your speculative elementary conduits

if the block can be restored it would be a UB57P

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x = 4, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
b3o$b3o$obo$2o6$2b2o$2b2o!
by C28
March 9th, 2024, 7:29 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread for your unsure discoveries
Replies: 3261
Views: 1497654

Re: Thread for your unsure discoveries

transparent block with a irritating bit of junk

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x = 20, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
9b3o$9b3o$8bobo$8b2o2$18b2o$18bo$16bobo$16b2o3$9b2o$9b2o3$2b2o$3bo$3o$o!
by C28
March 6th, 2024, 10:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Conway's Game of Life Textbook Launch
Replies: 22
Views: 6143

Re: Conway's Game of Life Textbook Launch

would the time be ripe for an update to the book? there have been a fair amount of discoveries since its publication, and it would be nice to include them, and maybe expand a bit on other chapters.