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pzq_alex

G -> Π with fairly good clearance:

x = 10, y = 8, rule = Symbiosis
7.A.A$7.2A$8.A$2.2A$BA2.A.2A$3.2A.A$2.B.A.AB$3.B.A!

pzq_alex

Isn't "coverleaf" a sufficiently established name for this pattern by this point? No -- a forum search for this word (and its plural form ) shows that only my original post containing the emulated rule and your posts on this thread used that misspelling. The LifeWiki rule page uses "cloverleaf". "C...

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Period1GliderGun wrote: ↑
March 6th, 2024, 12:46 pm
p8 sparker:
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x = 5, y = 7, rule = symbiosis
B.A.B$.A.A$.3A3$.2A$.2A!

p10 variant

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x = 6, y = 9, rule = symbiosis
3.B$.BA$BA2.AB$2.A.A$2.A.A$3.A2$2.2A$2.2A!

another p10

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x = 4, y = 9, rule = symbiosis
B$A.AB$2.A$.A.A$.A.A$2.A2$.2A$.2A!

pzq_alex

Can somebody remind me what we have in the way of conduits with a U-turner output? To begin with, there's a periodic H -> U in this gun by C28: x = 65, y = 62, rule = B3/S23 18bo$18b3o$21bo5b2o$20b2o4bob3o16bo$26bo4bo5b2o6b3o$23b2obob3o6b2o5bo $23bo2bobo15b2o$24b2o5$59bo$13bob2o42bo3b2o$13b2obo42bo...

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<credit=GUYTU6J> A p280 loong (the (6,5)c/25, because it's long and skinny) gun, showing off a rt65 reflector and a G -> loong: x = 75, y = 38, rule = B3-jknr4ity5ijk7c8/S23-a4city6c 67b2o$24bo2b2o38bo$23bob2o2bo38bo$24bo2b2o38b2o2$13bo12bo$12bobo10b3o 44bo$13bo11b3o43bob2o$72bobo$2bo68b2o$bobo68bo$...

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qqd wrote: ↑
January 19th, 2024, 8:12 am
For those who can't recognize the p2 and p5 parts:
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rle

(alternatively, use Pattern -> Identify, then click Map on the right)

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b-engine wrote: ↑
December 21st, 2023, 3:49 am
B+boat+beehive:
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x = 32, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
7bo$7bo3bo18b2o$2b2o3bo3bobo16bo$2ob2o2bo3b2o15bobo$4o3bo20b2o$b2o4bo
$7bo$7bo6$13b2o$14bo$11b3o$11bo!

You must eat the active region or convert it cleanly into some signal (current definition is some signal in the ECC I think).

pzq_alex

This may be a long-lived methuselah, but it didn't stabilize even after 100000 generations. x = 7, y = 10, rule = Symbiosis .6A$A5.A$6.A$A4.A3$B4.B$6.B$B5.B$.6B! Congratulations, you just found orthogonal trench warfare. Trenches can also be orthogonal. x = 5, y = 10, rule = Symbiosis 2.A$2.2A$3.2A...

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b-engine wrote: ↑
December 3rd, 2023, 2:30 am
pzq_alex wrote: ↑
December 3rd, 2023, 2:14 am
Nope either:
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x = 4, y = 5, rule = Symbiosis
2A$2A2$.A.B$.B.A!
It's reduction of jam.

I don't get what you're trying to say -- by any standard your p3 isn't the smallest. Here another smaller p3:

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x = 4, y = 6, rule = Symbiosis
.B$A$2.AB2$2A$.B!

pzq_alex

b-engine wrote: ↑
December 3rd, 2023, 2:30 am
pzq_alex wrote: ↑
December 3rd, 2023, 2:14 am
Nope either:
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x = 4, y = 5, rule = Symbiosis
2A$2A2$.A.B$.B.A!
It's reduction of jam.

It isn't because the rotors are different.

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b-engine wrote: ↑
December 3rd, 2023, 12:31 am
I mean smallest p3 that's not torch-based.

Nope either:

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x = 4, y = 5, rule = Symbiosis
2A$2A2$.A.B$.B.A!

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b-engine wrote: ↑
November 21st, 2023, 5:27 am
G-to-unnamed converter:
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x = 14, y = 14, rule = Symbiosis
12.A$11.A$11.3A7$2.A$.A.A$.A.A$B.A.B$2B.2B!

quite silly reflector

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x = 16, y = 18, rule = Symbiosis
4.B$.B.4AB$B2A2.A$2.2A2$14.A$13.A$13.3A5$BA2$4.A$3.A.A$3.A.A$2.B.A.B!

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Placeholder for the details of how the CA check works and in particular the table-makery and PEXT nonsense that speeds it up. I assume these are least interesting of anything I'm going to write, but I'll come back and fill them in if someone wants to know. I'd love to hear the pext bit twiddling. (...

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Features some photon (moving) conduits x = 17, y = 91, rule = 345/2/4 2A13.2A$2B13.2B$2C2.2A5.2A2.2C$3.A2B2A.2A2BA$3.B2C.3A.2CB$3.C2.2A.2A2. C$.2A2.A.ACA.A2.2A$.3A2.2A.2A2.3A$ABA2.A.A.A.A2.ABA$.3AC.2A.2A.C3A$C6. A.A6.C$B2CB4A.4AB2CB$4.A2.A.A2.A$.C2.B.2A.2A.B2.C$BC.BC2.A.A2.CB.CB$A BCB2.2A.2A2.BCBA$2...

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Randomized lightspeed RLS searches are returning interesting results: many ships are made from a wickstretcher-wickeater pair, and many (very!) sparky ships. Here are some raw ships: x = 209, y = 97, rule = 345/2/4 88.2A13.2A19.2A5.2A$88.2B2.2A5.2A2.2B18.4A3.4A$2A13.2A33.2A9.2A25.2CA .2A5.2A.A2C19.2...

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Left-turn Pi-to-B and glider reflector: x = 37, y = 16, rule = Symbiosis 19.B15.B$19.A15.A$18.2A14.2A$19.AB14.AB$17.A.A13.A.A$17.2A14.2A$12.3A 3.AB14.AB$2A10.A.A3.B15.B$2A10.A.A13.2A$27.A.A$29.A4$3.2A$3.B! It can, through the same recovery mechanism as the reflector, convert many things to gliders: ...

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For continuing here's a random 8x8 region for you to catalyze:

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x = 8, y = 8, rule = Life
2o3bobo$2obo3bo$o4bobo$obo2bo$b2o$2b2o2bo$4b3o$3o2b3o!

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Eaten: x = 25, y = 31, rule = B3/S23 15bob2o$13b3obo$12bo6bo$13b7o$16bo$5bo7b2o3b2o$5b3o5bob4obo$8bo12bo$7b 2o5b2ob4obo$14b2obo2bo2bo$20bo3bo$21b4o2$9b3obo7b2o$3b2o2b2obo10b2o$3b 2o6bo$8b2o2bo$7bo5bo$7bob4o3$2b2o$bobo$bo$2o10b2obo2bo$13bob4o$11bobo $11b2o2b2o$16bo$15bo$15b2o! A normal eater 2 works...

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that's like in the first post of this thread. also the stator reductions are obvious

wwei23 wrote: ↑
July 23rd, 2017, 4:13 pm
8-cell P3 in 2 phrases:
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x = 1, y = 8, rule = Symbiosis
B$B$B$B$A$A$A$A!

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* Turn "View -> Show Exact Numbers" on. * Open the pattern via "Open Clipboard". The top-left cell should get coordinates (0,0). * Use goto.lua to go to the generation 1000000000000000 (10^15). * The displayed population is 1,042,324,103,587,982. * Add a single state-1 cell at X = 56, Y = 43 (insid...

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buump x = 28, y = 46, rule = B3/S23 10bo6bo$9b3o4b3o$4b3ob2o2bo2bo2b2ob3o$4bo2b4ob4ob4o2bo$3bo3bo2bo6bo2bo 3bo$3bobo16bobo$2b2ob5o8b5ob2o$4bo5bo6bo5bo$3b6o10b6o$3b4o2bo8bo2b4o$ 3bo20bo$7b2o10b2o2$7bo12bo$4b4o12b4o$4bo18bo$3bo2bobo10bobo2bo$3b3o2bo 10bo2b3o$2bo2bo3bo8bo3bo2bo$b5o16b5o$2b2o2bo2bo8bo2b...

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why is my randomized rls search grey-y x = 20, y = 31, rule = Life 2.3A10.3A$2.A2.A8.A2.A$2.A14.A$2.A3.A6.A3.A$2.A3.A6.A3.A$3.A3.A4.A3.A $8.A2.A$9.2A$6.A.A2.A.A$6.A.A2.A.A$7.A4.A$5.2A6.2A$4.A2.6A2.A$3.3A8. 3A$2.A4.2A2.2A4.A$.6A6.6A$A6.6A6.A$4.3A6.3A$A2.2A3.4A3.2A2.A$.A.A2.A 2.2A2.A2.A.A$6.A.4A.A$7.A...

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Can you reiterate what you find wrong about this argument: Fix a version of colorized Life (say DoubleB3S23); Any colorized Life pattern can be emulated in Life; Thus, any function computed by colorized Life can be computed by Life; Thus colorized Life is at most as powerful as Life (in fact equally...

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trash ship

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x = 12, y = 34, rule = B3/S23
2bo5bo$b3o3b3o$2obo2b2obo$3o3b3o$b2o4b2o$6bo$2bobob2obo$2bo2bobo$6bo$
5b2o$3bo2bo$3bo$3bo3bo$2b5obo$2bob2o2b2o$2bobo2b3o$3b2obo$2bo3b4o$bo8b
o$bo2b5obo$2b2o7bo$5bo5bo$4bobo2b2o$3bob2o$3bo2bo$6bo$5bo$2b3o$bobo$b
o2bo$2obo$3bo$obo$obo!

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EDIT2: longest 2c/5 partial from rlifesrc x = 19, y = 97, rule = B2i3-cr4itw5aejqr6akn78/S2-i3-aek4cij5ci7e 9bo$7b2ob2o$5b2o2bo2b2o$4bo3b3o3bo$4bo9bo$4bo4bo4bo$4b3o5b3o$3b3ob2ob 2ob3o$4bo2bo3bo2bo$9bo$5bo2bobo2bo$4bo4bo4bo$4bo2b5o2bo$4b3ob3ob3o$6bo bobobo$5b3o3b3o$3b2o2bobobo2b2o$4b11o$9bo$6bob3obo...

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