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by confocaloid
Yesterday, 11:14 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: B3/S234c
Replies: 26
Views: 3902

Re: B3/S234c

Alien conduit partial tags: HL106H RBx219R transparent block x = 82, y = 56, rule = B3/S234c 60b2o$59bo2bo$60b2o5$69b2o$69b2o2$65b2o$65bo$63b3o8$53bo$53bobo18b2o$ 53b3o18bobo$55bo20bo2bo$76b4o2$78b4o$77bo3bo$77b2o$9b2o$9b2o53bo$63bob o$65bo$55b2o$55b2o3$12bo$12b2o$11b2o2$71bo$69bobo$bo68bo$o$b2o$76b...
by confocaloid
Yesterday, 12:12 pm
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns
Replies: 173
Views: 79590

Re: Thread For Your Naming Proposals of Unnamed Patterns

The following three still lives are (from top to bottom) order-1 coiled snake, order-2 coiled snake, and order-3 coiled snake: x = 13, y = 10, rule = B3/S23 2ob2obo$ob2ob2o3$2ob2ob2obo$ob2ob2ob2o3$2ob2ob2ob2obo$ob2ob2ob2ob2o! The coiled snake is an infinite wick, while these still lives are finite p...
by confocaloid
Yesterday, 10:47 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: dumb questions that will probably never get answered (at least here)
Replies: 19
Views: 294

Re: dumb questions that will probably never get answered (at least here)

8. Why is playgameoflife.com so limited and yet google favours it? I am not a reverse engineer. Because it is so limited. When you give too much flexibility to newcomers, they won't be able to know what to do with it. Again, being overwhelmed by different possibilities is an opposite of "easy to co...
by confocaloid
Yesterday, 10:45 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: dumb questions that will probably never get answered (at least here)
Replies: 19
Views: 294

Re: dumb questions that will probably never get answered (at least here)

7. Why ruletables/trees are bulky? That is more or less the price of flexibility when combined with simplicity. How would you make ruletables less bulky, without losing either flexibility (being able to encode so many different cellular automata) or simplicity of the syntax? Even non-isotropic two-...
by confocaloid
Yesterday, 9:22 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Thread for your miscellaneous posts and discussions
Replies: 227
Views: 22373

Re: Thread for your miscellaneous posts and discussions

b-engine wrote:
Yesterday, 4:41 am
Also, the "seed" as you called is glider synthesis . Seed is a constellation that becomes a pattern when hit by a glider in a specific position.
Glider syntheses are also seeds (predecessors).
In comparison, what you described is a one-glider seed.
by confocaloid
Yesterday, 9:07 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries
Replies: 4517
Views: 1750195

Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Please do not post multiple messages consecutively in the same topic. If your message is the most recent one in a topic, you can instead simply edit the last post to add something. (This is forum rule 3a; see Forum Rules .) x = 28, y = 24, rule = B3/S23 5$8bo13bo$6bobo13bobo$7b2o13b2o13$7b2o13b2o$6b...
by confocaloid
Yesterday, 12:06 am
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: 4K Life
Replies: 27
Views: 2241

Re: 4K Life

Some known objects from Life: census/b34ks23/ror_stdin_test An oblique reburnable fuse: x = 153, y = 50, rule = B34k/S23 151b2o$151b2o$146b2o$146b2o$141b2o$141b2o$136b2o$136b2o$131b2o$131b2o$ 126b2o$126b2o$121b2o$121b2o$116b2o$116b2o$111b2o$111b2o$106b2o$106b2o$ 101b2o$101b2o$96b2o$96b2o$91b2o$91b2o...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 9:26 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Jokes
Replies: 268
Views: 111485

Re: Jokes

^^
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LALR
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by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 6:49 pm
Forum: Other Cellular Automata
Topic: 4K Life
Replies: 27
Views: 2241

Re: 4K Life

That p194 oscillator doesn't care if blinkers are present or absent; probably gunnable. An interaction with a beehive: x = 39, y = 24, rule = B34k/S23 bo16bo6bo$obo14bobo4bobo11bo$obo13bo3bo2bo3bo10bo$bo15bobo4bobo11bo$ 18bo6bo2$19bo4bo$18bobo2bobo$19bo4bo7$19bo4bo$18bobo2bobo$19bo4bo2$18b o6bo$5bo1...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 4:56 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

I was hoping to hear from you whether _you_ thought it was a good idea. If I remember correctly, you were initially suggesting a new article about a concept (rather than a specific pattern). https://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=181196#p181196 I'm thinking such an article would be basically...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 4:36 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Dependent Reflector Terminology and Analysis
Replies: 215
Views: 27180

Re: Dependent Reflector Terminology and Analysis

Crosspost I'm thinking that "2c/3 signal receiver" is an uncontroversial use of the term "signal" -- it means a receiver for 2c/3 signal s, which are already represented on the LifeWiki with a redirect to "2c/3 wire". What are your thoughts on that? My thoughts is that there is an existing agreement...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 4:35 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

[...] The fact that yoleo picked up those terms and used them exactly the way I intended for them to be used, was a very good sign that they were useful terms for the discussion. [...] Just recently you were ascribing to me some unstated idea ( "your restricted meaning" ), and incorrectly claiming ...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 4:08 pm
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of OCA Thread
Replies: 107
Views: 23913

Re: Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of OCA Thread

eRroR_6o6 wrote:
March 27th, 2024, 3:46 pm
Is B45678/S2345 omniperiodic?

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#C p47, p67, p113, p137, p185
x = 25, y = 40, rule = B45678/S2345
2b10o$bo10bo$o11bo$12o6$2b12o$bo12bo$o13bo$14o6$2b16o$bo16bo$o17bo$18o
6$2b18o$bo18bo$o19bo$20o6$2b22o$bo22bo$o23bo$24o!
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 3:45 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

It's maybe good to note (again) that I did not invent the terms "confocaloid-signal" or "dvgrn-signal" -- if I remember right, it was yoleo who did that . Not really. As far as I can tell by looking at forum posts, dvgrn was the one who invented both of those polemical labels . dvgrn https://conway...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 2:47 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

[...] What the definitions say is that "dvgrn-signals" are a superset of "confocaloid-signals". [...] [...] Do you still contend that "dvgrn-signal" is not a superset of "confocaloid-signal"? [...] As far as I can tell, there is very little point in trying to discuss "what the definitions say" abou...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 2:22 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

In an engineered spaceship/puffer component (e.g. a moving glider reflector), there may be still life stages. A sideways glider may get converted to a loaf, which is then reanimated by a later spaceship/convoy. You might try building a moving computer where signals are carried by various objects th...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 2:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thread for Discord crossposts
Replies: 13
Views: 1240

Re: Thread for Discord crossposts

Seems like it still doesn't work. Maybe the cause is missing commas in the actual rules? (e.g. "0 1,1,2,3,0,0,0,0 6")
Edit: it worked after doing hard refresh.
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 1:58 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

I don't know what exactly you mean when you say "confocaloid-signal". Would you please consider putting some more effort into understanding that point, then? It's been explained quite a number of times -- here , for example. The idea described in the post you linked to under the label "confocaloid-...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 1:45 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

However, the wider "dvgrn-signal" meaning is simply a commonly-used superset of your restricted meaning. No it is not a superset. I don't know what exactly you mean when you say "confocaloid-signal". What I do know, however, is that a signal by the well-known definition is (movement of) information...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 1:19 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

This is one of those cases. I don't think so. In this particular case, the topic is "2c/3 signal receiver", which already uses the word 'signal' in its primary well-understood CA-related sense (i.e. information carried through the universe with some mechanism). Considering that you are discussing t...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 12:27 pm
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

Should a new category article be added for "2c/3 signal receiver"? I'm not sure whether I understand what you mean by a 'category article'. In MediaWiki context, categories are not articles, but instead a software feature that enables grouping related pages (including articles and non-article pages...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 10:04 am
Forum: Patterns
Topic: 14P2.4 Synthesis
Replies: 2
Views: 132

Re: 14P2.4 Synthesis

atavoidirc wrote:
March 27th, 2024, 9:53 am
Why a new thread, instead of posting in an existing thread (e.g. Synthesising oscillators)?

Also, since this is a p2 oscillator, it is periodic rather than stable. In this context, "stable" almost always means "p1" (still life object/still life constellation).
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 10:00 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: Your favorite OCA?
Replies: 18
Views: 1060

Re: Your favorite OCA?

I thought about mentioning some rules here, but eventually decided against it, because the whole idea feels too close to a "popularity contest", which is not really what the Life/CA thing is about. (If one really wants to, then it is not too hard to understand which cellular automata / patterns / id...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 9:43 am
Forum: The Sandbox
Topic: dumb questions that will probably never get answered (at least here)
Replies: 19
Views: 294

Re: dumb questions that will probably never get answered (at least here)

Why 3-state rules are rarely found on forums? They are too easy to control, so making one good for tech is not much of a feat. "Too easy to control" does not seem correct, considering there are 3^9 = 19683 three-state 3x3 conditions (compared to 2^9 = 512 two-state 3x3 conditions) and approximately...
by confocaloid
March 27th, 2024, 9:25 am
Forum: LifeWiki Discussion
Topic: Suggested LifeWiki edits
Replies: 861
Views: 176548

Re: Suggested LifeWiki edits

https://conwaylife.com/w/index.php?diff=147770&oldid=143701 Both "p146 pi-heptomino hassler" and "51P146" are descriptions of the object that is the topic of the article. It is still an unnamed periodic object. (Most specific objects will naturally remain unnamed, since they don't really need a nam...