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If you do want to talk about a static instance of a CA pattern, condition might be the right word - but I feel that that is not what is done. Conditions are actually static (unless one uses an alternating rule , or otherwise changes the rule over time). For example if the B6 condition (birth on 6 a...

34c/68o glider rake x = 12, y = 7, rule = B2n3-ky4z5er6ci/S23-c4ey5kr 4b5o$3o2b6o$5bo5bo$5bo5bo$4b2o4b2o$5b5o$6b2o! #C [[ ZOOM 6 X -20 TRACKLOOP 68 34/68 0/68 ]] (6,5)c/76 oblique spaceship x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2n3-ky4z5er6ci/S23-c4ey5kr 3o$2bo$b2o! #C [[ ZOOM 8 TRACKLOOP 76 6/76 -5/76 ]] c/2o, 2c/...

What are known rules with a large number of different slopes of non-adjustable spaceships? [...] I posted about this rule in this thread once in 2018, but as a refresher here's a collection of other bugs in this rule: x = 346, y = 17, rule = R7,C0,M1,S62..105,B62..77,NM 3b7o27b6o31b3o30b6o$2b9o25b8o...

period-doubled p89 with boat bits x = 60, y = 60, rule = B3/S23 43b2o2b2o$37b2o3bobo3bo$38bo3bo2b3o$38bob2obobo$29bo9bobobo5b2o$29b3o 11bo4bo2bo$32bo10b2o3bobobo$6b2o3b2o18b2o14b2obobo$5bo2bobobo34bo2b2o$ 4bob3obo37b2o$4bo4bob4o35b2o$2o3b3obobo2bo33b2o2bo$obo4b2o40bob2o$2bo 46bo$2b2o26bo17b2o$2o4bo2...

I believe this is a new conduit called HR89H found by ljkiernan: x = 29, y = 34, rule = LifeHistory 19.2A2.2A$13.2A3.A.A3.A$14.A3.A2.3A$14.A.2A.A.A$5.A9.A.A.A2B3.2A$5.3A 9.2BAB3.A2.A$8.A7.3B2A3.A.A.A$7.2A3.B2.7B.2A.A.A$7.8B.5B2.A2.2A$9.15B 2A$9.15B2.2A$8.16B2A2.A$6.18B.A.2A$4.18B3.A$4.2BC15B2.2A$3....

Preserve the ship on the left (2c/122) while removing the replicator. x = 28, y = 6, rule = B3-r4jkwz5ek6ckn/S23-e 2$b3o$bo19b5o$b2o! Adding S4c and S8 works: x = 28, y = 6, rule = B3-r4jkwz5ek6ckn/S23-e4c8 2$b3o$bo19b5o$b2o! x = 28, y = 6, rule = B3-r4jkwz5ek6ckn/S23-e7e 2$b3o$bo19b5o$b2o! Probabl...

Pufferfish spaceship as an oscillator: x = 74, y = 106, rule = R3,C0,S5-7,B5-7,NW0000000002020200000000020102000000000202020000000 12b4o$12b4o$10b2o4b2o12b4o$10b2o4b2o12b4o$8b2o8b2o10b2o2b4o$8b2o8b2o 10b2o2b4o$10b2o4b2o12b2o2b2o2b2o$10b2o4b2o12b2o2b2o2b2o$12b4o22b4o$12b 4o22b4o$36b4o12b4o8b2o$36b4o...

CasperWen8805181 wrote: ↑

December 3rd, 2023, 9:42 pm

Two engine Cordership:

I think this is a corderoid spaceship. A Cordership would necessarily have simplified speed c/12d and would be based on switch engines.

Update: the search resumed after several hours. The culprit was a zz_LINEAR: #C https://catagolue.hatsya.com/hashsoup/ikpx2_stdin/k_vXqJiUpbxD4k-3b3o4b3o$3bobo4bobo$2bo2bo4bo2bo$3b2o6b2o$3bobo4bobo$2bo3bo2bo3bo$-2bo10bo$o5bo2bo5bo$3bo8bo$ob2ob2o2b2ob2obo!/b34tws23 x = 0, y = 0, rule = B34tw/S23 3b3...

Is there a three-block shifter loop? I was referring to a loop involving only three-block shifters. I don't know if this counts as a legitimate example of a loop, but you can always move into a bounded universe. Klein bottle : x = 8, y = 12, rule = B3/S23:K64*,50 o$b2o$2o$6b2o$6b2o6$2o4b2o$2o4b2o! ...

Would it be possible to make the preferred way of sharing patterns (i.e. code tags) easier to discover and use for newcomers, and to make the "viewer" tags less visible in the "Post a reply" form? I think it is inconsistent that the button for the recommended feature is harder to notice (the UI enco...

Pi-to-2G: x = 14, y = 3, rule = Symbiosis 3B8.ABA$2.B8.B.B$3B8.ABA! That is a smaller version of the pi splitter : x = 76, y = 21, rule = Symbiosis 74.B$73.B.B$74.B2$45.B$44.B.B$44.B.B25.B$43.2B.2B23.B.B$42.B2.B2.B22. B.B$3B8.ABA16.3B8.B.B.B.B.B10.3B9.B$2.B8.B.B18.B9.B.B.B.B13.B$3B8.ABA 16.3B11.B.B...

I again don't think the difference in clarity would be nearly enough to make up for the usage of less commonly used terminology. Well, I get it that we disagree on this. For me the difference in clarity is big enough in this case, to prefer a less common way of explaining the same idea, because I t...

In my experience, both terms are in use, but "transition" seems significantly more commonly used than "condition" . I think some problems with the "count occurrences on the forums" approach are: * many occurrences are in thread names (e.g. "Rules 1 tr-n from Life") which are automatically copied fr...

In my opinion a community-driven dictionary is possible if the "gatekeeping"/copyediting is reduced to the absolutely necessary minimum and is done by a team of at least three or four editors who have sufficiently diverse fields of interest/expertise within the overall CGoL scope (to avoid excessive...

c/5o spaceship x = 17, y = 34, rule = B34tw/S23 2bo11bo$bob3o5b3obo$bo2bo7bo2bo$4bo7bo$5b3ob3o$6b2ob2o$2b2o9b2o $2b2o9b2o$2bo11bo$4bo7bo$3b4o3b4o$6b2ob2o2$3b2o7b2o2$5b3ob3o$5bo bobobo$6bobobo$4b9o$4bo7bo$7bobo$6b2ob2o$4bo7bo$4bobo3bobo$3bo2b o3bo2bo$4bo3bo3bo$b2o2b3ob3o2b2o$b2o11b2o$3bob3ob3obo$b3ob...

From making a few manual soups I don't think this rule is explosive (even in symmetric soups!), but it does have this very common methuselah, with a maximum population of 13521 and a minimum population of 5: x = 3, y = 3, rule = B2-an3-i46n/S1c25k78 obo$bo$obo! It stabilizes after 9774 generations....

You are claiming that it's OK to undo my edits. This your claim is a violation of rule 1a. You write [...] That edit can be safely rolled back for now, and it should not be re-done [...] as if it was settled issue what wording is best for OCA:tlife. It is not a settled issue. Only very few people ot...

I do, in fact, "not want to allow changes that somehow conflict with my viewpoint on the issues". This is because, in each of these cases, I've done my homework. I've reached out to others in the community -- anyone who is willing to express an opinion -- and gotten contemporaneous feedback. I've g...

Prodigal-to-tub x = 13, y = 11, rule = B3/S23 3bo$4bo2b2o$4bo2bobo$4bo4bo$4bo4bobo$bo2bo5bobo$2b3o6bo$6b2o$bo4bobo$ obo5bo$bo6b2o! This also works as a general nine remover. Not rewind able in the natural way: x = 13, y = 21, rule = LifeHistory 3.A$4.A$4.A$4.A$4.A$.A2.A$2.3A4$3.D$4.D2.2A$4.D2.A.A$4...

A middleweight spaceship flips a beehive, another MWSS flips it back: x = 41, y = 71, rule = B3/S23 21bo$15b2o3bobo$16bo3bo2bo$16bob2obobo5bo$17bobobobob2obobo$21bobo2bob obo$20bobobo2bobo$20bobob2obo$21b2obo2b2o$26bo2bo$27bobo5b2o$26b2ob3o 2bo2bo$32bo2b2o$26b2ob2ob3o$26b2obobo3b2o$33bo2bo$b5o26b3o$...

Anyone have a use for an H-to-three-quarters honey farm conduit? This is so tidy it seems like it's begging for an application. x = 27, y = 37, rule = LifeHistory 4$16.2A$16.A.A.2A$18.A.2A$6.A11.A$6.3A6.2A.A.2A$9.A5.2A.2A.A$8.2A11.A .2A$21.A.2A$20.2A$20.A2.2A$21.2A.A$11.C$11.C.C$11.3C$13.C8$7.2A$6....

That was not my intention in any case. In short, a condition is what has to be true ("B6" = "a cell is born when it has 6 alive neighbours") and a transition is what happens ("a cell is born"). Both are used in informal discussions in a similar way, but the wiki is written for newcomers/readers, rat...

For the record, I did actually read and re-read all those replies by people other than you , including replies by other moderators. I do appreciate those replies by people other than you. I do say that you are intimidating me in various ways. Most likely this is because of our disagreements on sever...

As I see it, a rule is a set of transitions , each of the form " condition ==> action ". So, in CGoL, "a cell is born if it is currently dead and has three live neighbours" is a transition , and "being currently dead and having three live neighbours" is the condition for that transition to occur. T...