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[...] bit condescending tbh, I appreciate the links and I'll look into it more, but I don't quite get what you are suggesting here. The "signal processing pattern" did arise naturally... The code you attached also didn't bare any resemblance to what I generated fyi. They weren't kidding when ...

... if there are additional sideways output gliders (or other versatile active objects), one can interpret the appearance of the sideways glider as a signal "need to rebuild the one-time advancer constellation", and route that signal through various conduits and converters into an engineered contraption ...

... seems like the maximum density that can be achieved with a static pattern. A stream of gliders ( spaced 14 gens ) is 1 bit / 26 cells. Another signals have lower densities, like the still-2b-tamed orthogonal c signal, at 30 cells per bit. Loops of 2c/3 signals can store a bit in just 12 cells ...

I'd like to note that the grin to spark is known, but I do not remember where I have seen it. It's known since 2015: 2c/3 signal to a weak diagonal thumb. I think the starting reaction can vary, as there are more than one way to trigger that. x = 27, y = 16, rule = B3/S23 18b2o$12b2o4bo2bo2bo$11bobo6b5o$11bo5bo7b2o$10b2o5b5obobo$23bobo$3b2o ...

Double 2c/3 signal to inaccessible thumb by apgoucher: x = 38, y = 38, rule = LifeHistory 6.E$6.3E$9.E$4.6E$2E.E$2E.E2.6E$3.E.E.A4.E$3.E.E.A2C3E$4.2E.E.A5.E$7. E.A2C4E$7.E.E.B$6.2E.E.B2C4E$9.E.E.B4.E$9.E.E.B2C3E$10.2E.E.B5.E$13.E ...

Double 2c/3 signal to inaccessible thumb by apgoucher: x = 38, y = 38, rule = LifeHistory 6.E$6.3E$9.E$4.6E$2E.E$2E.E2.6E$3.E.E.A4.E$3.E.E.A2C3E$4.2E.E.A5.E$7. E.A2C4E$7.E.E.B$6.2E.E.B2C4E$9.E.E.B4.E$9.E.E.B2C3E$10.2E.E.B5.E$13.E ...

... a new addition to a category -- the kind of thing that happens all the time on the H-to-G or elementary-conduits or Herschel-conduits or stable-signal-converters collection threads. Quick posts like that are really helpful as reminders when the next full stamp-collection update happens, but ...

... 1 1 2,2,0,d,e,f,g,0 0 #TAIL #construct 2 1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0 1 #shoot 2 1,0,0,0,2,0,0,0 1 #retract 2 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 1 #basic 2 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h 0 #SIGNAL #construct 1 1,2,0,0,2,0,0,0 2 1 1,0,2,0,0,f,0,0 1 #cancel 1 2,b,2,d,0,f,0,h 0 #photon 1 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h 2

... 1 1 2,2,0,d,e,f,g,0 0 #TAIL #construct 2 1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0 1 #shoot 2 1,0,0,0,2,0,0,0 1 #retract 2 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 1 #basic 2 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h 0 #SIGNAL #construct 1 1,2,0,0,2,0,0,0 2 1 1,0,2,0,0,f,0,0 1 #cancel 1 2,b,2,d,0,f,0,h 0 #photon 1 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h 2

... Var b6=b Var b7=b Var c={0,1,2,4,5,6,7} # All cells except red Var c1=c Var c2=c Var c3=c Var c4=c Var c5=c Var c6=c Var c7=c var s={2,4,6,7} # Signal heads 0,s,1,5,1,0,1,5,1,7 # Color changer 0,7,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,4 0,4,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,2 0,2,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,6 5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,3 # T-ship 0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,3 ...

... Var b6=b Var b7=b Var c={0,1,2,4,5,6,7} # All cells except red Var c1=c Var c2=c Var c3=c Var c4=c Var c5=c Var c6=c Var c7=c var s={2,4,6,7} # Signal heads 0,s,1,5,1,0,1,5,1,7 # Color changer 0,7,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,4 0,4,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,2 0,2,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,6 5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,3 # T-ship 3,3,0,5,0,3,0,5,0,3 ...

... would be interesting to try something like this in other reflectors. The easy part is deleting the bait cleanly. Restoring it - by using an input signal coupled with some other - and dealing with input signals in the non-reflective state is a much harder challenge.

Silk finds a 180° single-to-double signal turn that I don't think we've seen before I believe it's new. It reminds me of an almost-working single-to-double-length signal turn I found many years ago. In that case, the spacing between the input ...

Silk finds a 180° single-to-double signal turn that I don't think we've seen before: x = 32, y = 34, rule = LifeHistory 4.2C$4.2C$8.C$4.5C$3.C7.C$3.C2.6C$2.2C.C.A$5.C.A6C$2.2C.C.C6.C$2.C2.C .C2.5C$3.C.C.C.C7.C$3C2.C.C.C2.6C$C2.2C2.C.C.C$2.C4.C.C.C2.6C$3.4C2.C ...

... might be a bit confusing, since there aren't actually any transparent glider lanes involved in the Bx106. And "lane" isn't ever actually used for signals that have to be guided by conduits. So the current "transparent lane" definition might be an unnecessary over-generalization. Certainly the ...

G/Spark to spark, and wire based on it: x = 120, y = 35, rule = B3/S23Investigator There is a slightly smaller way to convert a glider into a signal, but this bumps the repeat time up to 27: x = 54, y = 14, rule = StateInvestigator The phrase 'to convert a glider into a signal' is a misnomer. ...

... 10.EB10.EB10.EB$35.E11.E11.E11.E11.E11.E11.E11.E! There is a slightly smaller way to convert a glider into that signal, but this bumps the repeat time up to 27: x = 54, y = 14, rule = StateInvestigator 17.E11.E11.E11.E$16.EB10.EB10.EB10.EB$15.EB10.EB10.EB10.EB$14.EB10.EB ...

... Var b6=b Var b7=b Var c={0,1,2,4,5,6,7} # All cells except red Var c1=c Var c2=c Var c3=c Var c4=c Var c5=c Var c6=c Var c7=c var s={2,4,6,7} # Signal heads 0,s,1,5,1,0,1,5,1,7 # Color changer 0,7,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,4 0,4,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,2 0,2,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,6 5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,3 # T-ship 0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,3 ...

... Var b6=b Var b7=b Var c={0,1,2,4,5,6,7} # All cells except red Var c1=c Var c2=c Var c3=c Var c4=c Var c5=c Var c6=c Var c7=c var s={2,4,6,7} # Signal heads 0,s,1,5,1,0,1,5,1,7 # Color changer 0,7,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,4 0,4,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,2 0,2,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,6 5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,3 # T-ship 0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,3 ...

... Var b6=b Var b7=b Var c={0,1,2,4,5,6,7} # All cells except red Var c1=c Var c2=c Var c3=c Var c4=c Var c5=c Var c6=c Var c7=c var s={2,4,6,7} # Signal heads 0,s,1,5,1,0,1,5,1,7 # Color changer 0,7,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,4 0,4,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,2 0,2,1,5,5,0,5,5,1,6 5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,3 # T-ship 0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,3 ...

Announcement: B+Univ is complete! Changes: • Now the MKARM command is functionally complete. • Bought back the "signal color changers" from B-Univ. Here's the demo: x = 43, y = 9, rule = B+Univ 32.E$22.CG.CB.CD5$19.AEA2.A2EA2.A3EA2.A4EA$CG3.CF3.CD3.CB$19.AEA2.A2E A2.A3EA2.A4EA! ...

Announcement: B+Univ is complete! Changes: • Now the MKARM command is functionally complete. • Bought back the "signal color changers" from B-Univ. Here's the demo: x = 43, y = 9, rule = B+Univ 32.E$22.CG.CB.CD5$19.AEA2.A2EA2.A3EA2.A4EA$CG3.CF3.CD3.CB$19.AEA2.A2E A2.A3EA2.A4EA! ...

I am going to start reworking the stable signal circuitry, then I suggest trying to reduce static population after that, then we work out the timing details, especially for the clock gun(s) or glocks for short. We finally try to reduce the recipe ...

I am going to start reworking the stable signal circuitry, then I suggest trying to reduce static population after that, then we work out the timing details, especially for the clock gun(s) or glocks for short. We finally try to reduce the recipe of the whole entire metacell.

x = 1038, y = 1080, rule = B3/S23 424b2o$423bobo63b2o$417b2o4bo64bobo$418bo2b2ob4o54b2o4bo$418bobobobo2b o55bo2b2ob4o$415b2obobobobo58bobobobo2bo$415b2obobob2o56b2obobobobo$ 419bo60b2obobob2o$484bo63b2o$432b2o113bobo$423b2o7bo64b2o42b2o4bo$423b 2o5bobo55b2o7bo44bo2b2ob4o$430b2o56b2o5bobo44bobobobo2...