SlowLife works in half generations. Cells turn green before being fully on and red before fully dying. If an on cell is adjacent to a red or green cell, it won't die.
Gutter symmetry works even if it's half a generation apart.
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x = 46, y = 15, rule = SlowLife
35.C5.A$34.BA5.A$8.2A25.2A3.2A$AB5.A.AB2.2A17.B2.B.B$2A4.CB.A3.2A16.C
2AB.2A.2A2.3A$4.C2.BC24.A.A.A.A.A.A$4.CBC27.B2A3.2A2$5.A29.2A3.2AC$7.
A25.A.A.A.A.B.BC$2A5.A.A3.2A16.3A2.2A.AB2.BAB$2A5.A.2A2.2A24.C4.C$8.
2A25.2A3.2B$35.A4.CAC$35.A5.B!
A queen bee can be stabilized by off-phase blinkers at one of two spacings.dvgrn wrote: ↑November 24th, 2019, 9:47 amEDIT: A little misuse of SlowLife makes it into a symmetric oscillator with mod eleven-and-a-half (so to speak):
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x = 46, y = 41, rule = SlowLife 2$24.2A$24.A$25.A$22.4A$13.2A7.A$13.A11.3A$10.2A.A11.A2.A.2A$8.A2.A. 2A2BA9.2A.A2.A$8.2A.A3.2C.AB2.2A6.A.2A$11.A2.B2C.2C3.AB5.A$11.2A2.A2. 2CB.BA5.2A$16.CBA.C.C3$17.2A$17.2A3.3A$22.3A$17.2A$17.2A3$19.A$11.2A 5.2A9.2A$11.A5.2A.A9.A$8.2A.A6.A.A9.A.2A$8.A2.A.2A4.2A6.2A.A2.A$10.2A .A11.A2.A.2A$13.A11.3A$13.2A7.A$22.4A$25.A$24.A$24.2A!
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x = 34, y = 24, rule = SlowLife
9.A.A$9.A2.A$.B10.2A5.B$CAC7.A3.2A2.CAC$.B10.2A5.B$9.A2.A$9.A.A11$8.A
.A12.BCA$8.A2.A10.B2CA$.C9.2A7.CBAC9.A$BAB6.A3.2A4.BA2.CB8.A$.C9.2A7.
CBAC9.A$8.A2.A10.B2CA$8.A.A12.BCA!
An odd-period gun can pull an off-phase blinker.
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x = 59, y = 43, rule = SlowLife
15.A2.A2.A$15.7A2$15.7A$15.A2.A2.A7$12.2A.6A$12.2A13.2A$27.2A4.A2.2A
4.2A2.A$32.A3.3A2.3A3.A$28.A4.A2.2A4.2A2.A$28.A$28.A$2A.2A23.A$.A.A7.
A16.A$.A.A7.A16.A$2A.2A6.A24.A$.A.A7.A22.A.A$.A.A7.A23.2A$2A.2A6.A2$
11.2A$11.2A13.2A$19.6A.2A4$46.A$47.2A$46.2A$18.A2.A2.A$18.7A2$18.7A$
18.A2.A2.A$57.B$56.CAC$57.B!