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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Freywa » July 2nd, 2021, 2:04 am

Doesn't improve anything (the source still life costs 10 gliders and the destination 8 ):

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x = 10, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$bob2ob2o$2bobobo$4bobo$4b2o4$7b3o$7bo$8bo!
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x = 31, y = 5, rule = B2-a/S12
3bo23bo$2obo4bo13bo4bob2o$3bo4bo13bo4bo$2bo4bobo11bobo4bo$2bo25bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by EvinZL » July 2nd, 2021, 12:07 pm

Sily clock synthesis

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x = 20, y = 24, rule = B3/S23
9bo$8bo$8b3o2$7bo4bo$8bo2bo$6b3o2b3o$15b4o$4bo10bo3bo$5bo3b2o4bo$3b3o
3bo2bo3bo2bo$10b3o$7b3o$3bo3bo2bo3b3o$4bo4b2o3bo$o3bo10bo$b4o$6b3o2b3o
$8bo2bo$7bo4bo2$9b3o$11bo$10bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » July 2nd, 2021, 6:02 pm

This turns a block into a Herschel (grandchild).

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x = 4, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
b2o$3bo$bo$2bo$obo$bo2$2o$2o!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by hotdogPi » July 3rd, 2021, 2:09 pm

This spark is obviously impossible to place, so I'm putting it here. If it actually worked, and the gliders actually escaped, it would be a p50 gun; look at generation 25.

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x = 8, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$3bobobo$2b2obo$3b2o$4bo5$3bo$3b2o$2bob2o$obobo$2b2o!
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Periods discovered: 5-16,⑱,⑳G,㉑G,㉒㉔㉕,㉗-㉛,㉜SG,㉞㉟㊱㊳㊵㊷㊹㊺㊽㊿,54G,55G,56,57G,60,62-66,68,70,73,74S,75,76S,80,84,88,90,96
100,02S,06,08,10,12,14G,16,17G,20,26G,28,38,47,48,54,56,72,74,80,92,96S
217,486,576

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G: gun

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » July 3rd, 2021, 3:38 pm

Here is a seven-cell predecessor for an R-turner without its first blinker:

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x = 6, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o$bo3bo$3b2o!
There are two more seven-cell predecessors that are closely related.

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x = 6, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o$bo2b2o$3bo!

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x = 6, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o$bo2bo$3bobo!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by cvojan » July 4th, 2021, 6:48 pm

Natural tub catalysis at generation ~160:

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x = 8, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o8$6b2o$6b2o$2o$b2o$o!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » July 4th, 2021, 7:25 pm

cvojan wrote:
July 4th, 2021, 6:48 pm
Natural tub catalysis at generation ~160:

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x = 8, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o8$6b2o$6b2o$2o$b2o$o!
I wonder whether that's how the tub was first identified as a catalyst. I know that all pi-block collisions were searched fairly early on in the history of exploring ConwayLife.
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by wwei47 » July 7th, 2021, 12:44 am

While trying to find a 1G cleanup of the sparker synthesis, I accidentally made blocks with covers instead.

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x = 51, y = 49, rule = LifeHistory
2.C$C.C$.2C2$26.A.A$26.2A$27.A2$11.DA$11.2DC9.A$11.3AD7.A$11.2D.D7.3A
$11.2D.2D5$7.A$8.A19.A14.A2.2A$6.3A19.A5.2A6.A.A2.A$26.2A.2A3.2A6.A.A
.A$41.2A.A.2A$24.A.A3.A.A7.A2.2A3.A$24.A7.A4.2A2.A4.2A.A$22.2A9.2A.A
2.2A.4A3.A$24.A7.A4.2A2.A4.3A$24.A.A3.A.A7.A2.2A$41.2A.A.5A$26.2A.2A
3.2A6.A.A2.A2.A$28.A5.2A6.A2.A$11.2A15.A14.2A$10.A.A$12.A$6.A$6.2A$5.
A.A$11.2D.2D$11.2D.D7.3A$11.3AD7.A$11.2DC9.A$11.DA2$27.A$26.2A$26.A.A
2$.2C$C.C$2.C!
EDIT: Ooh LWSS

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x = 51, y = 49, rule = LifeHistory
2.C$C.C$.2C2$26.A.A$26.2A$27.A2$3.C7.DA$4.2C5.2DC9.A$3.2C6.3AD7.A$11.
2D.D7.3A$11.2D.2D5$7.A$8.A4.2D13.A14.A2.2A$6.3A3.2D.2D11.A5.2A6.A.A2.
A$13.4D9.2A.2A3.2A6.A.A.A$14.2D25.2A.A.2A$24.A.A3.A.A7.A2.2A3.A$24.A
7.A4.2A2.A4.2A.A$22.2A9.2A.A2.2A.4A3.A$24.A7.A4.2A2.A4.3A$24.A.A3.A.A
7.A2.2A$41.2A.A.5A$26.2A.2A3.2A6.A.A2.A2.A$28.A5.2A6.A2.A$11.2A15.A
14.2A$10.A.A$12.A$6.A$6.2A$5.A.A$11.2D.2D$11.2D.D7.3A$11.3AD7.A$11.2D
C9.A$11.DA2$27.A$26.2A$26.A.A2$.2C$C.C$2.C!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by bibunsekibun » July 7th, 2021, 3:30 am

Domino can turn the Century Predecessor.

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x = 6, y = 40, rule = B3/S23
2bo$2b2o$3b2o2$3o$2bo2$3b3o23$3b2o2$2bo$2b2o$3b2o2$3o$2bo2$3b3o!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by wwei47 » July 7th, 2021, 3:48 pm

I was going through MathAndCode's spark_search results and this appeared:

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x = 20, y = 136, rule = LifeHistory
9.A$8.A$8.3A3$6.A$A4.A$.2A2.3A$2A93$10.A$9.A.A$9.A2.A$11.A$5.3A$6.A.A
$7.3A$9.A.2A$4.2A4.2A$4.3A$3.A2.2A$3.2A.2A$3.2A.2A6.A$5.A7.3A$11.3A.
3A$11.A5.A$3.A.A4.2A5.2A$5.A3.2A7.2A$3.A.A4.2A5.2A$11.A5.A$11.3A.3A$
5.A7.3A$3.2A.2A6.A$3.2A.2A$3.A2.2A$4.3A$4.2A4.2A$9.A.2A$7.3A$6.A.A$5.
3A$11.A$9.A2.A$9.A.A$10.A!
Help me find high-period c/2 technology!
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Overview of periods: https://bit.ly/3LwE0I5
Most wanted periods: 76,116

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » July 7th, 2021, 8:33 pm

An R-pentomino hitting a block in a certain way can serve as a preblock->claw component.

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x = 7, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
o$3o$3bo$2b2o3$5bo$4b2o$5b2o$b2o$b2o!
This is useless because a two-glider component that does the same thing is already known.
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Naszvadi » July 10th, 2021, 6:17 pm

2G-2G one-time converter (loaf+blinker):

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x = 17, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
10bo$8b2o$9b2o3$bo10bo$b2o8bobo$obo7bo2bo$11b2o3bo$16bo$16bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by hotdogPi » July 13th, 2021, 8:35 am

22-bit still life with 12 bit predecessor + glider → fourteener + honey farm

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x = 21, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
bo$2bo$3o7$13bo$13bo$13bo$14bo$15bo$16b2o$18bo$19bo$20bo$20bo$20bo!
User:HotdogPi/My discoveries

Periods discovered: 5-16,⑱,⑳G,㉑G,㉒㉔㉕,㉗-㉛,㉜SG,㉞㉟㊱㊳㊵㊷㊹㊺㊽㊿,54G,55G,56,57G,60,62-66,68,70,73,74S,75,76S,80,84,88,90,96
100,02S,06,08,10,12,14G,16,17G,20,26G,28,38,47,48,54,56,72,74,80,92,96S
217,486,576

S: SKOP
G: gun

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » July 13th, 2021, 10:36 am

hotdogPi wrote:
July 13th, 2021, 8:35 am
22-bit still life with 12 bit predecessor
Are you looking for predecessors yourself as well (as me)?
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Alexander Yu » July 14th, 2021, 6:55 pm

Here's a methuselah that produces five blocks, three blinkers and a ship:

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x = 7, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
b6o$o3b3o$b3o!
hi.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by hotdogPi » July 14th, 2021, 7:16 pm

Alexander Yu wrote:
July 14th, 2021, 6:55 pm
Here's a methuselah that produces five blocks, three blinkers and a ship:

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x = 7, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
b6o$o3b3o$b3o!
That's #18 on this list (labeled 28314).
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Periods discovered: 5-16,⑱,⑳G,㉑G,㉒㉔㉕,㉗-㉛,㉜SG,㉞㉟㊱㊳㊵㊷㊹㊺㊽㊿,54G,55G,56,57G,60,62-66,68,70,73,74S,75,76S,80,84,88,90,96
100,02S,06,08,10,12,14G,16,17G,20,26G,28,38,47,48,54,56,72,74,80,92,96S
217,486,576

S: SKOP
G: gun

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Alexander Yu » July 14th, 2021, 7:22 pm

Here's a c wave that is so simple It's probably already known. However, I couldn't find it on the Lifewiki so I'll put it here:

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x = 100, y = 100, rule = B3/S23:T100
45$100o$obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo!

hi.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by yujh » July 14th, 2021, 9:28 pm

Alexander Yu wrote:
July 14th, 2021, 7:22 pm
Here's a c wave that is so simple It's probably already known. However, I couldn't find it on the Lifewiki so I'll put it here:

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x = 100, y = 100, rule = B3/S23:T100
45$100o$obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo!

Definetly known, as there are more complex patterns like golly-\Patterns\Life\Bounded-Grids\lightspeed-bubble.rle
I don't know if it's on lifewiki but it probably doesn't meet the notability guideline
Rule modifier

B34kz5e7c8/S23-a4ityz5k
b2n3-q5y6cn7s23-k4c8
B3-kq6cn8/S2-i3-a4ciyz8
B3-kq4z5e7c8/S2-ci3-a4ciq5ek6eik7

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by muzik » July 18th, 2021, 12:47 pm

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x = 17, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2$8b2o$7bo2bo$8b2o$2b2o$b2o$2bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by hotdogPi » July 18th, 2021, 12:51 pm

muzik wrote:
July 18th, 2021, 12:47 pm

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x = 17, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2$8b2o$7bo2bo$8b2o$2b2o$b2o$2bo!
This looks typical. What are you trying to show?
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Periods discovered: 5-16,⑱,⑳G,㉑G,㉒㉔㉕,㉗-㉛,㉜SG,㉞㉟㊱㊳㊵㊷㊹㊺㊽㊿,54G,55G,56,57G,60,62-66,68,70,73,74S,75,76S,80,84,88,90,96
100,02S,06,08,10,12,14G,16,17G,20,26G,28,38,47,48,54,56,72,74,80,92,96S
217,486,576

S: SKOP
G: gun

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by muzik » July 18th, 2021, 1:05 pm

hotdogPi wrote:
July 18th, 2021, 12:51 pm
muzik wrote:
July 18th, 2021, 12:47 pm

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x = 17, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
2$8b2o$7bo2bo$8b2o$2b2o$b2o$2bo!
This looks typical. What are you trying to show?
The R moves a beehive while turning into a B, possibly allowing for some sort of oscillator to arise.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by wwei47 » July 20th, 2021, 11:47 pm

c/14 partial

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x = 13, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
3bo$2b3o$b5o$2o3b2o$10bo$9bobo$7b2o3bo$ob3o2b2o3bo$3b2o2b2o3bo$2bobo4b
obo$3bo6bo!
Help me find high-period c/2 technology!
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My c/2 tech collection: https://bit.ly/3qUJg0u
Overview of periods: https://bit.ly/3LwE0I5
Most wanted periods: 76,116

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » July 21st, 2021, 10:58 am

wwei47 wrote:
July 20th, 2021, 11:47 pm
c/14 partial

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x = 13, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
3bo$2b3o$b5o$2o3b2o$10bo$9bobo$7b2o3bo$ob3o2b2o3bo$3b2o2b2o3bo$2bobo4b
obo$3bo6bo!
Why are there two queen bees? Only one appears to be necessary.
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by wwei47 » July 21st, 2021, 11:06 am

MathAndCode wrote:
July 21st, 2021, 10:58 am
Why are there two queen bees? Only one appears to be necessary.
I was using one to poke a spark,
Help me find high-period c/2 technology!
My guide: https://bit.ly/3uJtzu9
My c/2 tech collection: https://bit.ly/3qUJg0u
Overview of periods: https://bit.ly/3LwE0I5
Most wanted periods: 76,116

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by MathAndCode » July 21st, 2021, 11:18 am

wwei47 wrote:
July 21st, 2021, 11:06 am
I was using one to poke a spark,
Yes, I saw the right queen bee do that, but what about the top queen bee?
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