Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

[knightlife]

8-cell 4x5 bounding box:

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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
3bo$4bo$4bo$5o!

601 gen "methuselah"

[knightlife]

8-cells, 17x11 bounding box:

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x = 17, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
15b2o$14b2o$15bo8$3o!

Lasts 8268 generations but starts as two objects, R plus blinker

I prefer methuselahs where all cells are connected orthogonally and/or diagonally (polyplet)

Challenge: find a long lasting methuselah that is a single orthogonally connected object (polyomino)


10-cell 786 gen polyomino:

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x = 9, y = 2, rule = B3/S23
8bo$9o!

10-cell 1104 gen polyomino:

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x = 6, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4bo$4bo$4bo$4bo$6o!

Maybe something other than R-pentomino!

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x = 5, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
4bo$b4o$bo$2o$o!

[simeks]

Challenge: find a long lasting methuselah that is a single orthogonally connected object (polyomino)

14255 gens in a 7-by-5 box:

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x = 7, y = 5, rule = LifeHistory
2.A$A.A$A.5A$3A.A.A$5.2A!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Dang...

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x = 7, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2bobo$2bobo$2b3o4$o5bo$2o3b2o$2o3b2o$bo3bo!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

...

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x = 7, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
2bobo$2bobo$2b3o4$o5bo$2o3b2o$2o3b2o$bo3bo6$2b3o$bobobo$2bobo!

[muzik]

Seed for a common yet unnamed constellation:

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x = 18, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
11bobo$11b2o$4bo7bo$4bo$4bo2$3o3b3o7b2o$16b2o$4bo$4bo6b2o$4bo6b2o!

[muzik]

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x = 25, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
5b2ob2o$5b2ob2o$17bo$16bo5bo$16b3o3bobo$22b2o4$2o$2o$11b2o$11bobo$12bo
!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Moving r-pentomino:

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x = 8, y = 10, rule = LifeHistory
5.2C$4.2C$5.C2D$5.2D$6.D2$2.A$.A.A$A2.2A$.A.A!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Quite odd!

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x = 7, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
bo3bo$3ob3o$obobobo$bo3bo!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Phi sparks ignite two beehives ==> Mess

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x = 7, y = 9, rule = B3/S23
3bo$2bobo$2bobo$3bo2$bo3bo$3ob3o$obobobo$bo3bo!

[GUYTU6J]

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x = 20, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
18bo$17bobo$13b2obo2bo$12bo2bob2o$12bobo$13bo$12bo$11bobo$7b2obo2bo$6b
o2bob2o$6bobo$7bo$6bo$5bobo$b2obo2bo$o2bob2o$obo$bo!

It dies out in gen 13 no matter how long it is.And its gen 2 can be stabilized.

[FlameandFury]

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x = 36, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
3$6bo16bo3bo$5bo2bo12bo2bobo2bo$2bo2bo2bo12bo2bobo2bo$bobobobob2o8b2ob
obobobob2o$2bo2bo2bo12bo2bobo2bo$5bo5bo6bo5bobo5bo$6b5o8b5o3b5o2$8bo
10b5o3b5o$7bobo8bo5bobo5bo$8bo12bo2bobo2bo$19b2obobobobob2o$21bo2bobo
2bo$21bo2bobo2bo$23bo3bo!

P4 rotor that I can't find in jslife but probably was already found.

[gmc_nxtman]

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x = 36, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
3$6bo16bo3bo$5bo2bo12bo2bobo2bo$2bo2bo2bo12bo2bobo2bo$bobobobob2o8b2ob
obobobob2o$2bo2bo2bo12bo2bobo2bo$5bo5bo6bo5bobo5bo$6b5o8b5o3b5o2$8bo
10b5o3b5o$7bobo8bo5bobo5bo$8bo12bo2bobo2bo$19b2obobobobob2o$21bo2bobo
2bo$21bo2bobo2bo$23bo3bo!

P4 rotor that I can't find in jslife but probably was already found.

It's period 5.

[FlameandFury]

[BlinkerSpawn]

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x = 36, y = 21, rule = B3/S23
3$6bo16bo3bo$5bo2bo12bo2bobo2bo$2bo2bo2bo12bo2bobo2bo$bobobobob2o8b2ob
obobobob2o$2bo2bo2bo12bo2bobo2bo$5bo5bo6bo5bobo5bo$6b5o8b5o3b5o2$8bo
10b5o3b5o$7bobo8bo5bobo5bo$8bo12bo2bobo2bo$19b2obobobobob2o$21bo2bobo
2bo$21bo2bobo2bo$23bo3bo!

P5 rotor that I can't find in jslife but probably was already found.

It's a Heart.

[Rhombic]

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x = 5, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
3bo$b2o$2b2o3$bo$obo$bobo$3bo$3b2o!

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Toad+blinker

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x = 6, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o8$bo$b2o$2o2$3b2o$2bo2bo$2bobo$3bo!

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x = 7, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o10$2bo$2b2o$b2o2$4b2o$3bo2bo$3bobo$4bo!

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x = 8, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
5b3o$5bobo$5b3o9$bo$b2o$2o2$3b2o$2bo2bo$2bobo$3bo!

Traffic lights reappear at the same place but react away later:

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x = 12, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
3o$3o$3o8$7bo$7b2o$6b2o2$9b2o$8bo2bo$8bobo$9bo!

This synthesises the unstable pattern on the right:

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x = 55, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
3o$3o$3o4$7bo43b2o$7b2o41bo3bo$6b2o42b5o$51bo$9b2o$8bo2bo$8bobo$9bo!

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x = 6, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
bobo$2b2o$2bo3$bo$b2o$2o2$3b2o$2bo2bo$2bobo$3bo!

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Something nice and unrelated to the previous reactions:

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x = 226, y = 46, rule = B3/S23
211bob2o$211b2obo2$211b3o$83bo127bo2bo$84b2o11b2o45b2o66b2o$83b2o12b2o
45b2o$o$b2o91bo46bo68bo$2o92bo5bo40bo5bo61bobo$3b3ob2o30b3ob2o49bo4bob
o39bo4bobo59bo2bo$4b2o34b2o56bo2bo43bo2bo60b2o$5bobo33bobo54b3o44b3o$
6bo35bo3$223b2o$223bobo$223bo17$100bo$100bo$90b2o8bo$90b2o3$87b2o$87b
2o$98b3o$98bo$99bo!

[muzik]

Dumb h to pi:

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x = 10, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
bo$b3o$4bo$3b2o3$7bo$7b3o$7bobo$2b2o5bo$bobo$bo$2o!

[Gamedziner]

Dumb h to pi:

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x = 10, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
bo$b3o$4bo$3b2o3$7bo$7b3o$7bobo$2b2o5bo$bobo$bo$2o!

Funny how that reaction produces an eater.

[muzik]

Speaking of reactions that produce eaters:

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x = 3, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
3o$o$3o9$2o$2o!

[mniemiec]

Speaking of reactions that produce eaters: ...

The block can be replaced by a glider from either direction, although the cleanup is a bit messier. The whole thing can be done completely one-sided from 5 gliders, although there is probably a 1 glider cleanup somewhere that might reduce it to 4.

It turns out the same mechanism is already used by one of the 4-glider integral syntheses - a glider into a B-heptomino makes a pi + debris block that cleans up the back, and the B-heptomino's first block just happens to be in the right place. I had already used that for the optimal synthesis of integral eating integral, but had overlooked it for eater eating integral, so this brought to light an obvious synthesis improvement that had been overlooked. Thanks! (EDIT: This, in turn, also improves 27 additional related syntheses).

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x = 166, y = 68, rule = B3/S23
128bo$38bo88bo$38bobo86b3o$38boo$obo$boo$bo3$bo16bo$bbo16bo$3o14b3o$$
21bo$20bo$20b3o75bo4bo$99boboo$97b3obboo8$56boo98boo$56bobo97bobo$58bo
99bo$58bobo97bobo$59boo98boo$62boo98boo$62bobo97bobo$64bo99bo$64boo98b
oo4$77boo$76bobo$27boo49bo$26boo$28bo$22boo$21bobo$23bo4$39bo$38boo86b
3o$38bobo85bo$127bo$102boo$103boo$102bo$$43b3o$43bo$44bo93boo$138bobo$
138bo5$144bo$143boo$143bobo!

[muzik]

Sacrificially move two blocks knightwise:

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x = 12, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
3b2o4bo$3b2o4bobo$9b2o3$2o$2o5$3b2o$3b2o!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Oh?

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x = 14, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
11bo$10bobo2$10bo2bo$12b2o$13bo5$bobo$o$bo2bo$3b3o!

[Scorbie]

Here's a new messy p256 orbit of puffer 1:

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x = 27, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
b3o6bo5bo6b3o$o2bo5b3o3b3o5bo2bo$3bo4b2obo3bob2o4bo$3bo19bo$3bo2bo13bo
2bo$3bo2b2o11b2o2bo$2bo3b2o11b2o3bo2$10bob3ob2o$9bo2b5o$11b2o4bo$11bo
2bo$10b2o2bobo$9bo$10b3ob2obo$10b2o3b2o$11bo2bo!

And a new cleaner p100 orbit of the puffer train:

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x = 18, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
b3o11b3o$o2bo10bo2bo$3bo4b3o6bo$3bo4bo2bo5bo$2bo4bo8bo3$6bo3bo$6bob2o$
6bo2$6bob2o$6bo3b2o$9bo2bo!

[praosylen]

A 5x4 pattern produces a pentadecathlon (which meant my script reported it as lasting 99999 generations):

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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
3obo$2b3o$2ob2o$o!

A 5x4 pattern turns into gen 11 of Bunnies, quite similarly to Bunnies 9, 10 and 11, and lasts 17426 gens:

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x = 5, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
5o$2bobo$obobo$2o!

[muzik]

Probably the weirdest reaction I have ever seen

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x = 16, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
15bo$13b2o$14b2o2$7bo$7bobo$7b2o2$2bo$bobo$o2bo$b2o!