Thread for your unsure discoveries

[TigerCub414]

p15 HF to pentadecathlon

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x = 37, y = 25, rule = LifeHistory
17.2C$.2A6.2A5.C2.C6.2A6.2A$A2.A4.A2.A5.3C5.A2.A4.A2.A$A2.A4.A2.A13.A
2.A4.A2.A$A2.A4.A2.A13.A2.A4.A2.A$.2A6.2A15.2A6.2A2$18.A$17.A.A$17.A.
A$18.A5$18.A$17.A.A2$17.3A3$17.3A2$17.A.A$18.A!

[EvinZL]

DroneBetter wanted me to post this for OEIS reasons. lazily constructed 384-omino that yields presumably infinite novelty.

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x = 45, y = 42, rule = B3/S23
16bo$14b6obob2ob3o$14b2o2b10o$13b2o5b3o$13bo11bo7bo$13b2o2b4o3b3o5b3o$
13b2o2bo5b2obo4b2obo$13bo3bo5b2o6b2o$13b2o2bo6bo7b2obo$14b4o5b4ob2o3bo
bo$16b3o4b2obo2b8o$16b5o2b2o6b3o2bo$16bo3bo2bo6b3o3bo$16bo3bo2b8o5bo$
16bo3b4o4bo7bo$16bo19bo$16bo19b6o$7bo8bo18b2ob2ob3o$3b14o18bo6b2o$b3ob
2ob2o24b2o7b2o$b2o6bo23b7o3bo$2o7b2o22b2o4bo2b2o$bo3b7o21bo5bo2b2o$b2o
2bo4b2o18b4o5bob2o$b2o2bo5bo18bo10b3o$2b2obo5b4o15bo10b2o$b3o10bo15b6o
b2o3b2o$2b2o10bo16bob7o2b2o$b2o3b2ob6o16bo3bo3b2obo$b2o2b7obo17bo2b2o
2b2o2b2o$2bob2o3bo3bo17bo10b2o$b2o2b2o2b2o2bo16b2o3bo7bo$b2o10bo17bo2b
2o$bo7bo3b2o16b2obo$9b2o2bo18b3o2b2o$10bob2o18b3ob4o$6b2o2b3o20b4o2b2o
$5b4ob3o21bo3b2o$4b2o2b4o22b3o$5b2o3bo23bo$8b3o$10bo!

Anyways, we can show that any glider-constructible pattern has a polyomino predecessor. Proof sketch: Note the following polyominoes lead to a block and glider:

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x = 45, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
o$o2bo$4o$2b2o$2b4o$4b2o$5b2o$5b4o$7b2o$8b2o31b3o$8b2o29b5o$9b2o28b2o
2b2o$9b2o27b2o3b2o$10b2o2b2o20b4o$10b6o14bo3b4o$12b3o14b3o2b2o$13b2o
14bob4o$13b4o11b2o3b2o$15b2o11b2o!

By using the dense overpopulation connectors shown, we can connect a block-predecessor with many glider-predecessors as long as they are sufficiently well-separated. Thus we can produce any monophase slow salvo, which are known to be universal.

As a corollary, we can make a polyomino predecessor for e.g. Patterns/HashLife/Eventful/ruler.mc (with the p24 glider guns replaced by the century hassler version), which provably does not stabilize according to the proposed definition in A383874.

[Tawal]

From the last CC 90° Glider reflector I posted and as the output lane crosses the input lane,
I searched some possible collisions and found theses special cases :

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x = 596, y = 216, rule = LifeHistory
381.A$382.A$380.3A35$248.A$246.A.A$247.2A15$123.A.A$124.2A$124.A9$
446.A$444.A.A$445.2A19$157.A$155.A.A$156.2A3$2.A$A.A$.2A4$306.A.A$
307.2A$307.A19$188.A$189.2A$188.2A$31.A$32.2A$31.2A4$65.D4.3D4.D23.D
12.3D5.D4.D117.D4.3D3.3D135.3D3.3D3.3D155.3D2.5D2.3D$64.2D3.D3.D2.2D
23.D11.D3.D3.2D3.2D116.2D3.D3.D.D3.D133.D3.D.D3.D.D3.D153.D3.D.D5.D3.
D$57.4D4.D7.D3.D8.4D.4D3.4D5.4D6.D2.D.D4.D109.4D4.D7.D.D3.D127.4D6.D
5.D.D3.D97.3BC46.4D6.D.D5.D3.D$57.D3.D3.D6.D4.D7.D3.D.D3.D.D3.D5.D3.D
4.D2.D2.D4.D109.D3.D3.D6.D3.4D127.D3.D4.D4.2D3.4D98.3BC45.D3.D4.D3.3D
3.3D$57.D3.D3.D5.D5.D7.D3.D.D3.D.D3.D5.D3.D3.D3.5D3.D109.D3.D3.D5.D7.
D127.D3.D3.D7.D5.D99.3CB44.D3.D3.D7.D.D3.D$57.D3.D3.D4.D6.D7.D3.D.D3.
D.D3.D5.D3.D2.D7.D4.D109.D3.D3.D4.D8.D127.D3.D2.D4.D3.D5.D100.4B43.D
3.D2.D4.D3.D.D3.D$57.4D3.3D2.5D2.3D7.4D.D3.D2.4D5.4D2.5D4.D3.3D108.4D
3.3D2.5D2.3D128.4D2.5D2.3D3.3D102.4B42.4D2.5D2.3D3.3D$57.D49.D129.D
149.D124.4B41.D$57.D49.D129.D149.D125.4B40.D$514.4B$515.4B$516.4B$
517.4B$518.4B15.A.2A$265.D253.4B14.2A.A$264.2D254.4B$256.D3.D2.D.D
255.4B10.5A$257.D.D2.D2.D256.4B2.B6.A4.A2.2A$258.D3.5D256.8B6.BAB.A2.
A$257.D.D5.D242.3D13.8B5.B2A.A.A$256.D3.D4.D241.D3.D13.7B3.A4B.A.2A$
501.D3.D5.D14.7B.ABAB3.A$502.D.D4.2D3.4B7.9BA2BA2.2A$221.C281.D7.D3.
4B7.2B2D.4B2A$62.C159.C279.D.D2.D3.D4.4B5.2B2D6B$63.C156.3CB29.4B244.
D3.D2.3D6.4B4.3B3D4B$61.3CB156.4B27.4B262.4B4.4BD4B$63.3B36.A13.2A
104.4B25.4B7.A13.2A124.A13.2A101.4B2.11B36.A13.2A$63.4B35.3A11.A.A
104.4B23.4B8.3A11.A.A123.3A11.A.A101.4B.12B35.3A11.A.A$64.4B37.A13.A
2.2A100.4B21.4B12.A13.A2.2A83.C37.A13.A2.2A97.17B37.A13.A2.2A$65.4B
35.A.A7.4A.A3.A101.4B12.A6.4B12.A.A7.4A.A3.A82.2BC35.A.A7.4A.A3.A98.
17B35.A.A7.4A.A3.A$66.4B28.A5.A.AB5.A2.A.A.3A103.4B9.3A5.4B7.A5.A.AB
5.A2.A.A.3A83.3CB28.A5.A.AB5.A2.A.A.3A100.17B28.A5.A.AB5.A2.A.A.3A$
67.4B27.3A4.A3B4.2A2.BA.A106.4B7.A7.4B8.3A4.A3B4.2A2.BA.A86.4B27.3A4.
A3B4.2A2.BA.A103.11B.5B27.3A4.A3B4.2A2.BA.A$68.4B29.A5.3B7.BABAB3A
103.4B6.2A5.4B12.A5.3B7.BABAB3A83.4B29.A5.3B7.BABAB3A100.10B2.5B29.A
5.3B7.BABAB3A$69.4B27.2A5.3B7.2B2A.A2.A103.4B2.5B4.4B12.2A5.3B7.2B2A.
A2.A83.4B27.2A5.3B7.2B2A.A2.A98.10B4.5B27.2A5.3B7.2B2A.A2.A$70.4B26.
4B3.4B.B2.7B2.2A104.8B5.4B13.4B3.4B.B2.7B2.2A84.4B26.4B3.4B.B2.7B2.2A
98.7B8.5B26.4B3.4B.B2.7B2.2A$71.4B27.2B2.13B112.9B2.4B16.2B2.13B92.4B
27.2B2.13B104.B.5B10.5B27.2B2.13B$72.4B25.19B106.2A3.14B16.19B92.4B
25.19B102.2A2B2A2B11.5B25.19B$73.4B24.19B106.A.A2.5B2D6B17.19B93.4B
24.19B102.A.2B2A14.5B24.19B$54.3D17.4B23.19B108.A2.4B2DBD4B18.19B94.
4B23.19B99.2A.A.6B2.2A9.5B23.19B$53.D3.D17.4B22.17B.B2A106.3A6BD4B19.
17B.B2A93.4B22.17B.B2A97.A2.2A5B.A2.A10.5B22.17B.B2A$47.D3.D5.D18.4B
21.17B.BA.A107.BA8B21.17B.BA.A93.4B6.A14.17B.BA.A97.2A5.AB.2A13.5B21.
17B.BA.A$48.D.D4.2D20.4B18.2A16B5.A105.3A10B18.2A16B5.A94.4B5.3A10.2A
16B5.A99.2A2.A.A.A15.5B18.2A16B5.A$49.D7.D20.4B16.A.A17B4.2A104.A5.8B
16.A.A17B4.2A94.4B7.A8.A.A17B4.2A98.A2.A.A2.A16.5B16.A.A17B4.2A$48.D.
D2.D3.D21.4B15.A4.16B107.A.A5.9B15.A4.16B100.4B5.2A8.A4.16B105.2A.A.A
18.5B15.A4.16B$47.D3.D2.3D23.4B13.2A5.11B.B2A.A105.2A7.2B2.5B13.2A5.
11B.B2A.A99.4B4.5B4.2A5.11B.B2A.A107.A20.5B13.2A5.11B.B2A.A$57.4B20.
4B19.11B.B2AB3A117.5B19.11B.B2AB3A98.4B5.5B9.11B.B2AB3A127.5B19.11B.B
2AB3A$58.4B20.4B17.12B3.B4.A117.5B17.12B3.B4.A98.4B3.7B7.12B3.B4.A
127.5B17.12B3.B4.A$59.4B20.4B15.12B3.2A.3A119.5B15.12B3.2A.3A100.4B2.
8B5.12B3.2A.3A129.5B15.12B3.2A.3A$60.4B13.B6.4B13.12B5.A.A122.5B13.
12B5.A.A103.4B2.7B4.12B5.A.A132.5B13.12B5.A.A$61.4B11.3B6.4B11.13B5.A
.A123.5B11.13B5.A.A99.A4.4B.9B.13B5.A.A133.5B11.13B5.A.A$62.5B8.6B5.
4B9.4B2.7B7.A125.5B9.4B2.7B7.A99.A.A4.17B2.7B7.A135.5B9.4B2.7B7.A$63.
8B3.7B6.4B7.4B2.2B2E4B134.5B7.4B2.2B2C4B107.A.A5.15B2.2B2C4B144.5B7.
4B2.2B2C4B$63.19B5.6B4.4B3.BE2BE3B135.5B5.4B3.BC2BC3B106.2A.2AB4.13B
3.BC2BC3B145.5B5.4B3.BC2BC3B$62.20B3.D9B.4B4.2B2E4B.B134.5B3.4B4.2B2C
4B.B103.A2.A2.AB2.13B4.2B2C4B.B144.5B3.4B4.2B2C4B.B$58.3B.20B.DBD13B
6.11B133.5B.4B6.11B100.A.A.A.ABA8B3D3B6.11B143.5B.4B6.11B$58.22B2AB3D
9B2DB8.12B4.B127.8B8.12B4.B94.A.A.A.A9BD5B7.12B4.B137.8B8.12B4.B$57.
2A21B2A.D11B2D8.15B.B2A127.6B8.15B.B2A95.A.A.10B3D2B7.15B.B2A137.6B8.
15B.B2A$57.2AB.21B3.12B8.17B2A127.6B8.17B2A94.A.BAB.2B2.11B6.17B2A
137.6B8.17B2A$58.B3.20B8.8B6.17B.B127.8B6.17B.B95.B2A2B6.11B4.17B.B
137.8B6.17B.B$62.18B15.4B5.15B131.4B.4B5.15B100.2B7.12B4.15B141.4B.4B
5.15B$63.17B16.4B3.10B2.4B130.4B3.4B3.10B2.4B101.2B7.11B3.10B2.4B141.
3B3.4B3.10B2.4B$63.17B17.4B2.10B3.B131.4B5.4B2.10B3.B102.B2AB6.12B2.
10B3.B144.B5.4B2.10B3.B$62.18B18.4B.10B134.4B7.4B.10B107.2A7.8B.4B.
10B155.4B.10B$57.2A2.18B18.17B132.4B7.17B115.25B153.17B$57.A3.12B2.4B
17.19B130.4B7.19B113.27B151.19B$54.2A.A.14B22.20B129.4B7.20B114.26B
150.20B$54.A.2A.2A4.7B22.22B127.4B7.22B112.28B148.22B$59.A3.10B22.22B
5.A119.4B9.22B5.A104.30B5.A142.22B5.A$59.A.A.2AB.5B23.22B3.3A118.4B
10.22B3.3A103.8B.22B3.3A142.22B3.3A$60.2AB2AB.4B26.20B2.A120.4B13.20B
2.A105.4B2.B5.20B2.A147.20B2.A$63.B4.3B27.17B.BA2.A118.4B15.17B.BA2.A
103.4B10.17B.BA2.A147.17B.BA2.A$60.2A.2A3.2B29.18B4A117.4B17.18B4A
102.4B12.18B4A148.18B4A$61.A.A38.15B120.4B21.15B105.4B16.15B155.15B$
61.A.A39.4B2E5B2.B2A118.3B23.4B2C5B2.B2A102.4B18.4B2C5B2.B2A154.4B2C
5B2.B2A$62.A38.5B.2E.4B4.A118.2B22.5B.2C.4B4.A101.4B17.5B.2C.4B4.A
152.5B.2C.4B4.A$101.2A8.2B5.A.2A115.B23.2A8.2B5.A.2A97.4B18.2A8.2B5.A
.2A149.2A8.2B5.A.2A$102.A7.2A2B.2A.A2.A140.A7.2A2B.2A.A2.A96.4B20.A7.
2A2B.2A.A2.A150.A7.2A2B.2A.A2.A$99.3A7.AB.A2B.A.2A139.3A7.AB.A2B.A.2A
97.4B18.3A7.AB.A2B.A.2A149.3A7.AB.A2B.A.2A$99.A8.A.2AB2.A143.A8.A.2AB
2.A100.4B19.A8.A.2AB2.A153.A8.A.2AB2.A$108.A5.A122.D30.A5.A100.4B29.A
5.A163.A5.A$109.6A.A119.2D31.6A.A97.4B31.6A.A162.6A.A$111.A3.A.A110.D
3.D2.D.D33.A3.A.A94.3D.B34.A3.A.A163.A3.A.A$114.A2.A111.D.D2.D2.D36.A
2.A93.D3.D38.A2.A166.A2.A$115.2A113.D3.5D36.2A88.D3.D5.D39.2A168.2A$
229.D.D5.D128.D.D4.2D$228.D3.D4.D129.D7.D$366.D.D2.D3.D$365.D3.D2.3D!

Useful or not I don't really know

[dl-rs]

A simple still life that would eat an acorn cleanly. Not really notable, just that I'm not sure if it's known.

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x = 14, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
10b2o$9bo2bo$4bo5b2o$3bobob3o$3bobobo2b4o$2b2o2bo3bo2bo$o2bo$2o4bo$8b
o$5b2o2b3o!

[Mr. T]

Pi eater

Known? Surely, so simple and small it is.

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x = 9, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2o5b2o$2o5b2o8$3b3o$3bobo$3bobo!

[Anivec]

Pi eater

Known? Surely, so simple and small it is.

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x = 9, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
2o5b2o$2o5b2o8$3b3o$3bobo$3bobo!

Yes, this is known, in fact I have it my collection on my computer.

[Tawal]

Here is 3 pre-Block+G which gives an E (topmost) and 10ticks advancer (bottom ones) :

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x = 0, y = 0, rule = LifeHistory
8.2A$7.A.A2$10.2A$10.A.A$10.A24$9.A$8.A11.A.A$8.2A10.2A2$2A8.2A10.2A$
A.A7.A.A9.A.A$A9.A11.A!

[rabbit]

Period-24 glider streams have a crystal that forms on a blinker.

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x = 83, y = 45, rule = LifeHistory
.A49.A$.3A13.2A32.3A13.2A$4.A9.2A2.A35.A9.2A2.A$3.2A8.B2A.A35.2A8.B2A
.A$3.5B5.3B.2A34.5B5.3B.2A$5.4B3.B3A.A37.4B3.B3A.A$3.A3B2A4B3A.A35.A
3B2A4B3A.A$2.A3B2A2B2.A.B.2A.A32.A3B2A2B2.A.B.2A.A$2.A7B3.2A3.2A32.A
7B3.2A3.2A$2.BA6B5.2A35.BA6B5.2A$4.5A2B4.A38.5A2B4.A$3.2B3A3B6.A35.2B
3A3B6.A$3.3BA2B.B2A3.2A35.3BA2B.B2A3.2A$3.6B.BA.A39.6B.BA.A$3.6B4.A
39.6B4.A$4.5B4.2A39.5B4.2A$2.B.5B43.B.5B$B3A2.3BA40.B3A2.3BA$3AB3.3BA
39.3AB3.3BA$.B6.3AB39.B6.3AB$9.4B46.4B$7.7B46.4B$6.9B46.4B$7.8BAB45.
3BA$8.8BA46.3BA$9.5B3AB46.3AB9.A$10.9B46.4B6.3A$11.10B44.5B4.A$11.10B
46.4B3.2A$13.8BA42.7BA4B5.A$14.8BA41.8BAB5.3A$15.5B3A2B38.7B3A2B3.A$
15.10B37.2AB.9B3.2A$17.9B35.A.AB2.13B$18.9B34.A6.10B$19.10B31.2A7.10B
$19.10B40.10B$21.9B41.9B$22.9B41.9B$23.10B40.6B3DB$23.10B40.10B$25.2B
A4B43.2BA4B$26.BA2B46.BA2B$27.A2B47.A2B$27.2B48.2B!

Above is a typical formation of the crystal, along with a switching reaction that allows it to decay like the beehive crystal, albeit with supporting eater 1's necessary to stabilize it.

What is most notable yet unfortunate is that once it burns down, a single rogue blinker is what stops it from being immediately reburnable. I could not find a way to destroy this tough blinker other than constructing bespoke high-period sparkers for each example, since the whole thing is p312+168n and gcf(168, 312) = 24 is way too low of a period to safely eat the blinker.

Here is a p1152 oscillator as demonstration:

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x = 57, y = 92, rule = LifeHistory
.A$.3A13.2A$4.A9.2A2.A$3.2A8.2BA.A$3.5B5.BAB.2A$5.4B3.4B.A$3.2B3A5BAB
A.A$2.3BABA2B2.A.A.2A.A$2.3BA2BAB3.2A3.2A$2.4B2A2B5.2A$4.7B4.A$3.8B6.
A$3.6B.B2A3.2A$3.6B.BA.A$3.6B4.A$4.3BAB4.2A$2.B.4BA$B3A2.3AB$3AB3.4B
9.A$.B6.4B6.3A$8.5B4.A$10.3BA3.2A$7.7BA4B5.A$7.5B3A2B5.3A$6.12B3.A$5.
2AB.9B3.2A$4.A.AB2.13B5.A$4.A6.8BAB5.3A$3.2A7.8BAB3.A$12.6B3AB3.2A$
14.13B5.A$15.10B5.3A$16.10B3.A$16.9BA3.2A$18.8BA4B5.A$19.5B3A2B5.3A$
20.10B3.A$20.10B3.2A$22.13B5.A$23.8BAB5.3A$24.8BAB3.A$24.6B3AB3.2A$
26.13B$27.10B$28.10B$28.10B$30.9B$31.9B4.2A$32.12B2AB$32.14B$34.2BA4B
.3B$35.BA2B4.B2A$36.A2B4.BA.A$36.2B4.3B.A$41.5BA.2A$23.2A8.A6.5B2A.2A
$22.B2AB5.3A5.4B.2B$23.3B4.A7.4B$15.2A5.B.B5.2A5.4B$16.A5.10B4.4B$16.
A.AB2.8B5.4B$17.2AB.11B2.4B$19.18B$19.5B2A10B$20.4B2A9B$20.14B13.2B$
20.14B12.3A$19.A.14B11.3BAB$18.A.A5.5B.4B9.A3BAB$18.2A7.4B2.4B7.A.A2B
A$27.2B5.4B4.A2BA.A$26.4B5.4B2.BA3BA$26.B2AB3.2B.2BA3BA3B$27.2A4.4BAB
AB2.3A$31.6BABA2B.2B$31.7BA3B$18.8B5.7BA3B$17.3B2A5B2.8BABAB5.8B$17.
2BA2BA4B.9BABA3B2.5B2A3B$16.2BA2BA6B.9BA5B.4BA2BA2B$15.3BA6BA3B2.B2A
9B.6BA2BA2B$16.BA.BA3BA.AB2.2B2A7B2.3BA6BA3B$18.3A3B2A4.11B3.BA.A3BAB
.AB$31.10B5.2A3B3A$18.3A3B2A5.8B$16.BA.BA3BA.AB4.3B2.2B7.2A3B3A$15.3B
A6BA3B2.4B9.BA.A3BAB.AB$16.2BA2BA6B2.4B9.3BA6BA3B$17.2BA2BA4B4.B2AB9.
6BA2BA2B$17.3B2A5B5.2A11.4BA2BA2B$18.8B19.5B2A3B$46.8B!

[EvinZL]

Period-24 glider streams have a crystal that forms on a blinker.

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Above is a typical formation of the crystal, along with a switching reaction that allows it to decay like the beehive crystal, albeit with supporting eater 1's necessary to stabilize it.

What is most notable yet unfortunate is that once it burns down, a single rogue blinker is what stops it from being immediately reburnable. I could not find a way to destroy this tough blinker other than constructing bespoke high-period sparkers for each example, since the whole thing is p312+168n and gcf(168, 312) = 24 is way too low of a period to safely eat the blinker.

This is actually false! Using a different spark position it can be eaten with an even period as low as 4:

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x = 41, y = 50, rule = B3/S23
bo$b3o13b2o$4bo9b2o2bo$3b2o9b2obo$17b2o$8bo4b3obo$8bo4b3obo$5b2o5bo3b
2obo$4bobo6b2o3b2o$4bobobo6b2o$5bo3bo5bo$9bo7bo$5bo2bo2b2o3b2o$5b3o3bo
bo$13bo$13b2o2$b3o$3o$11bo$9bobo$10b2o4$17bo9bo$15bobo7b3o$16b2o6bo$
24b2o$31bo$29b3o$23bo4bo$12b2o7bobo4b2o$11bobo8b2o$11bo26b2o$10b2o26bo
bo$35b2obobo$29bo5bobobo$27bobo7bo$28b2o6bo2bo$36bo$27bo8bo3bo$27bo8bo
3bo$27bo8bo$36bo2bo$37bo$35bobobo$35b2obobo$38bobo$38b2o!

The smallest sparker I found that can do it si the figure 8.

[dvgrn]

Using a different spark position it can be eaten with an even period as low as 4...

Nice find! But is there a way to get a glider out at the top of the crystal chain, short of rebuilding some awkward unlikely bait thing after every cycle?

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x = 41, y = 63, rule = B3/S23
bo$b3o13b2o$4bo9b2o2bo$3b2o9b2obo$17b2o$8bo4b3obo$8bo4b3obo$5b2o5bo3b
2obo$4bobo6b2o3b2o$4bobobo6b2o$5bo3bo5bo$9bo7bo$5bo2bo2b2o3b2o$5b3o3b
obo$13bo$13b2o2$b3o$3o$11bo$9bobo$10b2o4$17bo9bo$15bobo7b3o$16b2o6bo$
24b2o$31bo$29b3o$12bo10bo4bo$11bobo7bobo4b2o$12bo9b2o$6b2ob3o26b2o$5b
obobo28bobo$5b2o28b2obobo$29bo5bobobo$27bobo7bo$28b2o6bo2bo$36bo$27bo
8bo3bo$27bo8bo3bo$27bo8bo$36bo2bo$37bo$35bobobo$35b2obobo$38bobo$38b2o
11$10b2o$9bo2bo$10b2o!

[rabbit]

I'm not sure about potential glider outputs, but after trying some manual bait placements I came across a(n unrelated) reaction that flips a loaf:

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x = 13, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2o$bo$bobo$2b2o2$5b2o$4bo2bo$2bo2bobo$2bo3bo$2bo6b2o$9bobo$11bo$11b2o!

So now we have a new set of arbitrarily high period loaf flippers

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x = 59, y = 65, rule = B3/S23
19bo$19b3o13b2o$22bo9b2o2bo$21b2o9b2obo$35b2o$26bo4b3obo$26bo4b3obo$
23b2o5bo3b2obo$22bobo6b2o3b2o$22bobobo6b2o$23bo3bo5bo$27bo7bo$23bo2bo
2b2o3b2o$23b3o3bobo$31bo$b2o28b2o$obo$obob2o13b3o$bobobo12b3o$3bo25bo$
bo2bo22bobo$4bo8bo14b2o$o3bo8bo$o3bo8bo$4bo$bo2bo12bo17bo9bo$3bo13bo5b
2o8bobo7b3o$bobobo11bo6bo9b2o6bo$obob2o18bobo15b2o$obo10b3o5bo3b2o22bo
$b2o18bo25b3o$21bo6b2o11bo4bo$11b2o14bo2bo8bobo4b2o$12bo15bobo9b2o$9b
3o17bo26b2o$9bo22b2o22bobo$15b2o15bobo18b2obobo$16bo6b2o9bo12bo5bobobo
$13b3o7bobo8b2o9bobo7bo$13bo9bo22b2o6bo2bo$54bo$45bo8bo3bo$45bo8bo3bo$
29b2o14bo8bo$29bobo22bo2bo$29bo25bo$38b3o12bobobo$37b3o13b2obobo$56bob
o$26b2o28b2o$27bo$27bobo3b3o$23b2o3b2o2bo2bo$23bo7bo$25bo5bo3bo$24b2o
6bobobo$21b2o3b2o6bobo$21bob2o3bo5b2o$23bob3o4bo$23bob3o4bo$22b2o$23bo
b2o9b2o$22bo2b2o9bo$22b2o13b3o$39bo!

[dvgrn]

So now we have a new set of arbitrarily high period loaf flippers :D

Well ... we've got eater3s (the non-drifty kind) and other mechanisms that can flip a loaf back again.

Are there any known mechanisms that can coax any kind of drifty signal out of a loaf flip, while flipping it back? I feel like there have been a good number of drifty Silk search results in the last year and change, that I haven't successfully kept track of.

[Anivec]

Are there any known mechanisms that can coax any kind of drifty signal out of a loaf flip, while flipping it back? I feel like there have been a good number of drifty Silk search results in the last year and change, that I haven't successfully kept track of.

I believe the only mechanism capable of flipping the loaf back is the loaf spin:

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x = 17, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
4bo$3bobo$3bobo$b3ob2o$o9b2o$b3ob2o3b2o$3bob2o2$9b2o$8bo2bo$6bo2bobo$
6bo3bo$6bo6b2o$13bobo$15bo$15b2o!

The stable version is clearly too close though, but a periodic version could work.

[ThePlayzr]

very interesting reaction of two Herschels, produces this strange still life, might be called mirrored R-mango.

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 x = 0, y = 0, rule = b3s23
o$3o$obo$2bo8$2bo$obo$3o$o!

[b-engine]

very interesting reaction of two Herschels, produces this strange still life, might be called mirrored R-mango.

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 x = 0, y = 0, rule = b3s23
o$3o$obo$2bo8$2bo$obo$3o$o!

The resulting still life is called mirrored doves. The reaction is likely known.

[PK22]

The resulting still life is called mirrored doves. The reaction is likely known.

It is definitely known - see this post from dvgrn, which includes an email from 1997. The email includes:

The most interesting such pattern I found produces a symmetric pair of LWSSs as well as a symmetric induction-coil still life (itself the result of a symmetric pair of B-heptominoes).

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x = 10, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
o$b5ob3o$o!
#C [[ STOP 263 ]]

At generation 263, you can see the arrangement of Herschels that you posted, which has probably been rediscovered many more times.

[Tawal]

From a messy conduit, I isolate this Wing (green) and theses catalysts (white) which have already act.
This gives a Boat with Tail and a Gilder + Boat + Beehive
Perhaps this synthesis can be useful

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x = 16, y = 14, rule = LifeHistory
8.2A$8.A$9.2A$10.A2$2C$2C12.2C$12.C2.C$12.3C$9.C$9.4C$12.C$11.C$11.2C!
#C [[ Z 10 ]]

[Resu]

From a messy conduit, I isolate this Wing (green) and theses catalysts (white) which have already act.
This gives a Boat with Tail and a Gilder + Boat + Beehive
Perhaps this synthesis can be useful

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x = 16, y = 14, rule = LifeHistory
8.2A$8.A$9.2A$10.A2$2C$2C12.2C$12.C2.C$12.3C$9.C$9.4C$12.C$11.C$11.2C!
#C [[ Z 10 ]]

Did you put this in the wrong thread?
???: This got moved into OCA?
HotdogPi, what are you doing?

hotdogPi: I tried to move it to thread 3625, but I had viewtopic.php?f=2&t=576&start=3625, and 576 was the correct number to move it to, not 3625. It was only there for about 45 seconds.

[Tawal]

From a messy conduit, I isolate this Wing (green) and theses catalysts (white) which have already act.
This gives a Boat with Tail and a Gilder + Boat + Beehive
Perhaps this synthesis can be useful

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x = 16, y = 14, rule = LifeHistory
8.2A$8.A$9.2A$10.A2$2C$2C12.2C$12.C2.C$12.3C$9.C$9.4C$12.C$11.C$11.2C!
#C [[ Z 10 ]]

Did you put this in the wrong thread?
???: This got moved into OCA?
HotdogPi, what are you doing?

Yes, you're alright.
But if you don't react so fast, I would be able to delete it.
My machine is busy and slow, sorry.

[Citation needed]

HWSS + 3 blocks = LWSS + others (discovered by Resu and b-engine)

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x = 26, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
22b2o$20bo4bo$2ob2ob2o11bo$2ob2ob2o11bo5bo$19b6o!

Are there any other reactions involving the HWSS?

Are there any "HWSS-to-HWSS" turners?

[Resu]

If you add a tub to waveguide 1, it disrupts it.

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x = 185, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
7bo$6bobo$7bo2$b2o$o2bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$4bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$o2b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$b
3o$2b2o$2b2o$3bo$3bo$3bo$3bo$3bo$3bo$3bo$2b2o$2b2o$b3o$o2bo3bo3bo3bo3b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$4bobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$o2bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$b2o!

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x = 185, y = 25, rule = B3/S23
7bo3bo$6bobobobo$7bo3bo2$b2o$o2bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$4bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobo$o2bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo$b3o$2b2o$2b2o$3bo$3bo$3bo$3bo$3bo$3bo$3bo$2b2o$2b2o$b3o$o2b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3b
o3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$4b
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo$o2bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo
3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo3bo$b2o!

[KtT]

The hive five reaction can support this p72 wick based on two blockers hassling R-pentomino:

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x = 64, y = 79, rule = B3/S23
52b3o$50bo$49bo3bo$49b2o3bo$48bo5bo$49b2o3bo$49b2obo$41b2o$41b2o3$55b
obo$42bo15bo$41bobo10bo4bo2b2o$41bobo10b2obo2bob2o$42bo15b2o2$34b2o$32b
o2bo7b2o$42bo2bo$32bo2bo7b2o$33bo2bo$34bobo$35bo2$34b2o9b2o$34b2o8b2o
bo$43bobob2o$43b3o2$43b3o$44bo3$20b3o$19bo2bo6bo$19bo2b2o4bobo$19b2o2b
2o3bobo3b2o$20b5o4bo3bo2bo3b2o$9b2o11bo11b2o4b2o$9b2o3$23bobo$10bo15b
o$9bobo10bo4bo2b2o$9bobo10b2obo2bob2o$10bo15b2o2$2b2o$o2bo7b2o$10bo2b
o$o2bo7b2o$bo2bo$2bobo$3bo$8b2o$2b2o4b2o$2b2o8b2o$11b3o$11bo2bo$12b2o
8$2b2o$2bo2bo2b2o$8b2o$2bo2bo$bo2bo$bobo$2bo2$2b2o$2b2o!

[Resu]

P2 agar:

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x = 43, y = 43, rule = B3/S23
20b2o3b2o$20bobobo2bo$21b2obo2bo$25b2o$16b2o3b2o$16bobobo2bob2o3b2o$17b
2obo2bobobobo2bo$21b2o3b2obo2bo$12b2o3b2o11b2o$12bobobo2bob2o3b2o$13b
2obo2bobobobo2bob2o3b2o$17b2o3b2obo2bobobobo2bo$8b2o3b2o11b2o3b2obo2b
o$8bobobo2bob2o3b2o11b2o$9b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o3b2o$13b2o3b2obo2bobobo
bo2bob2o3b2o$4b2o3b2o11b2o3b2obo2bobobobo2bo$4bobobo2bob2o3b2o11b2o3b
2obo2bo$5b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o3b2o11b2o$9b2o3b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o3b2o$
2o3b2o11b2o3b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o$obobo2bob2o3b2o11b2o3b2obo2bobobo$b2o
bo2bobobobo2bob2o3b2o11b2o3b2o$5b2o3b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o3b2o$b2o11b2o
3b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o$o2bob2o3b2o11b2o3b2obo2bobobo$o2bobobobo2bob2o3b
2o11b2o3b2o$b2o3b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o3b2o$10b2o3b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o$6b
2o11b2o3b2obo2bobobo$5bo2bob2o3b2o11b2o3b2o$5bo2bobobobo2bob2o3b2o$6b
2o3b2obo2bobobobo2bob2o$15b2o3b2obo2bobobo$11b2o11b2o3b2o$10bo2bob2o3b
2o$10bo2bobobobo2bob2o$11b2o3b2obo2bobobo$20b2o3b2o$16b2o$15bo2bob2o$
15bo2bobobo$16b2o3b2o!

[SharkNose]

xs23_cko0oggka53zx346

I believe I found something interesting. The first to be found in symmetry C1. There's only one other on Catagolue and that's for symmetry D4_+1. The object is fully formed at generation 1081. The soup stabilizes at generation 1190.

The Object:

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x = 11, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$3bobo$3bo$b2ob4o$obobo3bo$2o5bobo$8bobo$9b2o!

The soup:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
booboboobbbbbbob$
bobbbooobbobbbbo$
obobobboobbobbob$
bbbbooboooboboob$
obooooboooboooob$
bbbobbboobboobbb$
obooobbooobbbbbo$
oobbbboboooooobb$
oobobbbobobboooo$
ooobobbboobobobo$
oboooobbbbbooobb$
oobbooooooobbobo$
bbobboooobobobob$
booooobbboobbboo$
obobbooooobooobo$
obbboobobbboobbo!

[PK22]

Note that in future you can use Catagolue tags to provide a link to an apgcode's object page - [catagolue]xs23_cko0oggka53zx346
[/catagolue].

Congratulations on making your first discovery using apgsearch! Sadly, new still life discoveries using apgsearch are rarely considered interesting, unless either:

• The still life is unusually large or small for a new discovery - e.g long^9 snake or cloverleaf interchange.
  I would say that 'unusually small' means 16 cells, since there are 62 still lifes which have yet to occur naturally, and that 'unusually large' means >40 cells, since the omnibus, the largest natural still life with any form of frequency, has 40 cells.
• The soup for the still life leads to a reduction in its synthesis costs - see Tutorials/Glider syntheses. Sadly, in this case, the still life already has a 9G synthesis, and the soup does not appear to have a reaction that could be assembled in <9G.
• The still life is itself notable - if you found, say, a natural 31.4 or 7x9 eater, that would definitely be considered notable.

Note that still life discoveries are not automatically added to your user page unless they have >= 30 cells, but you can see who the discoverer of an apgcode is by visiting https://catagolue.hatsya.com/attribute/<apgcode>/<rule>/<symmetry>, and if you have found one of the first 20 occurrences, the apgcode is shown on your user page. I went through it with a script, but I found no other new discoveries.

Don't be discouraged, though - I have only been searching for 6 months, and I have already discovered still lifes with 35 and 37 cells, as well as occurrences of very rare p4 and p5 oscillators - eventually, you will find something interesting out there!