Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by hotdogPi » June 17th, 2025, 5:52 pm

Resu wrote:
June 17th, 2025, 4:00 pm
Pond-moving reaction:

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x = 4, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo$o2bo$b2o2$3o$obo$obo!
Probably useless or found.
The pi interacts one generation too early.
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Periods discovered:

All evens ≤128 except 52,58,78,82,92,94,98,104,118,122

5-15,㉕-㉛,㉟㊺,51,63,65,73,75
1㊳㊵㊹㊼㊽,54,56,72,74,80,90,92
217,240,300,486,576

Guns: 20,21,32,54,55,57,114,117,124,126
SKOPs: 32,74,76,102,196

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by rabbit » June 17th, 2025, 8:36 pm

Resu wrote:
June 17th, 2025, 4:00 pm
Pond-moving reaction
It is technically possible to get a pi in there, but it requires some quite unwieldy predecessors:

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x = 13, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
6b2o$5bo2bo$5bo2bo$6b2o2$2b2o5b2o$13o$2b2obobob2o!
There are plenty of reactions like this with friendlier predecessors, though.

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Here's an alternate 6G synthesis of O quad-loaf I noticed, forming from an interrupted Pi:

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x = 30, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
29bo$27b2o$28b2o3$13bo$4bobo6bobo$5b2o6b2o$5bo$12bo$10bobo$11b2o$22bo$
22bobo$22b2o13$bo$b2o$obo!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by hkoenig » June 25th, 2025, 7:57 pm

Continuing with the census of one Glider collisions with 18 bit stable objects has turned up the first Switch Engine, which stabilizes at 997 gens. (I'm finally getting around to looking at some of the results...)

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x=9, y=14
5bo$3b3o$2bo$3bo$o3bo$4o2$2b2o$2bo2bo$4b2o2$6b2o$6bobo$6bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Resu » June 28th, 2025, 2:42 am

Creates a house on house:

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x = 25, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
8b2o5b2o$7bo2bo3bo2bo$8b2o5b2o7$3o19b3o$2bo5b2o5b2o5bo$bo5bo2bo3bo2bo
5bo$8b2o5b2o!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by PK22 » June 28th, 2025, 5:27 am

hkoenig wrote:
June 25th, 2025, 7:57 pm
Continuing with the census of one Glider collisions with 18 bit stable objects has turned up the first Switch Engine, which stabilizes at 997 gens. (I'm finally getting around to looking at some of the results...)

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x=9, y=14
5bo$3b3o$2bo$3bo$o3bo$4o2$2b2o$2bo2bo$4b2o2$6b2o$6bobo$6bo!
Will the results be uploaded to a Catagolue census at some point?
Resu wrote:
June 28th, 2025, 2:42 am
Creates a house on house:

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x = 25, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
8b2o5b2o$7bo2bo3bo2bo$8b2o5b2o7$3o19b3o$2bo5b2o5b2o5bo$bo5bo2bo3bo2bo
5bo$8b2o5b2o!
"House on house" is vague, since it can refer to three unique still lifes. 'Dead spark coil' is generally used to refer to the variant with D4_+1 symmetry.

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x = 31, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
29b2o$17b2o9bobo$16bobo9bo$2o3b2o5b2o2bo8b2obobo$obobobo5bobobobo6bobo
b2o$2bobo9bo2b2o8bo$obobobo5bobo10bobo$2o3b2o5b2o11b2o!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Resu » June 28th, 2025, 10:38 am

PK22 wrote:
June 28th, 2025, 5:27 am
"House on house" is vague, since it can refer to three unique still lifes. 'Dead spark coil' is generally used to refer to the variant with D4_+1 symmetry.

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x = 31, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
29b2o$17b2o9bobo$16bobo9bo$2o3b2o5b2o2bo8b2obobo$obobobo5bobobobo6bobo
b2o$2bobo9bo2b2o8bo$obobobo5bobo10bobo$2o3b2o5b2o11b2o!
Won't this be 'house tie house'?

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x = 6, y = 8, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$3bobo$3bo$2obobo$obob2o$2bo$obo$2o!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by PK22 » June 28th, 2025, 11:21 am

It would not be house tie house, since 'tie' is used to refer to when a cell that survives by S2e without the tie survives by S3y with it. It would be 'house at house', I think, but 'house on house' can refer to either rotated house or dead spark coil.
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by hkoenig » June 28th, 2025, 3:44 pm

Will the results be uploaded to a Catagolue census at some point?
No.

At this point the SQLite database with the census results so far is 1.21GB in size.

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Mr. T » June 28th, 2025, 10:17 pm

This c/2-p192-Puffertrain produces a Pentadecathlon every period.

EDIT by dvgrn: The puffertrain's period was given as "p1060", but the spacing of the repetition is 96 cells horizontally, so its period is 192. I've edited the description.

EDIT by Mr. T: Thank you for correction. I made actually 2 errors. First i am not able to count. (I counted 106.) Second i am thinking in my c/10-bubble while working in c/2.

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x = 1010, y = 193, rule = B3/S23
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2bo92bo2bo92bo2bo$370b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o6$10b2o$8bo4bo
360b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o$7bo266bo99b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o
94b2o94b2o$7bo5bo259b3o$7b6o259bo3bo117bo95bo95bo95bo95bo95bo95bo$271b
obo19bo99bobo93bobo93bobo93bobo93bobo93bobo93bobo$271bobo17b4o98bobo
93bobo93bobo93bobo93bobo93bobo93bobo$4o266b4o16bo4bo98bo95bo95bo95bo
95bo95bo95bo$o3bo9b2o161b2o91bo16b6o166bo49b2o32b4o58b2o94b2o94b2o94b
2o94b2o$o7bo4b5o115b3o40bo2bo89b3o15b2o170bo49b2o31bo2b3o57b2o29bo64b
2o29bo64b2o29bo64b2o29bo64b2o$bo2bo2b7o4bo114bo29b2o12b2o9b2o97b2o119b
o3b2o45bo81bo5b2o87bo95bo95bo95bo$6b2ob4o4b2o115bo28b2o23b2o47b2o49bob
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$bo2bo2b7ob2o115bo9b2o93b2o49bob2o5b2o34b2o25b3o31bo3bob2o4b2o2b2o3bo
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279bo3bo11b2o20bo27bo17bo3bo59bobob2o89bo51bo3bob2o36bo38bobo26b2o26bo
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54b2o8bo28b3o21b2obo15b2o12b2o8bo28b3o7bobo26b2o16b2o8bo28b3o7bobo44b
2o8bo28b3o7bobo44b2o8bo28b3o7bobo44b2o8bo$278bo4bo34b2obo33b3o57bo2bo
7b2o2bo80bo2bo63bo15b2o11bo2bo47bo13b2o29bo2bo47bo10bo33bo2bo47bo44bo
2bo47bo44bo2bo$278b5o36b3o15b2o6b2o8b3o5bo52b2o11bobob2o61b5o3bo7b2o
53b3o6b2o30b2o62bobo29b2o58bobo16b2o15b2o77b2o15b2o77b2o15b2o$320bo7b
2o8b3o6bo6bo4bo3bobo60b2ob2ob3o61bo3bo4bo70bo95b3o5b3ob2o78bobo16b2o
94b2o94b2o$328b2o8b3o5bo8bo3bo67bo5b2o22bo46bo48bo95bo17bo14b2o2bo58bo
19bo75bo95bo$339bo15bo3bo71bobo22bobo38b3o52bobo93bobo16bo2bo15b2o56bo
bo93bobo93bobo$357bo4bo4bo60bo3bo23bobo93bobo93bobo17bobo4bo11bo56bobo
93bobo93bobo$362b2ob2o62b3o25bo29b2o64bo95bo23b2obo4bo4bo58bo95bo95bo$
487b2o85bo96bo5bo248bo$574b2o94bo3bobo5bo2bo238bobo$575b2o11b2o10bo69b
obo3bo6b2o240b2o$573bobo11bo2bo8bob2o68bo2bob2obo$587bo2bo10b2o71bo3bo
bo95b2o94b2o94b2o$565b3o4bo13bo3bo82bo2b2o3bo94b2o94b2o94b2o$565bo3b2o
3bo11bo2bo12b2o70bo5bo$565bo3b2ob3o12b2o14bo42b2o26bo67b2o94b2o94b2o$
566bo4b2o7b3o12b3o48b2o27bo2bo63b2o94b2o94b2o$487b2o79b4o8bo2bo10b2obo
bo72bo4bo90bo95bo95bo$487b2o79b2o13bo9bobobobo2b5o65bo95bo8bo86bo8bo
86bo8bo$579bo3b2o8b2o2bobo2b3obo65bo19b2o74bo8bo3b3o80bo8bo3b3o80bo8bo
3b3o$583b2o7bobo9b3o85b2o83bo95bo95bo$580b4o8bobob2o$579bo4bo8b4o$578b
o5bo9b2o$577bo7bo14b2o$577bo7bo14b2o69bo$577bo5b2o85bob2o$579bo90bob2o
$579bo2bo88bo2bo$672b2o$593b3o76b2o$595bo91bo95bo95bo95bo$593bo93bo95b
o95bo95bo$536bo58bob2o88bo95bo95bo95bo$537bo57bobo166b2o4b2o3b2o83b2o
4b2o3b2o83b2o4b2o3b2o$535b3o58bo167b2o4b2o3b2o83b2o4b2o3b2o83b2o4b2o3b
2o4$688b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o$688b2o94b2o94b2o94b2o2$868b3o93b3o2$872bo95b
o$872bo95bo$872bo95bo2$866b3o93b3o3$719bo$696b2o21b2o71b2o60b3o34bo58b
3o$696b2o20bobo71b2o93b2o2b2o$852bo5bo33b2o54bo5bo$701bo150bo5bo33b3o
53bo5bo$702bo67b3obo77bo5bo30bo58bo5bo$702b2o66b2ob3o101bo8bob2o83bo
10b2o9bo$701bo3b3o62bo10b2o71b3o20bo72b3o20bo9bo2bo8bo3bo$700b2o6bo62b
o2b2o4b2obo93bo8bo2b2o82bo10bobo8bo3bo$708b3o66bobobob2o103b3o94bo13bo
$701b2o2b2obo2bo60bo2b3ob5o104bo2bo$702b5ob4o60bo5b2ob3o11b2o91bo113b
2o$680bo21b8o63bo2bo2bo14bobo89b2obo77b4o30bo2bo$679b3o22b4o66b2ob3o
15bo92bo76b2o4bo19b2ob2o6b2o$682bo94b3o184b2o2bo2bo19bo3bo$680b2o283bo
bob2o6bo14b3o$771b2o84bo95bo12b2o7b2ob2o$770bobo84bo95bo22bobo$769b2o
86bo95bo23bo$690b2o78b2o$690bobo90b2o94b2o$691b2o69b2o13b2o4b2o6b2o86b
2o$761bobo13b2o14bo$720bo40b2o30bo67b2o94b2o$718bo3bo66bo71b2o94b2o$
717bo50b2o$717bo4bo43b2o2b2o$717b5o45bo3bo16bo$764bo7b3o13bobo$764b2o
4bo2b2o14bo$680bo82bo5bo$681bo81bo4bo$679b3o82bo2bo$764b2o3$853b2o94b
2o$853b2o94b2o2$835bo$834b2o$834bobo$847b2o11bo$846b2ob2o8b3o$846b2ob
2o8bo2bo82b2o$843b3obob2o6bo4b2o81b2o$842bo4b2o7bo2b2ob2o$841b3o3bo8bo
5bo$842bo2b2o10bobobo2b2o$843b2o16b2o3bo3b3o$857b5ob4o$857bo3bo$845bo
2bo3b2o2b2ob2o$845bo3bob2obo2bob2o$846bo2bo2bobo3bo96b2o$848bo4bo101b
2o!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by rabbit » June 29th, 2025, 4:11 pm

Eater plug* can function as a phase-shifting catalyst:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
15bo$8bo4b3o$6b3o3bo$5bo6b2o$6bo$3bo2bo$2bob2o$2bo7bo$b2o6b3o$8b2o$7b
2o$8bo$2b2o$bobo$bo$2o!
However, iNoMed pointed out that in this case it's identical to a smaller p1 catalyst, providing this pattern:

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x = 34, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
15bo17bo$8bo4b3o7bo2bo4b3o$6b3o3bo10b4o3bo$5bo6b2o16b2o$6bo16b2o$3bo2b
o12b2obobo$2bob2o14bob2o$2bo7bo9bo7bo$b2o6b3o7b2o6b3o$8b2o16b2o$7b2o
16b2o$8bo17bo$2b2o16b2o$bobo15bobo$bo17bo$2o16b2o!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Resu » July 1st, 2025, 1:23 am

Suddenly turns into a superstring.

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x = 24, y = 5, rule = B3/S23:T24,0
$bo5bo5bo5bo$3o3b3o3b3o3b3o$o2bob2o2bob2o2bob2o2bobo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Jormungant » July 4th, 2025, 8:02 am

p798 useless track as a p266 oscillator

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x = 70, y = 76, rule = LifeHistory
49.A$47.3A$46.A7.2A$47.5A2.A$44.3A2.A2.A.A$26.2A16.A2.A.2B2A2.2A$26.A
.A5.2A9.2A2.2B2.A.A$20.A7.A4.B2AB12.5A2.A$20.3A5.2A4.3B12.A2B2.2A$23.
A5.B5.B11.3B.B2A$22.2A.B3.3B.5B8.5B2.A$22.4B2A11B7.5B2.A.A$24.2B2A11B
7.5B3.2A$21.19B4.7B$12.B7.21BD2.6B$10.4B3.24BD8B.2B$10.5B.25BD10B2A$
9.43B2A$9.41B.2B$9.23B3D15B$9.2BD20BD17B.2B$8.3B3D18B3D20B$9.B2ADBA
40B$9.43BA4B2.2A5.2A$4.2A.3B2A3BA23B3A10BA6B2A5.A$4.A.A8B2A22BA6BA5BA
8B2.BA.A$5.AB.7B2A22B2A5B2A14B.B2A$8.28B.4BABAB2ABA3B3DA8B$8.A9B.3B2.
2B.16BA3B3ABDBDABA7B$7.7B6.B6.9B.B3A3B2AB2A2BDBDBA8B$8.6B5.2A6.9B2.3A
2B3AB2A3BD12B$8.6B5.A9.5B4.6B2A3BA14B$7.2B2C2BC6.3A4.7B4.8BA15B$2.2A
2.4B3CB8.A4.2A9.11BA3B.8B$.A.A7BC4B12.A10.B.B3.8B2.8B$.A3.11B9.3A12.
3B3.2B.3B2.9B$2A3.4B2A5B9.A13.B2AB7.2B2.9B$6.3B2A5B24.2A12.10B$6.10B
12.2A24.5B2A3B$7.9B2.2B7.B2AB13.A9.5B2A4B3.2A$7.9B2.3B.2B3.3B12.3A9.
11B3.A$7.8B2.8B3.B.B10.A12.4BD7BA.A$8.8B.15B9.2A4.A8.B3D4B2.2A$8.24B
4.7B4.3A6.D2B2D2B$6.26B4.5B9.A5.6B$5.12BD14B2.5BA3B6.2A5.6B$6.10BDBD
14B.3B2AB2AB6.B6.7B$6.10BDBD18B2AB2AB.2B2.3B.10B$6.9B3D15B.3BA24B$4.
2AB.26B2ABA24B.BA$3.A.AB2.24B2AB2A25BA.A$3.A5.2A21BA7B3A20B.2A$2.2A5.
2A2.19BAB2A3BA21B$15.18B3A4BA3BA12BD3B$15.20B3DB2A4BA10B3D3B$17.2B.
17BDB2AB2AB2A11BD2B$20.15B3DB2A4BA15B$17.2B.13B3A4BA3BA16B$16.2A14BAB
2A3BA21B$16.2A10BC3BA7B3A11B.5B$17.2B.8BC4B2AB2ABA13B3.4B$20.6B2.C5B
2AB2AB3A7B7.B$19.7B4.7BABA2BA6B$14.2A3.5B7.6BA2BABA3B$14.A.A2.5B7.7B
2A8B$16.A2.5B8.5B.3B3.B.2A$16.2AB.3B11.B5.B5.A$14.2A2.2BA12.3B4.2A5.
3A$13.A2.5A12.B2AB4.A7.A$14.A.A2.2B2.2A9.2A5.A.A$13.2A2.2A2B.A2.A16.
2A$15.A.A2.A2.3A$15.A2.5A$14.2A7.A$20.3A$20.A!


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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Jormungant » July 6th, 2025, 6:32 am

Useless p244 oscillator, or otherwise useless track with very high repeat time:

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x = 121, y = 112, rule = LifeHistory
8$75.A$74.A.A$74.A.A3.2A$73.2A.2A2.2A$74.B$73.2AB8A$73.2A.A2.A4.A$71.
4B6.BAB.A$70.3B8.B2A.A2.A$65.B2.5B6.A4B.A.A.A$64.10B4.ABAB3.A2.A$64.
10B4.A2BA2.2A$39.2B23.15B2A$63.16B$63.16B$61.17B$58.AB.17B$57.A.A17B$
56.A.2A11B2A5B$56.A.3B2.7BA2BA4B$53.2A.A2.B3.7BA2BA3B$53.A2.A.A.A3.7B
2A4B$55.2A.2A.A3.14B$61.A4.13B$61.2A4.12B$69.10B$47.B22.10B$47.2B22.
9B$47.3B18.2B.10B$25.6B16.4B5.2A9.15B$24.8B.2B13.2A2B3.B2A2B7.9B3.4B$
23.11B2A11.A.A5B.4B4.B.10B4.4B$24.10B2A9.3A.ABA8B3.11B2A2B3.4B$22.10B
.2B9.A5.2A18BABA5B4.4B$13.2A6.11B12.2A5.5B3C12BA6B5.4B$14.A6.9B12.4B
5.5BC19B.B2A4.4B$13.A7.10B10.3B7.5B3C17B.BA.A4.4B$13.2A6.10B9.4B.3B2.
2B.11BABA9B4.A5.4B$15.AB3.11B2.33BA8B5.2A5.4B$13.3A14B2.4BD11B2A12BA
4BA6B14.4B$12.A2.B.13B2.4B3D9B2A15B2A3.5B14.4B$12.2A3.14B.4BDBD23B.3B
3.6B15.4B$16.22BD22B.2B6.BA3B16.4B$16.26B2.2B3.5B.B.B3.A2BA4.BABAB18.
4B$16.23B13.B.2BA2B3.A.A4.BABAB13.2A4.4B$14.2A.20B17.BABAB4.A5.2BA2B
14.A5.4B4.2A$14.A2.19B18.BABAB7.A2.5B2.A11.A.AB3.4B2.B2A2B$12.A.A5.
17B17.2BA2B6.A.A.2B.2B.A.A11.2AB.7B2.4B$12.2A8.15B14.A2.5B2.A4.A2.5B
2.A14.15B8.2A$22.4B2.7B.B2A11.A.A.2B.2B.A.A6.2BA2B17.17B5.A.A$22.2B2A
B2.4B3.BA.A11.A2.5B2.A7.BABAB18.19B2.A$24.2A4.4B5.A14.2BA2B5.A4.BABAB
17.12BA7B.2A$31.4B4.2A13.BABAB4.A.A3.2BA2B.B13.13B3ABA5B$32.4B18.BABA
B4.BA2B3.B.B.5B3.2B2.15BA3B3A4B$33.4B16.3BAB6.2B.22BD11B3A4BA3B$34.4B
15.6B3.3B.23BDBD4B.4BABAB2ABA2B3.2A$35.4B14.5B3.17B2A9B3D4B2.2BA4B3A
3B.B2.A$36.4B14.24B2A11BD4B2.3B2A9B3A$37.4B5.2A5.42B2.11B3.BA$38.4B5.
A4.23B.2B2.3B.4B9.10B6.2A$39.4B4.A.AB.17B3D5B7.3B10.10B7.A$40.4B4.2AB
.19BD5B5.4B12.3BA5B6.A$41.4B5.19B3D5B5.2A12.4B3A4B6.2A$42.4B4.26B2A5.
A9.2B.3B2ABA3B$43.4B3.15B3.8BABA.3A9.2A5BA4B$44.4B4.10B.B4.4B.5BA.A
11.2A3B3A5B$45.4B3.9B7.2B2AB3.2B2A13.2B.8B$46.BABA11B9.2A5.4B16.6B$
47.B2A7B.2B18.3B$48.A8B22.2B$48.10B22.B$49.10B$49.12B4.2A$49.13B4.A$
49.14B3.A.2A.2A$51.4B2A7B3.A.A.A2.A$51.3BA2BA7B3.B2.A.2A$50.4BA2BA7B
2.3B.A$50.5B2A11B2A.A$51.17BA.A$50.17B.BA$50.17B$49.16B$49.16B$47.2A
15B23.2B$42.2A2.A2BA4.10B$39.A2.A3.BABA4.10B$38.A.A.A.4BA6.5B2.B$39.A
2.A.2AB8.3B$42.A.BAB6.4B$43.A4.A2.A.2A$44.8AB2A$53.B$46.2A2.2A.2A$46.
2A3.A.A$51.A.A$52.A!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by PK22 » July 13th, 2025, 1:20 pm

Two Herschels (at T = 0 and T = 44) can react to make a 28 cell pseudo still life, along with two fleets:

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x = 38, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
35b3o$35bo$34b3o7$8b2o$7bo2bo$7bo2bo$7bobo3$2o$2o!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Resu » July 14th, 2025, 12:23 pm

G+Block+T-tetromino = Pi+T-tetromino

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x = 7, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
o$b2o2b2o$o4b2o2$3bo$3b2o$2bobo!
[[ STOP 11 ]]
Ridiculously useless:

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x = 12, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
obo3bo$2b2ob2o3b2o$2bo3bo3b2o2$8b2o$7bobo$9bo!
Does this have a name?

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x = 9, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
3o3b3o$obo3bo$3o4bo!
All found from this:

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x = 12, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
9b2o$4b2o2bo2bo$bo2bo4bobo$3obo5bo$bo2bob2o$4bo2bo$5bo4bo$6b5o2$8bo$7b
obo$8bo!

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x = 31, y = 13, rule = C
8.2X2.3X.3X.X.X$8.X.X.X3.X3.X.X$8.X.X.3X.3X.X.X$8.2X2.X5.X.X.X$8.X.X.
3X.3X.3X$M2.M$4.M$M3.M$.4M$27.2M$27.M.M$29.M$29.2M! [[ AUTOSTART GPS 10 ]]

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Jormungant » July 14th, 2025, 2:44 pm

p112 gun with some symmetry:

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x = 95, y = 91, rule = LifeHistory
4B39.2B44.4B$.4B38.BAB42.4B$2.4B35.5B41.4B$3.4B34.BAB3A8.2A29.4B$4.4B
34.2B2A.A6.B2A2B26.4B$5.4B35.A.2A2B5.4B25.2A2B$6.B3A35.3ABAB4.4B24.AB
AB$7.A3B35.5B3.B3A24.3BA$8.A3B29.2A3.BAB5.2B2A23.4B$9.4B29.A4.2B4.2A
2B23.4B$10.4B28.A.AB3.B3.3AB4.2A6.2A8.4B$11.4B28.2AB.4B2.BABAB2.A2.A
6.A7.4B$12.4B29.8B2.2A3.A.2A3.3A7.4B$13.4B21.A6.8B6.2A.A4.A8.4B$14.4B
18.3A6.9B8.A.3B8.4B$15.4B16.A8.10B.2B5.A.2A2B6.4B$16.4B15.2A8.3B2A6B
2A5.A2BAB5.4B$17.4B12.4B3.2B3.3B2A4B.B2A6.B2A2B3.4B$18.4B10.3B5.3B.
11B.B8.4B2.4B$19.4B8.4B.6BA11B7.13B$20.17BA5B2A9B7.12B$12.2A7.6BD8B2A
16B7.11B$12.A.A6.6B3D5B2A15B.B2A6.10B$14.A4.8BDBD6B2A14B.BA.A4.11B$
14.2A.12BD21B5.A5.10B$16.2B2A13B2.2B.13B5.2A2.8B3DB$16.BABA10B9.13B8.
2A3.4BD2B$16.BA2B.7B12.6B3.4B8.A3.2B3D2B$13.2A3.A2.7B12.7B3.4B4.3A5.
6B$12.A.4A3.7B11.A7B4.4B3.A7.7B$12.A8.3B.B.B2A8.B2A4BAB5.4B10.8B$13.
3A11.BA.A6.BABA.2BABA6.4B10.8B$15.A14.A5.4B2.3B2A2B5.4B9.8B$6.3B21.2A
3.4B4.6B6.4B7.3BA2B2.B2A$6.3B2A2.B4.2A7.A6.4B5.6B7.4B6.2B3A2B.BA.A$5.
2A2B2A2B2A2.B2AB4.3A5.4B6.4B10.4B6.BAB2AB4.A$5.2A2BA2BABA2.3B4.A7.4B
8.5B9.2BAB4.7B4.2A$6.B2.2B3A4.B.B3.2A5.4B12.2A10.2B2A2.8B$11.2AB2.10B
4.4B13.A12.2A13B$14.10B5.4B15.3A10.14B8.A4.2B$14.12B2.4B18.A8.13BAB7.
3A3.BAB$8.2B3.18B10.2A13.15BAB7.A6.5B$7.BAB2.6B2A10B11.A13.5BA10BA2B
2.B3.2A4.3ABAB$7.5B.5B2A9B5.3B.BA.A13.4BABA20B3.A.2A2B$6.3ABAB.16B5.
3B.B2A14.4B2A3B.15B3.2B2A.A$5.A.2A2B3.15B.3B2A4B14.2AB.3B5.16B.BAB3A$
3.2B2A.A3.20BABA4B13.A.AB.3B5.9B2A5B.5B$2.BAB3A4.2A3.B2.2BA10BA5B13.A
11.10B2A6B2.BAB$2.5B6.A7.BA15B13.2A10.18B3.2B$4.BAB3.3A7.BA13B8.A18.
4B2.12B$4.2B4.A8.14B10.3A15.4B5.10B$19.13B2A12.A13.4B4.10B2.B2A$21.8B
2.2A2B10.2A12.4B5.2A3.B.B4.3A2B2.B$15.2A4.7B4.BA2B9.5B8.4B7.A4.3B2.AB
A2BA2B2A$16.A4.B2ABAB6.4B10.4B6.4B5.3A4.B2AB2.2A2B2A2B2A$16.A.AB.2B3A
2B6.4B7.6B5.4B6.A7.2A4.B2.2A3B$17.2AB2.2BA3B7.4B6.6B4.4B3.2A21.3B$19.
8B9.4B5.2B2A3B2.4B5.A14.A$19.8B10.4B6.ABA2B.ABAB6.A.AB11.3A$20.8B10.
4B5.BA4B2AB8.2AB.B.3B8.A$21.7B7.A3.4B4.7BA11.7B3.4A.A$22.6B5.3A4.4B3.
7B12.7B2.A3.2A$22.2B3D2B3.A8.4B3.6B12.7B.2BAB$22.2BD4B3.2A8.13B9.10BA
BAB$22.B3D8B2.2A5.13B.2B2.13B2A2B$22.10B5.A5.21BD12B.2A$22.11B4.A.AB.
14B2A6BDBD8B4.A$22.10B6.2AB.15B2A5B3D6B6.A.A$22.11B7.16B2A8BD6B7.2A$
21.12B7.9B2A5BA17B$20.13B7.11BA6B.4B8.4B$19.4B2.4B8.B.11B.3B5.3B10.4B
$18.4B3.2B2AB6.2AB.4B2A3B3.2B3.4B12.4B$17.4B5.BA2BA5.2A6B2A3B8.2A15.
4B$16.4B6.2B2A.A5.2B.10B8.A16.4B$15.4B8.3B.A8.9B6.3A18.4B$14.4B8.A4.A
.2A6.8B6.A21.4B$13.4B7.3A3.2A.A3.2A2.8B29.4B$12.4B7.A6.A2.A2.BABAB2.
4B.B2A28.4B$11.4B8.2A6.2A4.B3A3.B3.BA.A28.4B$10.4B23.2B2A4.2B4.A29.4B
$9.4B23.2A2B5.BAB3.2A29.3BA$8.A3B24.3AB3.5B35.3BA$7.BABA24.4B4.BAB3A
35.3AB$6.2B2A25.4B5.2B2A.A35.4B$5.4B26.2B2AB6.A.2A2B34.4B$4.4B29.2A8.
3ABAB34.4B$3.4B41.5B35.4B$2.4B42.BAB38.4B$.4B44.2B39.4B$4B87.4B!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by rabbit » July 20th, 2025, 8:14 pm

R-pentomino vs 43 blocks, who will win?

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x = 111, y = 59, rule = DoubleB3S23
58.2A$53.2A3.2A$53.2A2$44.2A19.2A$23.2A19.2A19.2A22.2A$23.2A28.2A34.
2A$38.2A13.2A47.2A$12.2A14.2A8.2A62.2A$12.2A14.2A2$71.2A2.2A$64.2A5.
2A2.2A14.2A$64.2A25.2A$31.2A70.2A$31.2A70.2A2$16.2A18.2A$16.2A18.2A
27.2C$24.2A40.2C$24.2A33.2A5.C$48.2A9.2A$48.2A3$73.2A$63.2A8.2A$63.2A
$56.2A$37.2A17.2A30.2A$27.2A8.2A49.2A19.2A$3.2A22.2A80.2A$3.2A3$28.2A
$28.2A57.2A$87.2A$25.2A$25.2A39.2A$16.2A48.2A$16.2A$63.2A$63.2A2$12.
2A$12.2A3.2A$17.2A47.2A$66.2A$2A$2A33.2A$35.2A2$2.2A$2.2A3$43.2A$43.
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by hotcrystal0 » July 21st, 2025, 7:57 am

Jormungant wrote:
July 14th, 2025, 2:44 pm
p112 gun with some symmetry:

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x = 95, y = 91, rule = LifeHistory
4B39.2B44.4B$.4B38.BAB42.4B$2.4B35.5B41.4B$3.4B34.BAB3A8.2A29.4B$4.4B
34.2B2A.A6.B2A2B26.4B$5.4B35.A.2A2B5.4B25.2A2B$6.B3A35.3ABAB4.4B24.AB
AB$7.A3B35.5B3.B3A24.3BA$8.A3B29.2A3.BAB5.2B2A23.4B$9.4B29.A4.2B4.2A
2B23.4B$10.4B28.A.AB3.B3.3AB4.2A6.2A8.4B$11.4B28.2AB.4B2.BABAB2.A2.A
6.A7.4B$12.4B29.8B2.2A3.A.2A3.3A7.4B$13.4B21.A6.8B6.2A.A4.A8.4B$14.4B
18.3A6.9B8.A.3B8.4B$15.4B16.A8.10B.2B5.A.2A2B6.4B$16.4B15.2A8.3B2A6B
2A5.A2BAB5.4B$17.4B12.4B3.2B3.3B2A4B.B2A6.B2A2B3.4B$18.4B10.3B5.3B.
11B.B8.4B2.4B$19.4B8.4B.6BA11B7.13B$20.17BA5B2A9B7.12B$12.2A7.6BD8B2A
16B7.11B$12.A.A6.6B3D5B2A15B.B2A6.10B$14.A4.8BDBD6B2A14B.BA.A4.11B$
14.2A.12BD21B5.A5.10B$16.2B2A13B2.2B.13B5.2A2.8B3DB$16.BABA10B9.13B8.
2A3.4BD2B$16.BA2B.7B12.6B3.4B8.A3.2B3D2B$13.2A3.A2.7B12.7B3.4B4.3A5.
6B$12.A.4A3.7B11.A7B4.4B3.A7.7B$12.A8.3B.B.B2A8.B2A4BAB5.4B10.8B$13.
3A11.BA.A6.BABA.2BABA6.4B10.8B$15.A14.A5.4B2.3B2A2B5.4B9.8B$6.3B21.2A
3.4B4.6B6.4B7.3BA2B2.B2A$6.3B2A2.B4.2A7.A6.4B5.6B7.4B6.2B3A2B.BA.A$5.
2A2B2A2B2A2.B2AB4.3A5.4B6.4B10.4B6.BAB2AB4.A$5.2A2BA2BABA2.3B4.A7.4B
8.5B9.2BAB4.7B4.2A$6.B2.2B3A4.B.B3.2A5.4B12.2A10.2B2A2.8B$11.2AB2.10B
4.4B13.A12.2A13B$14.10B5.4B15.3A10.14B8.A4.2B$14.12B2.4B18.A8.13BAB7.
3A3.BAB$8.2B3.18B10.2A13.15BAB7.A6.5B$7.BAB2.6B2A10B11.A13.5BA10BA2B
2.B3.2A4.3ABAB$7.5B.5B2A9B5.3B.BA.A13.4BABA20B3.A.2A2B$6.3ABAB.16B5.
3B.B2A14.4B2A3B.15B3.2B2A.A$5.A.2A2B3.15B.3B2A4B14.2AB.3B5.16B.BAB3A$
3.2B2A.A3.20BABA4B13.A.AB.3B5.9B2A5B.5B$2.BAB3A4.2A3.B2.2BA10BA5B13.A
11.10B2A6B2.BAB$2.5B6.A7.BA15B13.2A10.18B3.2B$4.BAB3.3A7.BA13B8.A18.
4B2.12B$4.2B4.A8.14B10.3A15.4B5.10B$19.13B2A12.A13.4B4.10B2.B2A$21.8B
2.2A2B10.2A12.4B5.2A3.B.B4.3A2B2.B$15.2A4.7B4.BA2B9.5B8.4B7.A4.3B2.AB
A2BA2B2A$16.A4.B2ABAB6.4B10.4B6.4B5.3A4.B2AB2.2A2B2A2B2A$16.A.AB.2B3A
2B6.4B7.6B5.4B6.A7.2A4.B2.2A3B$17.2AB2.2BA3B7.4B6.6B4.4B3.2A21.3B$19.
8B9.4B5.2B2A3B2.4B5.A14.A$19.8B10.4B6.ABA2B.ABAB6.A.AB11.3A$20.8B10.
4B5.BA4B2AB8.2AB.B.3B8.A$21.7B7.A3.4B4.7BA11.7B3.4A.A$22.6B5.3A4.4B3.
7B12.7B2.A3.2A$22.2B3D2B3.A8.4B3.6B12.7B.2BAB$22.2BD4B3.2A8.13B9.10BA
BAB$22.B3D8B2.2A5.13B.2B2.13B2A2B$22.10B5.A5.21BD12B.2A$22.11B4.A.AB.
14B2A6BDBD8B4.A$22.10B6.2AB.15B2A5B3D6B6.A.A$22.11B7.16B2A8BD6B7.2A$
21.12B7.9B2A5BA17B$20.13B7.11BA6B.4B8.4B$19.4B2.4B8.B.11B.3B5.3B10.4B
$18.4B3.2B2AB6.2AB.4B2A3B3.2B3.4B12.4B$17.4B5.BA2BA5.2A6B2A3B8.2A15.
4B$16.4B6.2B2A.A5.2B.10B8.A16.4B$15.4B8.3B.A8.9B6.3A18.4B$14.4B8.A4.A
.2A6.8B6.A21.4B$13.4B7.3A3.2A.A3.2A2.8B29.4B$12.4B7.A6.A2.A2.BABAB2.
4B.B2A28.4B$11.4B8.2A6.2A4.B3A3.B3.BA.A28.4B$10.4B23.2B2A4.2B4.A29.4B
$9.4B23.2A2B5.BAB3.2A29.3BA$8.A3B24.3AB3.5B35.3BA$7.BABA24.4B4.BAB3A
35.3AB$6.2B2A25.4B5.2B2A.A35.4B$5.4B26.2B2AB6.A.2A2B34.4B$4.4B29.2A8.
3ABAB34.4B$3.4B41.5B35.4B$2.4B42.BAB38.4B$.4B44.2B39.4B$4B87.4B!
Slightly reduced:

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x = 95, y = 91, rule = LifeHistory
4B39.2B44.4B$.4B38.BAB42.4B$2.4B35.5B41.4B$3.4B34.BAB3A8.2A29.4B$4.4B
34.2B2A.A6.B2A2B26.4B$5.4B35.A.2A2B5.4B25.2A2B$6.B3A35.3ABAB4.4B24.AB
AB$7.A3B35.5B3.B3A24.3BA$8.A3B29.2A3.BAB5.2B2A23.4B$9.4B29.A4.2B4.2A2B
23.4B$10.4B28.A.AB3.B3.3AB2.2A8.2A8.4B$11.4B28.2AB.4B2.BABAB2.A9.A7.4B
$12.4B29.8B2.2A3.A.2A3.3A7.4B$13.4B21.A6.8B6.2A.A4.A8.4B$14.4B18.3A6.
9B8.A.3B8.4B$15.4B16.A8.10B.2B5.A.2A2B6.4B$16.4B15.2A8.3B2A6B2A5.A2BA
B5.4B$17.4B12.4B3.2B3.3B2A4B.B2A6.B2A2B3.4B$18.4B10.3B5.3B.11B.B8.4B2.
4B$19.4B8.4B.6BA11B7.13B$20.17BA5B2A9B7.12B$12.2A7.6BD8B2A16B7.11B$12.
A.A6.6B3D5B2A15B.B2A6.10B$14.A4.8BDBD6B2A14B.BA.A4.11B$14.2A.12BD21B5.
A5.10B$16.2B2A13B2.2B.13B5.2A2.8B3DB$16.BABA10B9.13B8.2A3.4BD2B$16.BA
2B.7B12.6B3.4B8.A3.2B3D2B$14.A3.A2.7B12.7B3.4B4.3A5.6B$14.4A3.7B11.A7B
4.4B3.A7.7B$21.3B.B.B2A8.B2A4BAB5.4B10.8B$12.4A11.BA.A6.BABA.2BABA6.4B
10.8B$12.A2.A14.A5.4B2.3B2A2B5.4B9.8B$6.3B21.2A3.4B4.6B6.4B7.3BA2B2.B
2A$6.3B2A2.B4.2A7.A6.4B5.6B7.4B6.2B3A2B.BA.A$5.2A2B2A2B2A2.B2AB4.3A5.
4B6.4B10.4B6.BAB2AB4.A$5.2A2BA2BABA2.3B4.A7.4B8.5B9.2BAB4.7B4.2A$6.B2.
2B3A4.B.B3.2A5.4B12.2A10.2B2A2.8B$11.2AB2.10B4.4B13.A12.2A13B$14.10B5.
4B15.3A10.14B8.A4.2B$14.12B2.4B18.A8.13BAB7.3A3.BAB$8.2B3.18B10.2A13.
15BAB7.A6.5B$7.BAB2.6B2A10B11.A13.5BA10BA2B2.B3.2A4.3ABAB$7.5B.5B2A9B
5.3B.BA.A13.4BABA20B3.A.2A2B$6.3ABAB.16B5.3B.B2A14.4B2A3B.15B3.2B2A.A
$5.A.2A2B3.15B.3B2A4B14.2AB.3B5.16B.BAB3A$3.2B2A.A3.20BABA4B13.A.AB.3B
5.9B2A5B.5B$2.BAB3A4.2A3.B2.2BA10BA5B13.A11.10B2A6B2.BAB$2.5B6.A7.BA15B
13.2A10.18B3.2B$4.BAB3.3A7.BA13B8.A18.4B2.12B$4.2B4.A8.14B10.3A15.4B5.
10B$19.13B2A12.A13.4B4.10B2.B2A$21.8B2.2A2B10.2A12.4B5.2A3.B.B4.3A2B2.
B$15.2A4.7B4.BA2B9.5B8.4B7.A4.3B2.ABA2BA2B2A$16.A4.B2ABAB6.4B10.4B6.4B
5.3A4.B2AB2.2A2B2A2B2A$16.A.AB.2B3A2B6.4B7.6B5.4B6.A7.2A4.B2.2A3B$17.
2AB2.2BA3B7.4B6.6B4.4B3.2A21.3B$19.8B9.4B5.2B2A3B2.4B5.A14.A2.A$19.8B
10.4B6.ABA2B.ABAB6.A.AB11.4A$20.8B10.4B5.BA4B2AB8.2AB.B.3B$21.7B7.A3.
4B4.7BA11.7B3.4A$22.6B5.3A4.4B3.7B12.7B2.A3.A$22.2B3D2B3.A8.4B3.6B12.
7B.2BAB$22.2BD4B3.2A8.13B9.10BABAB$22.B3D8B2.2A5.13B.2B2.13B2A2B$22.10B
5.A5.21BD12B.2A$22.11B4.A.AB.14B2A6BDBD8B4.A$22.10B6.2AB.15B2A5B3D6B6.
A.A$22.11B7.16B2A8BD6B7.2A$21.12B7.9B2A5BA17B$20.13B7.11BA6B.4B8.4B$19.
4B2.4B8.B.11B.3B5.3B10.4B$18.4B3.2B2AB6.2AB.4B2A3B3.2B3.4B12.4B$17.4B
5.BA2BA5.2A6B2A3B8.2A15.4B$16.4B6.2B2A.A5.2B.10B8.A16.4B$15.4B8.3B.A8.
9B6.3A18.4B$14.4B8.A4.A.2A6.8B6.A21.4B$13.4B7.3A3.2A.A3.2A2.8B29.4B$12.
4B7.A9.A2.BABAB2.4B.B2A28.4B$11.4B8.2A8.2A2.B3A3.B3.BA.A28.4B$10.4B23.
2B2A4.2B4.A29.4B$9.4B23.2A2B5.BAB3.2A29.3BA$8.A3B24.3AB3.5B35.3BA$7.B
ABA24.4B4.BAB3A35.3AB$6.2B2A25.4B5.2B2A.A35.4B$5.4B26.2B2AB6.A.2A2B34.
4B$4.4B29.2A8.3ABAB34.4B$3.4B41.5B35.4B$2.4B42.BAB38.4B$.4B44.2B39.4B
$4B87.4B!
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x = 192, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
33$42b4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o3$41b2o$39bo6bo$38bo8bo$38bo8bo$38b9o3$42b
4o$41b6o$40b2ob4o$41b2o!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Entity Valkyrie 2 » July 22nd, 2025, 4:40 am

rabbit wrote:
June 29th, 2025, 4:11 pm
Eater plug* can function as a phase-shifting catalyst:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
15bo$8bo4b3o$6b3o3bo$5bo6b2o$6bo$3bo2bo$2bob2o$2bo7bo$b2o6b3o$8b2o$7b
2o$8bo$2b2o$bobo$bo$2o!
However, iNoMed pointed out that in this case it's identical to a smaller p1 catalyst, providing this pattern:

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x = 34, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
15bo17bo$8bo4b3o7bo2bo4b3o$6b3o3bo10b4o3bo$5bo6b2o16b2o$6bo16b2o$3bo2b
o12b2obobo$2bob2o14bob2o$2bo7bo9bo7bo$b2o6b3o7b2o6b3o$8b2o16b2o$7b2o
16b2o$8bo17bo$2b2o16b2o$bobo15bobo$bo17bo$2o16b2o!
Well... the p1 catalyst isn't actually "smaller" in terms of population, though I don't know of any SKOPs that use or could use that catalyst.
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by dvgrn » July 22nd, 2025, 8:03 am

A glider can move and rotate a half-blockade as a LOM is being created:

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x = 44, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
8$14bo$14bobo$14b2o12$12b2o$11b2o$13bo21$33b3o$33bo$34bo!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by TigerCub414 » July 24th, 2025, 9:56 pm

Useless Herschel eater:

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x = 38, y = 22, rule = B3/S23
b2o$3ob2o$b2ob3ob2o$3ob2o2b2o21b2o$2o29b2o6$35b2o$19b2o13bo2bo$18bo2bo
12bo2bo$18bobo14b2o$19bo4$30b2o$31bo$28b3o$28bo!

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x = 32, y = 32, rule = B3aijkr5j/S2aek3-acy4iz6c
8b3o$7bo2bo$7bo2bo$7b3o4$28b3o$28bo2bo$28bo2bo$29b3o11$3o$o2bo$o2bo$b
3o4$22b3o$21bo2bo$21bo2bo$21b3o!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Anivec » July 26th, 2025, 2:24 pm

Near-miss G-to-X:

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x = 34, y = 29, rule = LifeHistory
9.A$8.A.A$9.A2$7.5A$6.A4.A$5.A2.A$2.A2.A.2A$.A.A.A5.A$2.A2.A4.A.A$5.2A
2.A2.A$10.2A2$6.2A$5.A.A14.A$.2A2.A16.A.A$.A.A.2A15.2A$3.A$3.4A25.2A$
.2A3.A25.2A$A2.3A$2A.A$3.A$3.2A$4.A$.3A$.A12.2A$14.2C$14.2D!

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Resu » July 28th, 2025, 4:19 am

Dart + Phi spark + Eaters = mirrored dock ?

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x = 21, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
8b2ob2o$9bobo$4b2obo5bob2o$3bobob2o3b2obobo$2bo6bobo6bo$2b7o3b7o2$4b3o
7b3o$3bo2bo3bo3bo2bo$3b2o4bobo4b2o$9bobo$10bo5$o19bo$3o15b3o$3bo13bo$
2b2o13b2o11$10bo$9bobo$8bo3bo$9b3o2$7b2o3b2o$5bo3bobo3bo$4b2o3bobo3b2o
$3bo5bobo5bo$4bob2obobob2obo4$10bo$9bobo$8bo3bo$9b3o2$7b2o3b2o$5bo3bo
bo3bo$4b2o3bobo3b2o$3bo5bobo5bo$4bob2obobob2obo!
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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Anivec » July 28th, 2025, 8:13 am

Resu wrote:
July 28th, 2025, 4:19 am
Dart + Phi spark + Eaters = Dock on dock ?

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x = 21, y = 53, rule = B3/S23
8b2ob2o$9bobo$4b2obo5bob2o$3bobob2o3b2obobo$2bo6bobo6bo$2b7o3b7o2$4b3o
7b3o$3bo2bo3bo3bo2bo$3b2o4bobo4b2o$9bobo$10bo5$o19bo$3o15b3o$3bo13bo$
2b2o13b2o11$10bo$9bobo$8bo3bo$9b3o2$7b2o3b2o$5bo3bobo3bo$4b2o3bobo3b2o
$3bo5bobo5bo$4bob2obobob2obo4$10bo$9bobo$8bo3bo$9b3o2$7b2o3b2o$5bo3bo
bo3bo$4b2o3bobo3b2o$3bo5bobo5bo$4bob2obobob2obo!
You mean mirrored dock?

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Re: Thread For Your Useless Discoveries

Post by Resu » July 28th, 2025, 8:39 am

Anivec wrote:
July 28th, 2025, 8:13 am
You mean mirrored dock?
Opps. Yes, I did mean mirrored dock.

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x = 31, y = 13, rule = C
8.2X2.3X.3X.X.X$8.X.X.X3.X3.X.X$8.X.X.3X.3X.X.X$8.2X2.X5.X.X.X$8.X.X.
3X.3X.3X$M2.M$4.M$M3.M$.4M$27.2M$27.M.M$29.M$29.2M! [[ AUTOSTART GPS 10 ]]

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