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[Moosey]

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x = 10, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
4b2o$2obo2bob2o$2o2b2o2b2o!

Funny- I remember seeing that pattern when I was a novice and commenting on it
Come to think of it, it would be pretty cool if we could extend it

[GUYTU6J]

Queen bee+traffic light+glider → a weird bubble-like object

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x = 11, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
8bo$8bo$7b3o4$7bo$6b3o$5bo3bo$4bob3obo$5b5o$bo$b2o$obo!
#C [[ STOP 7 ]]

[GUYTU6J]

Herschel-to-pi with shifted block:

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x = 16, y = 12, rule = LifeHistory
6.3D$6.D$6.3D5.2A$12.2D2A$12.2D2$4.A$4.A.A$4.3A$2.D3.A$2D$.2D!

[del]A 2657-gen methuselah![/del]
With the new block and original input, it becomes a clean R:

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x = 10, y = 7, rule = LifeHistory
8.2A$8.2A2$C$CDC$ACA$2.A!

[mniemiec]

Queen bee+traffic light+glider → a weird bubble-like object ...

22.13812 in 11 gliders:

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x = 54, y = 33, rule = B3/S23
27bo$25boo$26boo$3bo$4boo3bo$3boo5boo20bo$9boo19boo$31boo3$29bo$29bobo
16bo$29boo16bobo$43boobobbobbo$29bo13booboboobobo$28boo16bobbobbo$28bo
bo15bobbo$47boo3$14bo$6bobo3bobo$7boo4boo$7bo9bo$oo13boo$boo13boo$o4$
30boo$30bobo$30bo!

[Jormungant]

Strange interaction

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x = 121, y = 35, rule = LifeHistory
6.D$5.3D$4.2D2.D102.D$110.3D$109.2D2.D$2.C$3C$C.C104.C$C104.3C$105.C.
C$105.C4$6.C112.2C$5.C.C111.2C$4.C2.C103.C$5.2C103.C.C$109.C2.C$110.
2C2$119.2C$119.2C8$4.2D2.D$5.3D$6.D102.2D2.D$110.3D$111.D!

[Naszvadi]

AFAIK there'd been constructed several c/5d puffers already, but here is a compact one from scratch using only 3 ships and a glider:

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x = 63, y = 63, rule = B3/S23
55bo5bo$54bo7bo$57b4obo$53bo2bo3b2o$53bo2bo2b3o$53bo4bo$54bob3o$54b2ob
2o$50b3o4b2o$50b3o$48b2o$48b2o$48b2o$43b3o$41bo4b2o$40bo6bo$43b2obo$
42bo3b3o$42bo2b4o$42bobo$42b3o$40bo2b2o$41b2o12$49bo5bo$48bo7bo$51b4ob
o$47bo2bo3b2o$47bo2bo2b3o$47bo4bo$15bo5bo26bob3o$14bo7bo25b2ob2o$17b4o
bo21b3o4b2o$13bo2bo3b2o9bo12b3o$13bo2bo2b3o7bobo10b2o$13bo4bo11b2o10b
2o$14bob3o23b2o$14b2ob2o18b3o$10b3o4b2o16bo4b2o$10b3o21bo6bo$8b2o27b2o
bo$8b2o26bo3b3o$8b2o26bo2b4o$3b3o30bobo$bo4b2o28b3o$o6bo26bo2b2o$3b2ob
o28b2o$2bo3b3o$2bo2b4o$2bobo$2b3o$o2b2o$b2o!

[Naszvadi]

Parallel glider vs Lobster (spaceship) collisions are all useless.

The only nondestructive forward-LWSS vs lobster reaction is:

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x = 34, y = 29, rule = B3/S23
o2bo$4bo$o3bo$b4o5bobo4b2o$11b2o3bo2bo$8bo2b2o3bobo$9b2o4b3o$8b3o3b2o$
13bo4bo3bo$12bo7b2obo$11b2o2b3o4bo7bo$9b3o3b2o6b2o6bo$8bo2bo3bo5bobo6b
2o$8bobo2bo8bo3b2o$9bo16bobo4bo$14bo12bo5bo$14bo2bo9bo5bo$13bobo2bo10b
3o$14bob2o$16bo2$18b2o$18bob2o$19bo$22bo$15bobo4bo$16b2o4bo2$19b3o!

[Saka]

A bad synthesis for a new still life I found with apgsearch. Can most definitely be improved.

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x = 153, y = 121, rule = LifeHistory
39.A.A$40.2A$40.A20$150.A.A$150.2A$151.A16$99.A$99.A.A$99.2A$94.A$92.
A.A36.A.A$93.2A36.2A$132.A2$75.A$73.A.A$74.2A$81.A$81.A.A$81.2A$87.D$
86.D.D15.A$86.D2.D14.A.A$87.D.D14.2A$88.2D.2D6.A$91.D.D3.A.A$88.2D.D
2.D3.2A$87.D2.D.D.D$86.A.D.D2.D$87.A.2D$85.3A5$88.2A12.A$88.A.A10.A$
88.A12.3A3$92.2A$92.A.A$34.A57.A$34.2A50.2A16.3A$33.A.A49.A.A16.A$87.
A17.A14$78.2A$77.A.A$79.A12$38.A$38.2A$37.A.A9$.A$.2A$A.A!

[Naszvadi]

Glider kills c/6o:

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x = 32, y = 15, rule = B3/S23
5b3o10b3o$3obo7b2o7bob3o$4bo3bo2bo2bo2bo3bo$4bo5bo4bo5bo$10b2o2b2o$7bo
3bo2bo3bo$7bobo6bobo$8b10o$10bo4bo$8bo8bo$7bo10bo$8bo8bo$29b3o$29bo$
30bo!

[Naszvadi]

Misc. reactions from left-to-right:

1. 4G to bakery (LWSS+G to bakery)
2. 4G to ship-tie (LWSS+G to ship-tie)
3. Beehive-bit reaction: toggling LWSS and G
4. 3LWSS to G
5. 2MWSS to pulsar
6. 3MWSS to G

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x = 301, y = 65, rule = B3/S23
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobob
obobobobobobobobobobo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49b
o49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo26bobo20bo$280bo$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo25bo
3bo19bo$280bo$o49bo49bo22bobo24bo49bo49bo26bo2bo19bo$126bo151b3o$o49bo
49bo25bo23bo49bo49bo49bo$123bo2bo$o49bo49bo23b3o23bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49b
o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo30bobo16bo49bo49bo$184bo$o49bo49bo
49bo33bo15bo49bo49bo$181bo2bo$o49bo49bo49bo31b3o15bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49b
o49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo49b
o$223bobo47bobo$o22bobo24bo22bobo4bobo17bo22bobo18bo5bo22bobo24bo25bo
23bo25bo23bo$26bo49bo3b2o44bo15b2o32bo45bo3bo45bo3bo$o25bo23bo25bo4bo
18bo25bo16b2o5bo25bo23bo25bo23bo25bo23bo$23bo2bo46bo2bo46bo2bo46bo2bo
46bo2bo46bo2bo$o23b3o4bo18bo23b3o23bo23b3o23bo23b3o23bo23b3o23bo23b3o
23bo$30bo$o29b3o17bo49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo23b3o23bo23b3o
23bo16b5o28bo$173bo2bo46bo2bo39bo4bo$o49bo49bo33bo15bo25bo23bo25bo23bo
20bo28bo$132b2o42bo45bo3bo39bo3bo$o49bo49bo32b2o15bo22bobo24bo25bo23bo
17bo31bo$223bobo$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo31bo17bo49bo49bo
49bo$131bobo$o49bo49bo30bobo16bo49bo49bo49bo$132bo$o49bo49bo49bo49bo
49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo
49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo
49bo2$o49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo49bo2$obobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo
bobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobobo!

Corollary: any glider-constructible pattern in CGoL can be constucted using only 105 HWSS or 105MWSS.

[FWKnightship]

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x = 22, y = 87, rule = B3/S23
6bo$6b4o4bobo$8b2o4bo2bo$11bo5b2o$8b4o7bo$12bo4b4o$8bo2b3o2bo4bo$10b3o
5bo2bo$11bo6bo2bo$6bob3o9bo$6b2o2bo3bob4o$7b3o4bo3bo$7bo9bo$9bo5bobo$
7bobo$10bo5b3o$7bobo7b2o$9bo6b3o$7bo$7b3o5bobo$8b3o4bo2bo$8bobo7bo$9b
2o7bo$10bo2b2o2bo$9b2o2b4o$9b2o$10bo2b4o$8b3o2b2o2bo$10bo7bo$9b2o2b2o
3bo$9b2o2b5obo$2o7b2o7b3o$2o7b2o2b5obo$9b2o2b2o3bo$9b2o7bo$10bo2b2o2bo
$8b3o2b4o$10bo$9b2o2b4o$9b2o2b2o2bo$9b2o7bo$b2o6b2o2b2o3bo$bobo6bo2b5o
bo$3bo4b3o7b3o$bobo6bo2b5obo$b2o6b2o2b2o3bo$9b2o7bo$9b2o2b2o2bo$9b2o2b
4o$10bo$8b3o2b4o$10bo2b2o2bo$9b2o7bo$9b2o2b2o3bo$2o3b2o2b2o2b5obo$2o3b
2o2b2o7b3o$9b2o2b5obo$9b2o2b2o3bo$10bo7bo$8b3o2b2o2bo$10bo2b4o$9b2o$9b
2o2b4o$10bo2b2o2bo$9b2o7bo$8bobo7bo$8b3o4bo2bo$7b3o5bobo$7bo$9bo6b3o$
7bobo7b2o$10bo5b3o$7bobo$9bo5bobo$7bo9bo$7b3o4bo3bo$6b2o2bo3bob4o$6bob
3o9bo$11bo6bo2bo$10b3o5bo2bo$8bo2b3o2bo4bo$12bo4b4o$8b4o7bo$11bo5b2o$
8b2o4bo2bo$6b4o4bobo$6bo!

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x = 18, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
8b2o$8b2o2$b3o10b3o$o3bo8bo3bo2$4bo8bo$o7b2o7bo$2b3o2bo2bo2b3o$3b2ob2o
2b2ob2o3$5b8o$6bob2obo!

[GUYTU6J]

Possible start for a p4 oscillator composed of 1/2 xp4_64kowc871zwharzc453w62sg + 1/2 xp4_178cwoozy1raaaarzgs26w33:

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x = 98, y = 46, rule = B3/S23
44bo$44b2o3bo$43bobo2b2o$48bobo7$66bo$66b3o$49bo19bo$48bobo17bobo$7bob
o38bobo17bobo$o7b2o39bo19bo$b2o5bo$2o45b5o15b5o$47bo4bo14bo4bo$31b2o
17bobo17bobo$8bo23b2o16b2o18b2o$8b2o2b3o16bo$7bobo2bo81b2o$13bo72bo7bo
$19bo66b3o2b2obo$18b2o69bo3bo$18bobo67bo$88bo$89b3o2$87b7o$87bo$90bo$
90b2o3bo$93b2obo$66bo29bo$66b3o27b2o$69bo$68bo$68bobo$69b2o2$67b6o$67b
o4bo$70bo$70b2o!

[Naszvadi]

3 gliders = bakery + block

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x = 14, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
11bo$10bo$10b3o5$11b3o$11bo$12bo2$3o$2bo$bo!

[APPEND#1]

And a 3G pulsar synthesis:

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x = 9, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
6bo$5bo$5b3o2$bo$b2o$obo$6b3o$6bo$7bo!

[Entity Valkyrie 2]

Weird catalyst reaction:

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x = 15, y = 17, rule = B3/S23
b2o$o2bo2b2o$b2o2bobo$3b2o$3bo$2obo2bo$o2bobobo2bo$2b2ob2o3bo3bo$9bo3b
2o$2b2ob2o3bo3bo$o2bobobo2bo$2obo2bo$3bo$3b2o$b2o2bobo$o2bo2b2o$b2o!

[Ian07]

Large still life predecessor found by accident:

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x = 9, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
3b3o2$3o3b3o2$3b3o2$3o3b3o2$3b3o2$3o3b3o2$3b3o!

[GUYTU6J]

Synthesis_patt_v1.2.py gives two results for a single engine in p6 shuttle. They fit in well but can do nothing else for new synthesis:

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x = 27, y = 37, rule = B3/S23
5bo$6b2o$o4b2o$b2o9bo$2o11b2o$12b2o2$25bo$23b2o$24b2o7$17b2o$17bobo$
17bo3$9b2o$10b2o$9bo2$14bo$14b2o$13bobo2$22b2o$21bo2bo$21bo2bo$22b2o2$
24b2o$24bobo$24bo!
#C [[ STOP 29 ]] 

These small but compact hasslers, including 30P6.1, Sixty nine and Pulshuttle V, are still hard to synthesize today.
(Prove me wrong please)

[Hdjensofjfnen]

This could be a possible starting point for 6xn block arrays if not for the fact that these two gliders intersect paths:

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x = 15, y = 23, rule = LifeHistory
12.A$4.2A6.A.A$4.A.A5.2A$5.A.A$6.A.A$.2E4.A.A$E.E5.A.A$2.E6.A.A$10.A.
A$11.2A4$11.2A$10.A.A$2.E6.A.A$E.E5.A.A$.2E4.A.A$6.A.A$5.A.A$4.A.A5.
2A$4.2A6.A.A$12.A!

[BlinkerSpawn]

This could be a possible starting point for 6xn block arrays if not for the fact that these two gliders intersect paths:

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x = 15, y = 23, rule = LifeHistory
12.A$4.2A6.A.A$4.A.A5.2A$5.A.A$6.A.A$.2E4.A.A$E.E5.A.A$2.E6.A.A$10.A.
A$11.2A4$11.2A$10.A.A$2.E6.A.A$E.E5.A.A$.2E4.A.A$6.A.A$5.A.A$4.A.A5.
2A$4.2A6.A.A$12.A!

This works, and probably costs less too:

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x = 14, y = 33, rule = Life
10bobo$10b2o$4bo6bo$5b2o$4b2o$11bo$11bobo$2bo8b2o$obo$b2o4bo$6bobo$7bo
bo$8bobo$9bobo$10b2o4$10b2o$9bobo$8bobo$7bobo$6bobo$b2o4bo$obo$2bo8b2o
$11bobo$11bo$4b2o$5b2o$4bo6bo$10b2o$10bobo!

[nokangaroo]

p2208 blinker puller oscillator

Probably not very useful, but hopefully amusing. Can be extended by 184n cells. The use of a p46 shuttle as a Herschel factory isn't my idea, I found it in the hex counter in Golly's examples (it would normally be p138 because the Herschel's first glider would eat every third glider of the feeder gun).

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x = 156, y = 139, rule = B3/S23
121b3o$107b2o11bo4bo5b2o$107b2o10bo5bo$120bo18b2o$121b2o15bo2b2o11b2o$
137b6o11b2o$121b2o16b4o$120bo8bo$107b2o10bo5bo2bo$107b2o11bo4bo2b3o$
121b3o15b4o$137b6o11b2o$138bo2b2o11b2o$139b2o5$135bo$117bo13b2o2bo$
117bobo3b2o5bo5bo13b2o$117b2o4b2o4b2o2bobo14b2o$130b2o3bo$131b3o2$113b
2o16b3o$113bobo14b2o3bo$112bo3bo12b2o2bobo14b2o$108b2o2bo11b2o4bo5bo
13b2o$112b2obo8b2o5b2o2bo$135bo$53b2o$54bo$54bob2ob2o$55bobobo2bo63b2o
7b4o$42bo13bo4b2o62bo2bo6bo3bo$42b3o79b2o2bo10bo$45bo19b2o58bo2bo4bob
2obo$44b2o5b2o12bo60bo6b3o$51b3o9bobo$53bo9b2o61bo6b3o$45b5o2b2o71bo2b
o4bob2obo$45b4o4bo40bo29b2o2bo10bo$48b2o3bob3o36bobo28bo2bo6bo3bo$94b
2o30b2o7b4o$50b3o2bobo$55bobo50b2o$46bo61b2o$45bobo7b3o$45bobo$43b3ob
2o40bo$42bo46bobo17bo5bo$43b3ob2o3b2o35b2o17b3o3b3o$45bob2o3b2o53b2o2b
obo2b2o$107b2ob2ob2ob2o$110b2ob2o$108bobo3bobo$107bo2bo3bo2bo$50bo5bo
53bo3bo$49b3o3b3o49bobo5bobo$48bo2b2ob2o2bo6bo42bo7bo$48b3o5b3o4bobo$
64b2o3$71bo$71bobo$71b2o4$110b2ob2o$99bo11bobo$66bo11b2o18b2o11bobo$
66bobo9b2o17b3obo10bo$51b2ob2o5bo4b2o28b2o$52bobo6bo35b2o6bobobo$52bob
o6bo36bo6bobob3o$53bo58bo$98bo6bobob3o$97b2o6bobobo$84b2o10b2o$84b2o
11b3obo$98b2o$99bo4$96b2o$96bo$90b2ob2obo$88bo2bobobo$88b2o4bo13bo$
106b3o$84b2o19bo$85bo19b2o$85bobo9b3o$86b2o5bobo3bo$91bo5b2ob2o2b2o$
101bo2b2o$93b3o3bobo$90bo7b3o2$94bo$93b3o8bo$103bobo$103bobo$102b2ob3o
$108bo$102b2ob3o$102b2obo4$79bo$78b3o$78bob2o12bo5bo$79b3o11b3o3b3o$
79b2o11b2obo3bob2o3$95bo3bo$2o12b4o5b3o69bo3bo$2o12bob2o7bo$14bo7bob2o
$15b2o5b2o2$15b2o5b2o$14bo7bob2o43b4o$2o12bob2o7b4o24b2o14bo2b2o$2o12b
4o5b6o24b2o15bo2b2o$70bo2bo$71b2o2$71b2o20b2o5b2o$70bo2bo19b2o5b2o$53b
2o15bo2b2o5b2o$53b2o14bo2b2o6b2o$69b4o!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Pretty sure the bait here can't be reproduced, unless there is a catalyst that does the same thing:

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x = 14, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
12b2o$o11b2o$obo$3o$bo!

[googoIpIex]

B+large still life = temporary Mwss

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x = 14, y = 10, rule = Life
6.2A$2A3.A.A3.3A$A4.A4.A2.A$.3A.A4.2A.A$4.A$.2A.A.A$.A.A.2A$3.A$.A.A$
.2A!

EDIT: simplifies to:

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x = 8, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
5b2o$6bo$2o2bobo$obo2b2o$bo2b4o$4b4o$b2o$bobo$3bo$bobo!

EDIT2:
Interesting reaction based on previous post:

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x = 27, y = 40, rule = LifeHistory
4$12.D$11.3D$10.2D2.D3$8.C$6.3C$6.C.C$6.C4$20.2C$20.2C$12.C$11.C.C$
10.C2.C$11.2C2$20.2C$20.2C8$12.2C$12.2C!

[Hunting]

Is this explosive?

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x = 53, y = 57, rule = B3/S23
34bo$33b3o$33bob2o4bo$34b3o3b3o$5b3o26b2o3b2o2bo3b3o$4b5o30bo3bo3bo2bo
$3b2ob3o30bob2o4bo$4b2o15b4o14b2o6bo3bo$21bo3bo21bo$21bo11b3o12bobo$5b
2o15bo2bo6bo2bo$3b3o29bo$2bo3bo28bo$2bo4b3o22bobo$2b2obob3o$4bo3b2o$5b
obo3$4o5b2o$o3bo3b2ob2o18b3o$o8b4o7b2o8bo2bo12bo$bo2bo5b2o7b2ob3o8bo
11b3o$20b5o4bo3bo11bob2o$21b3o9bo12b3o$30bobo13b2o5$31b2o$9b2o10bobo4b
3ob2o$9b3o12bo3b5o9b2o5b4o$8bob2o8bo3bo4b3o8b2ob2o3bo3bo$8b3o13bo15b4o
8bo$9bo11bo2bo16b2o5bo2bo$22b3o2$48b2o$48bobo$50bo$48b3o2$19bobo$14b3o
5bo5b4o$13bo2bo5bo4bo3bo13b3o$13bo5bo2bo8bo12b5o$7bobo2b2o6b3o4bo2bo
13b3ob2o$6bo3bo2b2o32b2o$6bo6b2o$6bo4bobo$6bo2bo2b2o$6b3o3b2obo5b2o$
13b3o5b3o$14bo5bob2o$20b3o$21bo!

[BokaBB]

All matter of useless Life patterns go here. For example, the following is a methuselah that takes 946 generations to stabilise:

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x = 10, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
3o6bo$obo4b3o$obo6bo!

Have fun.

Nothing in this universe is useless.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

[yujh]

All matter of useless Life patterns go here. For example, the following is a methuselah that takes 946 generations to stabilise:

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x = 10, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
3o6bo$obo4b3o$obo6bo!

Have fun.

Nothing in this universe is useless.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

Nope. I don't agree with you, Boka.

[BokaBB]

All matter of useless Life patterns go here. For example, the following is a methuselah that takes 946 generations to stabilise:

Code: Select all

x = 10, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
3o6bo$obo4b3o$obo6bo!

Have fun.

Nothing in this universe is useless.
Have a good day!

BokaBB

Nope. I don't agree with you, Boka.

Yes, everything can be useful if you know how.
Have a good day!

BokaBB