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[MathAndCode]

An extra block attached to Beluchenko's p40:

It works on either side (but not both at once).

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x = 17, y = 18, rule = B3/S23
2o8b2o$2o7bo$12bo$8b2obo$2o6b2o$2o4$7b2o$5bob2o$4bo$7bo7b2o$5b2o8b2o3$
15b2o$15b2o!

[JP21]

An extra block attached to Beluchenko's p40:

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x = 17, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
2o8b2o$2o7bo$12bo$8b2obo$2o6b2o$2o4$7b2o$5bob2o$4bo$7bo7b2o$5b2o8b2o!

I can't remember if I've seen this before.

Hello there! You probably did see it before.

[MathAndCode]

Here's a way to create a half-bakery without a bakery predecessor.

Here's another example of that reaction.

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x = 6, y = 13, rule = Symbiosis
4.B$5.B$3.3B8$3A$A.A$A.A!

[bubblegum]

Here's a way to create a half-bakery without a bakery predecessor.

Here's another example of that reaction.

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The core reaction here is a bakery sequence with a bit attached:

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x = 19, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
o$2bo$2bobo$3bobo$b2ob2o$4bo!

[MathAndCode]

The core reaction here is a bakery sequence with a bit attached:

Yes, but the immediate reaction does not involve a bakery predecessor; the half-bakery is facing the wrong way for that.

[wwei23]

WOW

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x = 15, y = 26, rule = B3/S23
10bo$9bobo$9bobo$10bo5$10b3o$10bo2bo$10bo$10bo3bo$10bo$11bobo7$3o$o2bo
$o$o3bo$o$bobo!

[MathAndCode]

WOW

What was this for?

[wwei23]

What was this for?

Kazyan mentioned a near-miss c/61 spaceship, and now they're trying to support it with slide guns on the discord. As a joke, I suggested using only MWSSes (since HWSSes are a lot harder to synthesize and Scorbie's profile picture is an LWSS)
Then dvgrn said:

HWSSes are what we need for the known slide-gun reaction. There's probably an MWSS/LWSS replacement for that reaction -- maybe even one that's a PUSH 2 instead of PUSH 4, so we'd need only half as many slide guns running at twice the speed.

However, having lucked out and found something that works already, I'm highly unmotivated to do any searching for new technology like that.

I thought it was worth a try and ended up with a paperclip and a shillelagh with a different collision.

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x = 6, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
bo$obo$obo$bo5$b3o$bo2bo$bo$bo3bo$bo$2bobo11$b3o$bo2bo$bo$bo3bo$bo$2bo
bo!

[Kazyan]

For reference, here is the partial c/61o:

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x = 15, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b2o$o2bobo3bobo2bo$2b2o7b2o$2bo2bo3bo2bo$2bo2bo3bo2bo$2bo3bobo3bo
$3bobo3bobo$4bo5bo2$4bo5bo$3bobo3bobo$2bo3bobo3bo$3bobo3bobo$4bo5bo!

[MathAndCode]

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x = 15, y = 14, rule = B3/S23
4b2o3b2o$o2bobo3bobo2bo$2b2o7b2o$2bo2bo3bo2bo$2bo2bo3bo2bo$2bo3bobo3bo
$3bobo3bobo$4bo5bo2$4bo5bo$3bobo3bobo$2bo3bobo3bo$3bobo3bobo$4bo5bo!

That is incredible. How did you find it?



Edit: I suppose that a high-period spaceship composed of patterns that happen to appear again after some number of generations by virtue of being so common isn't so unlikely. After all, we already have a lot of oscillators that use the same concept.

[wwei23]

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x = 14, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
9bo$8bobo$8bobo$9bo5$9b3o$9bo2bo$9bo$9bo3bo$9bo$10bobo4$bo$3o$ob2o$b3o
$b3o$b3o$b2o$7b3o$6bo2bo$9bo$5bo3bo$9bo$6bobo!

[goldenratio]

Edit: I suppose that a high-period spaceship composed of patterns that happen to appear again after some number of generations by virtue of being so common isn't so unlikely.

That pattern was made up in case you couldn't tell. (Category:Jokes)

Anyways the reaction can be supported with a single glider pair, found by A for awesome:

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x = 49, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
obo43bobo$b2o43b2o$bo45bo14$17bo13bo$15bobo3b2o3b2o3bobo$16b2o2bobo3b
obo2b2o$19b2o7b2o$19bo2bo3bo2bo$19bo2bo3bo2bo$19bo3bobo3bo$20bobo3bob
o$21bo5bo2$21bo5bo$20bobo3bobo$19bo3bobo3bo$20bobo3bobo$21bo5bo!

edit: what a waste of a 200th post. At least I didn't have anything planned for it like I did for the 100th post

[MathAndCode]

This makes fishhooks.

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x = 9, y = 12, rule = B3/S23
b2o3b2o$b2o3b2o4$3o3b3o2$bo5bo2$bo5bo2$3o3b3o!

[wwei23]

LOL

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x = 9, y = 43, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobo$bobo$2bo5$2b3o$2bo2bo$2bo$2bo3bo$2bo$3bobo3$4b3o$4bo2bo$4bo$
4bo3bo$4bo$5bobo15$3o$o2bo$o$o3bo$o3bo$o$bobo!

Edit: WHAT?!!!

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x = 10, y = 39, rule = B3/S23
5bo$4bobo$4bobo$5bo5$5b3o$5bo2bo$5bo$5bo3bo$5bo$6bobo19$3o$o2bo$o$o3bo
$o3bo$o$bobo!

[bubblegum]

LOL

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x = 9, y = 43, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobo$bobo$2bo5$2b3o$2bo2bo$2bo$2bo3bo$2bo$3bobo3$4b3o$4bo2bo$4bo$
4bo3bo$4bo$5bobo15$3o$o2bo$o$o3bo$o3bo$o$bobo!

Edit: WHAT?!!!

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x = 10, y = 39, rule = B3/S23
5bo$4bobo$4bobo$5bo5$5b3o$5bo2bo$5bo$5bo3bo$5bo$6bobo19$3o$o2bo$o$o3bo
$o3bo$o$bobo!

I wonder if someone could be so bored as to make a gun that fires an identity salvo at a beehive.

Nice on the great on-off! This, of course, forms from the standard TD+TL reaction:

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x = 11, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
3bo$2obo$2b2o5$9bo$9bo$8bobo!

Now, as homework, show me an XWSS-salvo figure-eight.

[wwei23]

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x = 10, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
2o$2o4$5bo$4b3o$4bo3$7b2o$6bo2bo$7b2o!

[Kazyan]

Funky blinker eater:

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x = 17, y = 11, rule = B3/S23
2o3b2o3b2o3b2o$o4bo5bo4bo$b3obo5bob3o$3bob2o3b2obo$4bo2bobo2bo$6b2ob2o
3$6b5o$5b7o$5b7o!

[wwei23]

What?

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x = 44, y = 57, rule = LifeHistory
6.2A.2A$7.A.A$2.2A.A5.A.2A$.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A$A6.A.A6.A$7A3.7A2$2.3A7.3A
$.A2.A3.A3.A2.A$.2A4.A.A4.2A$7.A.A$8.A4$10.2A$.2A6.A2.A$.2A7.2A8$4.A$
4.A.A$4.3A$6.A4$42.2A$42.2A19$36.2D$35.D.D$34.D.D$33.D.D$33.2D!

[creeperman7002]

Another random pattern producing a very long ship:

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x = 25, y = 11, rule = LifeHistory
A$2A8.2A$.2A7.2A$2A18.2D$20.D.D$21.D.D$22.D.D$2A21.2D$.2A$2A$A!

[wwei23]

If only!

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x = 46, y = 42, rule = LifeHistory
6.2A.2A$7.A.A$2.2A.A5.A.2A$.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A$A6.A.A6.A18.2A$7A3.7A12.A.
2A.A.A$29.2A.A.A$2.3A7.3A19.2A$.A2.A3.A3.A2.A17.2A$.2A4.A.A4.2A19.A3.
A2.2A$7.A.A27.2A.A2.A$8.A31.A.A$34.3A4.A$29.2A4.6A$29.A.A3.3A$10.2A
19.A7.2A2.A$.2A6.A2.A18.2A5.A.4A$.2A7.2A22.A$29.5A2.2A.3A$28.A4.A3.A
3.A$29.3A.A.2A.3A$31.A6.A2$32.A4.A$34.2A$4.A$4.A.A$4.3A$6.A3$40.4D$
39.6D$39.4D.2D$43.2D4$25.2A$25.A$26.3A$28.A!
[[ STOP 140 ]]

Edit: Hey, at least there's an LWSS! LOL

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x = 76, y = 108, rule = B3/S23
34b2o$32bo4bo2$32bo4bo$32bo4bo$32bo4bo$32bo4bo$32bo4bo$33bo2bo$33bo2bo
$28b2o4b2o4b2o$28bobo2bo2bo2bobo$26bobo12bobo$26b2obo4b2o4bob2o$29bobo
6bobo$26b2obobobo2bobobob2o$25bobob2ob2o2b2ob2obobo$25bobobo2bo4bo2bob
obo29bo$26bo2b2o8b2o2bo29bo$27b2o2bo6bo2b2o30b3o$29b2o8b2o$29bo10bo$
26b2obo2b6o2bob2o$26b2obobo6bobob2o$6b2ob2o18bobo6bobo$7bobo16b2obo2bo
4bo2bob2o$2b2obo5bob2o11b2ob2o8b2ob2o$bobob2o3b2obobo13bo10bo$o6bobo6b
o12bobo6bobo$7o3b7o10b2o2bo6bo2b2o$26bo2b2o8b2o2bo$2b3o7b3o10bobobo10b
obobo$bo2bo3bo3bo2bo9bobobob2o4b2obobobo$b2o4bobo4b2o10b2obob2o4b2obob
2o$7bobo19bob2o4b2obo$8bo17b2obobo6bobob2o$26bobobo3b2o3bobobo$28bo5b
2o5bo$28b2o10b2o$10b2o22b2o$b2o6bo2bo20bo2bo$b2o7b2o21bo2bo$32b6o2$31b
o2b2o2bo$31b2ob2ob2o4$4bo$4bobo$4b3o$6bo10$25b2o$25b2o$32b6o$31bo6bo3$
32b6o$32bo4bo$34b2o$34b2o$28b2o10b2o$28bo5b2o5bo$26bobob2ob4ob2obobo$
26b2obobo6bobob2o$29bo2bo4bo2bo$26b2obo2bo4bo2bob2o$25bobobob2o4b2obob
obo$25bobobob2o4b2obobobo$26bo2bobo6bobo2bo$27b2o12b2o$29b2o8b2o$29bo
10bo$26b2obo10bob2o$26b2obob2o4b2obob2o$29bobob4obobo$26b2obobo6bobob
2o$26b2obo10bob2o$29bo2bo4bo2bo$29b2o3b2o3b2o$27b2o2bo6bo2b2o$26bo2b3o
6b3o2bo$25bobobob3o2b3obobobo$25bobo2bo2b4o2bo2bobo$26b2obo3bo2bo3bob
2o$29bob8obo$26b2ob2o2bo2bo2b2ob2o$26bobo5b2o5bobo$28bo12bo$28b2o3bo2b
o3b2o2$34b2o$34b2o$34b2o$30bo3b2o3bo$31bobo2bobo$32bo4bo!

Edit 2: Welcome to Episode #2 of wwei23 completely failing to catalyze reactions! Hey look, a nontrivial eater interaction:

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x = 30, y = 40, rule = LifeHistory
6.2A.2A$7.A.A$2.2A.A5.A.2A$.A.A.2A3.2A.A.A$A6.A.A6.A$7A3.7A2$2.3A7.3A
$.A2.A3.A3.A2.A$.2A4.A.A4.2A$7.A.A$8.A4$10.2A$.2A6.A2.A$.2A7.2A7$28.
2A$4.A23.A$4.A.A19.A.A$4.3A19.2A$6.A8$21.2A$21.A.A$23.A$23.2A!

Edit 3: P32?

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x = 17, y = 8, rule = LifeHistory
2A12.2A$2A12.A.A$10.2A3.2A$9.A2.2A$9.2A.2A$2A7.2A.2A$A.A8.A3.2A$.2A
12.2A!

[JP21]

Incompletable:

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x = 13, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
7bo$6bobo2b2o$6bobo3bo$4b2obob3o$2bo2bobobo$2b2obobo$5bob2o$2b2obo$o2b
obo$2o2bo4b4o$8bo$2o2bo4b4o$o2bobo$2b2obo$5bob2o$2b2obobo$2bo2bobobo$
3bobo2b2o$4b2o!

[Sokwe]

Incompletable:

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x = 13, y = 19, rule = B3/S23
7bo$6bobo2b2o$6bobo3bo$4b2obob3o$2bo2bobobo$2b2obobo$5bob2o$2b2obo$o2b
obo$2o2bo4b4o$8bo$2o2bo4b4o$o2bobo$2b2obo$5bob2o$2b2obobo$2bo2bobobo$
3bobo2b2o$4b2o!

I wouldn't necessarily rule it out. It might be a good idea to plug the original catalyst reaction into dr to see if we can get a drifter out of it.

[C28]

useless yet fun to watch

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x = 49, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
o3bob2o4bo2b2o15b2o2bo4b2obo3bo$bo2b2ob2o4bob2o15b2obo4b2ob2o2bo$bo2b
2o2bo5b3o15b3o5bo2b2o2bo$o5bo2b2o27b2o2bo5bo$bo3bo5bo3b2o15b2o3bo5bo3b
o$bob3o2bobo2b2obo15bob2o2bobo2b3obo$bo4bo6b3o17b3o6bo4bo$2o2bo4bo3bo
21bo3bo4bo2b2o$o3bob2obo29bob2obo3bo$o2bobo2bo31bo2bobo2bo$ob2o3b3o29b
3o3b2obo$bo3b5obobo21bobob5o3bo$bo2bob3obo4bo17bo4bob3obo2bo$4b2obobo
2bo2bo17bo2bo2bobob2o$2bo5bo5bobo15bobo5bo5bo$o2bo5bobo4bo15bo4bobo5b
o2bo$6bobo3bo2bo17bo2bo3bobo$bo3b3obobo25bobob3o3bo$3b4o5bo2bo17bo2bo
5b4o$o2b2o2bobob5o17b5obobo2b2o2bo$4bo7bo3bo15bo3bo7bo$o4bo2b3ob2o2bo
15bo2b2ob3o2bo4bo$o6bob2o2bo21bo2b2obo6bo$o4b2ob2o6bo15bo6b2ob2o4bo$2b
3o7bo2b2o15b2o2bo7b3o$b2o2b2o2bo3bo21bo3bo2b2o2b2o$2bob2ob2o5bo19bo5b
2ob2obo$2b2o2bo5bobo19bobo5bo2b2o$b2obo3bo2b2o3bo15bo3b2o2bo3bob2o$bo
2bo39bo2bo!

[Schiaparelliorbust]

useless yet fun to watch

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x = 49, y = 30, rule = B3/S23
o3bob2o4bo2b2o15b2o2bo4b2obo3bo$bo2b2ob2o4bob2o15b2obo4b2ob2o2bo$bo2b
2o2bo5b3o15b3o5bo2b2o2bo$o5bo2b2o27b2o2bo5bo$bo3bo5bo3b2o15b2o3bo5bo3b
o$bob3o2bobo2b2obo15bob2o2bobo2b3obo$bo4bo6b3o17b3o6bo4bo$2o2bo4bo3bo
21bo3bo4bo2b2o$o3bob2obo29bob2obo3bo$o2bobo2bo31bo2bobo2bo$ob2o3b3o29b
3o3b2obo$bo3b5obobo21bobob5o3bo$bo2bob3obo4bo17bo4bob3obo2bo$4b2obobo
2bo2bo17bo2bo2bobob2o$2bo5bo5bobo15bobo5bo5bo$o2bo5bobo4bo15bo4bobo5b
o2bo$6bobo3bo2bo17bo2bo3bobo$bo3b3obobo25bobob3o3bo$3b4o5bo2bo17bo2bo
5b4o$o2b2o2bobob5o17b5obobo2b2o2bo$4bo7bo3bo15bo3bo7bo$o4bo2b3ob2o2bo
15bo2b2ob3o2bo4bo$o6bob2o2bo21bo2b2obo6bo$o4b2ob2o6bo15bo6b2ob2o4bo$2b
3o7bo2b2o15b2o2bo7b3o$b2o2b2o2bo3bo21bo3bo2b2o2b2o$2bob2ob2o5bo19bo5b
2ob2obo$2b2o2bo5bobo19bobo5bo2b2o$b2obo3bo2b2o3bo15bo3b2o2bo3bob2o$bo
2bo39bo2bo!

How is this at all different from a normal soup? It just creates the commonest of objects.

[wwei23]

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x = 32, y = 32, rule = B3/S23
5bo$6bo$4b3o2$2bo$obo$b2o8$30b2o$30b2o2$17b2o2b2o$17b2o2b2o3$17b2o$17b
2o8$14b2o$14b2o!