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The only good wednesday was the new year.

Today is the first day of my semester, which is for some reason also a tuesday. Beats me why my semester would start on a Tuesday rather than a Monday.

I know how to wood

Moosey wrote: January 7th, 2020, 7:58 am Today is the first day of my semester, which is for some reason also a tuesday. Beats me why my semester would start on a Tuesday rather than a Monday.

While I have finished my last two exams on EngineeringGraphics and LinearAlgebra.

To be, or not to be, that. Is the question:
Whether. 'Tis nobler in the mind to. Suffer
The slings and arrows. Of outrageous fortune,
Or to take Arms. Against a Sea of. Troubles,
And by opposing. End them: to die, to. Sleep;

35-bit still life counts (Estimated, exact still life counts would take roughly 5 or 6 CPU years):

Strict: 87000000000
Pseudo: 105000000000

It is slow

No more bill
No more pill
Sit there and ready to chill
Upon conversation get your get your life real
Here we go the primary therapy
How you should care a piggy

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A very random post
featuring a random binary number

Speaking of the WC Fields medal, shouldn't that be awarded for the best mathematics done in the bathroom (or WC)? Mathematician John Nash apparently reinvented the game of Hex when looking at hexagonal bathroom tiles. And of course, Archimedes charged out of the bathtub shouting Eureka! (though I think that was for physics, not pure mathematics). I find myself mentally projecting Life patterns on any square grid, including a square tiled floor.

So sniping aside, it would be a great honor to receive a WC Fields medal.

windows 7

LOOK EVERYONE I HAVE A SYNTHESIS FOR PHALANX

Moosey wrote: January 14th, 2020, 7:25 pm LOOK EVERYONE I HAVE A SYNTHESIS FOR PHALANX

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x = 18, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
16bo$obo4bo2bobo4bo$b2o2bobo3b2o2b3o$bo4b2o3bo!

I wonder what's happened to Pere Hubi, our resident phantopataphysicist. He's been quiet.

(Alfred Jarry comes to mind, since I really wonder if his posts are some kind of absurdist theatrical performance. It would explain a lot.)

Moosey wrote: January 14th, 2020, 7:25 pm LOOK EVERYONE I HAVE A SYNTHESIS FOR PHALANX

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x = 18, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
16bo$obo4bo2bobo4bo$b2o2bobo3b2o2b3o$bo4b2o3bo!

but can you do it in 3G?

Heavpoot wrote: January 14th, 2020, 8:03 pm

Moosey wrote: January 14th, 2020, 7:25 pm LOOK EVERYONE I HAVE A SYNTHESIS FOR PHALANX

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x = 18, y = 4, rule = B3/S23
16bo$obo4bo2bobo4bo$b2o2bobo3b2o2b3o$bo4b2o3bo!

but can you do it in 3G?

Epic phalanx!

Serious question: a gun seems non-trivial, or at least I can't find an insertion that doesn't interfere with a neighboring glider. Maybe somebody else would find it easier.

dvgrn comes to rescue, tries to comfort opposing sides of Hubi controversy

newton's flaming laser sword > other philosophical razors

Mainly because of the name

Moosey wrote: January 14th, 2020, 10:22 pmdvgrn comes to rescue, tries to comfort opposing sides of Hubi controversy

"Rescue" isn't too likely, I'm afraid. I'd have phrased it more like "tries to notify Hubi and various other people that they all seem to have their heads stuck in an unpleasant whirlpool".

dvgrn wrote: January 15th, 2020, 8:02 am

Moosey wrote: January 14th, 2020, 10:22 pmdvgrn comes to rescue, tries to comfort opposing sides of Hubi controversy

"Rescue" isn't too likely, I'm afraid. I'd have phrased it more like "tries to notify Hubi and various other people that they all seem to have their heads stuck in an unpleasant whirlpool".

dvgrn comes to notify people that they are in whirlpool, tries to explain

Moosey wrote: January 15th, 2020, 8:07 amdvgrn comes to notify people that they are in whirlpool, tries to explain

In five paragraphs...

dvgrn wrote: January 15th, 2020, 8:28 am

Moosey wrote: January 15th, 2020, 8:07 amdvgrn comes to notify people that they are in whirlpool, tries to explain

In five paragraphs...

I write long posts too

Moosey wrote: January 15th, 2020, 8:45 am

dvgrn wrote: January 15th, 2020, 8:28 am

Moosey wrote: January 15th, 2020, 8:07 amdvgrn comes to notify people that they are in whirlpool, tries to explain

In five paragraphs...

I write long posts too

oh

I haven't even exhausted the char limit
This is how to make the longest post you can

Odd reaction with an eater 2 that is not achievable with an eater 1:

Don't click this. If you do, it is considered that I'm advertising.
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