Absolutely Useless Patterns Not Worthy Of Patterns Thread

[Moosey]

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#C an R predecessor consisting entirely of isolated dots
x = 5, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
2bo$o3bo$2bo$o3bo$2bo$4bo!

[Moosey]

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x = 11, y = 17, rule = LifeHistory
8.2A$8.A.A$9.2A2$3D.3A$D.D.A.A$3D.3A4$3D.3A$D.D.A.A$3D.3A2$9.2A$8.A.A
$8.2A!
#c[[ STOP 18 ]]

Probably not a good partial p36 propulsar shuttle.


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this is like the worst way to take 2 gliders and put them going off in different directions.

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x = 223, y = 188, rule = LifeHistory
71.2A11.A6.2A$71.2A10.A.A4.A2.A$83.A.A3.A.3A2.2A$82.2A.2A.A.A6.A$86.A
.A3.2A3.A.A$82.2A.A2.4A.A4.2A$82.2A.A.A3.A$86.A.A3.A$87.A.A3.A$88.A3.
2A14.A$107.A.A$108.A20.A$127.A.A$79.2A11.D35.2A$79.2A9.3D39.A$64.2A
24.D.D40.A$63.A2.A23.D40.3A$62.A.2A42.2A$62.A45.2A$61.2A$76.2A$76.A$
77.3A$79.A5.2A$84.A.A$84.A42.A11.C$83.2A41.A.A9.C.C$126.A.A9.C.C$124.
3A.2A9.C$91.A15.2A14.A$90.A.A14.A.A14.3A.2A$90.A.A16.A16.A.2A$91.A17.
2A$55.3D37.2A$57.D37.A.A$56.D40.A$97.2A2$119.D11.2A$114.2A3.3D9.2A$
114.2A3.D.D24.2A$121.D23.A2.A$146.2A.A$149.A$149.2A$134.2A$135.A$132.
3A$119.2A11.A$119.A$120.3A$122.A7$155.2D$155.D.D$155.D6$117.D$115.D.D
$116.2D7$4.A145.A$2.5A14.2A127.3A$.A5.A13.A131.A$.A2.3A12.A.A118.A11.
2A11.2A11.D$2A.A15.2A117.3A24.2A9.3D$A2.4A130.A38.D.D$.2A3.A3.2A125.
2A37.D36.A$3.3A4.2A110.2A63.A23.3A$3.A119.A62.A.A12.D8.A$2A.A119.A.2A
59.A.A13.D7.2A$2A.2A119.A2.A23.D35.A12.3D$125.2A24.D.D$21.2D117.2A9.
3D64.2A.2A$11.2A8.D.D116.2A11.D65.A.2A$12.A8.D197.A$9.3A199.2A4.3A$9.
A201.2A3.A3.2A$149.A3.2A61.4A2.A$148.A.A3.A47.2A15.A.2A$147.A.A3.A12.
2A33.A.A12.3A2.A$143.2A.A.A3.A13.A.A32.A13.A5.A$143.2A.A2.4A.A13.A31.
2A14.5A$147.A.A3.A.A12.2A48.A$143.2A.2A2.A2.A.A$144.A.A2.2A3.A$132.2A
10.A.A$132.2A11.A13$189.D$189.D.D$189.2D34$119.A$117.3A$116.A$116.2A
32.D$150.D.D$104.2A44.2D$104.2A4$79.A$78.A.A37.2A$78.A.A37.A$77.2A.2A
34.A.A$76.A2.A2.A33.2A10.A$75.A.A.A.A.A44.3A$76.A.A.A.A48.A$78.A.A49.
2A$77.A2.A64.2A$78.2A65.A$142.2A.A$141.A2.A$79.2A61.2A$79.2A46.2A$
127.2A2$104.2A$100.2A2.2A$99.A.A12.2A3.A$99.A14.A3.A.A$98.2A15.A3.A.A
$116.A3.A.A.2A$114.A.4A2.A.2A$113.A.A3.A.A$113.A.A2.A2.2A.2A$114.A3.
2A2.A.A$122.A.A10.2A$123.A11.2A!

a much better thing would be:

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x = 39, y = 68, rule = LifeHistory
6.A$6.3A11.2A6.A$9.A10.2A5.A.A$8.2A18.A8$33.2A$2.A30.A$2.3A29.3A$5.A
30.A$4.2A2$29.2A2.2A.2A$7.2A20.A.A2.A.A.A$6.A2.A22.2A2.A.A$7.2A24.A.A
.A$30.A2.A2.A$29.A.A.3A$30.A.A$14.2A15.A2.2A$15.A16.2A.3A$12.3A23.A$
12.A19.2A.3A$32.2A.A2$24.2A$15.2A7.2A$16.A$16.A.A$17.2A4$37.2A$37.2A
5$22.A$21.A.A$20.A2.A$20.A.A$18.A.A.A.A$6.A10.A.A3.2A$7.2A8.A$6.2A7.A
.A$15.2A$10.A$2A9.2A$2A8.2A3$17.2A$10.2A5.2A$10.2A2$5.A$4.A.A$4.2A6.
2A$12.A$13.3A$15.A!

[Hdjensofjfnen]

Doesn't this

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x = 12, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
bo8bo$2bo6bo$3o6b3o6$5b2o$5b2o!

work just as well?

Also, some weird spark-coil like action in the centre.

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x = 12, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
bo8bo$2bo6bo$3o6b3o$5b2o$5b2o!

[testitemqlstudop]

StabilizatIon:

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x = 20, y = 13, rule = B3/S23
5b2o6b2o$4bo2bo4bo2bo$5b3o4b3o2$2o3b3o4b3o3b2o$obobo3bo2bo3bobobo$2bob
o3b4o3bobo$obobo3bo2bo3bobobo$2o3b3o4b3o3b2o2$5b3o4b3o$4bo2bo4bo2bo$5b
2o6b2o!

[Moosey]

Doesn't this

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x = 12, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
bo8bo$2bo6bo$3o6b3o6$5b2o$5b2o!

work just as well?

Also, some weird spark-coil like action in the centre.

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x = 12, y = 5, rule = B3/S23
bo8bo$2bo6bo$3o6b3o$5b2o$5b2o!

No, it’s 2 gliders on the same lane, coming from the same direction. They go out in different directions.

[Moosey]

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x = 27, y = 20, rule = B3/S23
obo$b2o$bo3$12bo$13bo$11b3o2$24bobo$24b2o$25bo$18bo$17bo$17b3o3$12b3o$
14bo$13bo!

[PkmnQ]

P240 (using gliders)

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x = 278, y = 250, rule = B3/S23
57$37bo97bo$37b3o93b3o$40bo91bo$39b2o91b2o5$28b2o5b2o99b2o5b2o$28b2o5b
2o99b2o5b2o2$32b2o105b2o$32b2o3bo101b2o$35b2obo95b2o$34bo3bo94bo2bo$
34bo2b2o97b2o$34b2ob2o16b2o59b2o13bo3b2o$36b2o3bo13b2o59b2o12bo4bo$42b
2o86b3o$41b2o9b2o5b2o51b2o5b2o$52b2o5b2o51b2o5b2o26$101bo$71bo28bo$72b
2o26b3o$71b2o28$114b3o$114bo$115bo16$146b2o$116b3o26b2o$118bo28bo$117b
o26$98b2o5b2o51b2o5b2o$98b2o5b2o51b2o5b2o9b2o$86b3o86b2o$83bo4bo12b2o
59b2o13bo3b2o$82b2o3bo13b2o59b2o16b2ob2o$81b2o97b2o2bo$82bo2bo94bo3bo$
83b2o95bob2o$78b2o101bo3b2o$78b2o105b2o2$74b2o5b2o99b2o5b2o$74b2o5b2o
99b2o5b2o5$85b2o91b2o$86bo91bo$83b3o93b3o$83bo97bo!

[praosylen]

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x = 78, y = 77, rule = B3/S23
2o$obo$3bo$4bo$5bo$6bo$7bo$8bo$9bo$10bo$11bo$12bo$13bo$14bo$15bo$16bo
$17bo$18bo$19bo$20bo$21bo$22bo$23bo$24bo$25bo$26bo$27bo$28bo$29bo$30b
o$31bo$32b9o$32b10o$32b2ob8o$32b3o7b2o$32b3o4b4o$32b3o3b4o4b2o$32b3o2b
o7bo2bo$32b3o2bob3o3b2ob2o$32b3o3b5o2b2o4b2o$42b2o2bob5o$46bo2b5o$42b
3o2b2o4b2o$35b4o4b2o4bo3b2o$36b3obo8b2o2b2o$37bo3b3obo2bo3bo3b2o$40b4o
3b2o2bo6bo$39b2o3b3o4bobo4b2o$39bo2bo3bo3bo3bo4b2o$39bobob3ob4o7b3obo
$40b2obo2bo5bo3b3obo2bo$44b3ob3o2bo3bo3b2o$45bo3b2o$43bobo4b3o$43bo2b
obo5bob2o2b2o3b2o$47bo3b4o4bo2bo2b2o$50bo5b2o2b2o3bo$49b7o3b2o2b2o$49b
o8b3o2b3o$55b2o3bo2bobo2bobo$51b2o3bob2o4b2obo$52b4obo3bo4bo3bo$52b2o
bob2o2bo3b4obo$54bo5b2o5bo$55b2obo2b2o7b2o$55b2obo3b2o3bo2bo$56b2o8b2o
2b2o$56b3o6b2obo2bo$57b3o4bo4b3o$58b2o3b2o2bo3bo2b2o$64bobobob2o2b3o$
67b2o8bo$66bobo6bo$77bo$72b2o$73bobo$72bobo!

[fluffykitty]

Loaf to QB to loaf:

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x = 7, y = 16, rule = B3/S23
5bo$6bo$4b3o2$obo$2o$bo2$3bo$2bobo$2bo2bo$3b2o2$bo$2o$obo!

[bidibangboom]

kinda use full

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x = 6, y = 6, rule = B3/S23
$3b2o$2ob2o$2o$2b2o$2b2o!

it gets displaced by (1,1)

[fluffykitty]

Partial spaceship backend: (see gen 29)

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x = 12, y = 7, rule = B3/S23
10.A$9.A.A$8.A2.A$8.3A2$2A$2A!

[fluffykitty]

Immortalife century double transparent catalysis:

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x = 5, y = 13, rule = B3-cqy4j/S2-n34iHistory
2.2C$2.2C3$A$2A$.2A$.A4$3.2C$3.2C!

[Moosey]

Immortalife century double transparent catalysis:

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x = 5, y = 13, rule = B3-cqy4j/S2-n34iHistory
2.2C$2.2C3$A$2A$.2A$.A4$3.2C$3.2C!

Didn’t know what the century evolved into was a century (In Immortalife) — I kept seeing it pop up and I asked:
What is that?
But yeah, that looks like immortalife alright!
Have a reaction you need catalyzed in immortalife?
Make your catalysts blocks.
That’s seriously the only times I’ve had luck making catalysts that don’t eat pi.

But I still haven’t found a way to make the pi an oscillator!

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3-cqy4j/S2-n34i
3o$obo$obo!
[[ STOP 29 ]]

[fluffykitty]

A natural pi-ish p28 occurs in the B ash.

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x = 5, y = 8, rule = B3-cqy4j/S2-n34i
2bo$b3o$o3bo$2ob2o2$4bo2$2b3o!

[Moosey]

A natural pi-ish p28 occurs in the B ash.

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x = 5, y = 8, rule = B3-cqy4j/S2-n34i
2bo$b3o$o3bo$2ob2o2$4bo2$2b3o!

Known
That was very easy to notice

[fluffykitty]

Oh right you were looking for a p58, not a p28
In that case, p58 wick which might help with finding a stabilization:

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x = 34, y = 8, rule = B3-cqy4j/S2-n34i
22b3o$22bobo7bo$22bobo6bobo$10bo20bobo$9bobo20bo$obo6bobo$obo7bo$3o!

Also, this discussion should probably move to the Immortalife thread.

[Moosey]

Oh right you were looking for a p58, not a p28
In that case, p58 wick which might help with finding a stabilization:

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x = 34, y = 8, rule = B3-cqy4j/S2-n34i
22b3o$22bobo7bo$22bobo6bobo$10bo20bobo$9bobo20bo$obo6bobo$obo7bo$3o!

Also, this discussion should probably move to the Immortalife thread.

Especially since Immortalife isn’t in life

[fluffykitty]

This thread has been used for OCA in the past

[bidibangboom]

6-celled "methuselah" which lasts for 243 generations

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x = 5, y = 3, rule = LifeHistory
C$C.3C$C!
[[ STOP 243 ]]
[[ AUTOFIT ]]

population goes from 6 to 46, kinda bad

[Ian07]

6-celled "methuselah" which lasts for 243 generations

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RLE

population goes from 6 to 46, kinda bad

Thunderbird

[Moosey]

6-celled "methuselah" which lasts for 243 generations

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x = 5, y = 3, rule = LifeHistory
C$C.3C$C!
[[ STOP 243 ]]
[[ AUTOFIT ]]

population goes from 6 to 46, kinda bad

As Ian07 notes, that is thunderbird.
You may want to look over the wiki a good bit to get a sense of what is known and what isn’t.

Thunderbird has been known for awhile... for instance, here’s a really cool p64 thunderbird hassler (discovered by carybe via apgsearch)

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#N p64tbh.rle
#O carybe, 2018
#C http://conwaylife.com/wiki/P64_thunderbird_hassler
#C http://conwaylife.com/patterns/p64tbh.rle
#C I copied this from the wiki
x = 15, y = 27, rule = B3/S23
3b2o$3b2obo$7bo$4bo$5bob2o$7b2o6$12bo$o5b2o3bobo$o4bo2bobo3bo$o5b2o3bo
bo$12bo6$7b2o$5bob2o$4bo$7bo$3b2obo$3b2o!

[fluffykitty]

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x = 5, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2bo$bobo$2ob2o$2ob2o$bobo$2bo3$2bo$2ob2o!

[Hunting]

O-stage TL to Beethoven, certainly known. Interestingly it is a edge preblock catalyst.

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ooobboo$bobbboo

[Moosey]

O-stage TL to Beethoven, certainly known. Interestingly it is a edge preblock catalyst.

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ooobboo$bobbboo

Has been found several times
Probably even in the 70s, since it’s so simple.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

[Hunting]

O-stage TL to Beethoven, certainly known. Interestingly it is a edge preblock catalyst.

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ooobboo$bobbboo

Has been found several times
Probably even in the 70s, since it’s so simple.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

Wait, was found by Extremenhauist in the early forum posts.