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==2015==
==2015==
* February 20: Catagolue becomes operative.
* February 20: Catagolue becomes operative.<ref name="post17038" />
* April 24: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of one trillion objects.
* April 24: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of one trillion objects.<ref name="post18988" />
* September 2: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of ten trillion objects.
* September 2: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of ten trillion objects.
* September 16: the [[pony express]], the first natural [[infinite-growth pattern]] other than the [[block-laying switch engine]] and [[glider-producing switch engine]] is found in a soup.<ref name="ponyexpress1" /> After being initially rejected by Catagolue, the containing haul is recomputed and manually committed on September 28.<ref name="ponyexpress2" />
* September 16: the [[pony express]], the first natural [[infinite-growth pattern]] other than the [[block-laying switch engine]] and [[glider-producing switch engine]] is found in a soup.<ref name="ponyexpress1" /> After being initially rejected by Catagolue, the containing haul is recomputed and manually committed on September 28.<ref name="ponyexpress2" />
* September 24: Catagolue supports the generation of backups, including daily backups for the C1 symmetry of [[Conway's Game of Life]].
* September 24: Catagolue supports the generation of backups, including daily backups for the C1 symmetry of [[Conway's Game of Life]].<ref name="post22956" />
* October 5: the first instance of [[Phoenix 1]], the last remaining unseen 12-bit object, is found.<ref name="catagolue20151005" />
* October 5: the first instance of [[Phoenix 1]], the last remaining unseen 12-bit object, is found.<ref name="catagolue20151005" />
* October 21: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of twenty trillion objects.
* October 21: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of twenty trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2015-10-22|title=Census|accessdate=October 22, 2015}}</ref>
* October 27: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of one trillion soups.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2015-10-27|title=Census|accessdate=October 27, 2015}}</ref>


==2016==
==2016==
* January 25: [[Aidan F. Pierce]] releases a hacked version of [[apgsearch]] v0.54 which can search [[isotropic non-totalistic Life-like cellular automata]] rules and upload the results to Catagolue.<ref name="post27013" />
* January 25: [[Aidan F. Pierce]] releases a hacked version of [[apgsearch]] v0.54 which can search [[isotropic non-totalistic Life-like cellular automata]] rules and upload the results to Catagolue.<ref name="post27013" />
* February 20: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 50 trillion objects exactly one year after Catagolue was launched.
* February 20: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 50 trillion objects exactly one year after Catagolue was launched.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2016-02-21|title=Census|accessdate=February 21, 2016}}</ref>
* June 20: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 100 trillion objects.
* June 20: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 100 trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2016-06-21|title=Census|accessdate=June 21, 2016}}</ref>
* July 5: a new [[:Category:Oscillators with period 16|period-16]] [[oscillator]], [[Rich's p16]], is discovered in the ash of a [[symmetry|D2_+1]] soup.
* July 5: a new {{period|16}} [[oscillator]], [[Rich's p16]], is discovered in the ash of a [[symmetry|D2_+1]] soup.<ref name="post32766" />
* July 6: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 5 trillion soups.
* July 6: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 5 trillion soups.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2016-07-06|title=Census|accessdate=July 6, 2016}}</ref>
* August 22: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 100,000 distinct objects.
* August 12: a 56-bit [[still life]], the [[cloverleaf interchange]], is found in the B3/S23/C1 census, making it the largest still life to appear naturally.<ref name="post34242" />
* September 4: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 150 trillion objects.
* August 22: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 100,000 distinct objects.<ref name="post34623" />
* September 4: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 150 trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2016-09-04|title=Census|accessdate=September 4, 2016}}</ref>
* September 20: [[Symmetry|D2_+2]] becomes the first [[Conway's Game of Life|B3/S23]] symmetry other than C1 to reach 1 trillion objects.
* September 20: [[Symmetry|D2_+2]] becomes the first [[Conway's Game of Life|B3/S23]] symmetry other than C1 to reach 1 trillion objects.


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* January 13: Catagolue starts collecting [[slow salvo]] data using the SS pseudo-symmetry.
* January 13: Catagolue starts collecting [[slow salvo]] data using the SS pseudo-symmetry.
* March 15: B38/S23/C1 ([[Pedestrian Life]]) becomes the first rule/symmetry other than B3/S23/C1 to reach 10 trillion objects.
* March 15: B38/S23/C1 ([[Pedestrian Life]]) becomes the first rule/symmetry other than B3/S23/C1 to reach 10 trillion objects.
* May 16: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 200 trillion objects.
* May 16: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 200 trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2017-05-16|title=Census|accessdate=May 16, 2017}}</ref>
* August 19: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[Generations]] and [[Birth on zero neighbours|B0]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.0.<ref name="post49184" />
* August 19: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[Generations]] and [[Birth on zero neighbours|B0]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.0.<ref name="post49184" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/33b54efbf523006ab57c8afda2a1ab3a2c4aa7f0|title=B0 support|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=August 19, 2017|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* August 21: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[Larger than Life]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.1.<ref name="post49541" />
* August 21: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[Larger than Life]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.1.<ref name="post49541" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/4b1f33344697d56db32d4aa91b51f680f29f3aa5|title=Larger than Life|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=August 21, 2017|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* September 10: Catagolue gains official support for [[isotropic non-totalistic Life-like cellular automata|isotropic non-totalistic]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.2.<ref name="post50771" /> Previously, these rules required a hacked version of the original apgsearch [[Golly]] script.
* September 10: Catagolue gains official support for [[isotropic non-totalistic Life-like cellular automata|isotropic non-totalistic]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.2.<ref name="post50771" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/c8399b80b1499eaf25a2813f5ffad447bf1edfaf|title=Supports non-totalistic rules|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=September 10, 2017|work=GitLab}}</ref> Previously, these rules required a hacked version of the original apgsearch [[Golly]] script.


==2018==
==2018==
* June 3: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[Generations]] variants of [[Larger than Life]] and [[isotropic non-totalistic Life-like cellular automata|isotropic non-totalistic]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.3.<ref name="post60663" />
* June 3: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[Generations]] variants of [[Larger than Life]] and [[isotropic non-totalistic Life-like cellular automata|isotropic non-totalistic]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.3.<ref name="post60663" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/f493165b633b22f7f097dfaddd76fb0fc696ab3c|title=LtL Generations|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=June 3, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/def0394386b9a5e6feb87bb76a6ffbb12ebff2a5|title=Isotropic Generations|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=June 3, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* October 28: Catagolue starts collecting data on [[methuselah|long-lived patterns]], fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.54.<ref name="post65133" />
* October 28: Catagolue starts collecting data on [[methuselah|long-lived patterns]], fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.54.<ref name="post65133" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/fcef6c005e54e379554b266730b222ffb8849c47|title=Preliminary support for methuselahs|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=October 28, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* October 29: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[BSFKL]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.56.<ref name="post65313" />
* October 29: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[BSFKL]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.56.<ref name="post65313" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/d83ac8acd4712347e1a688b3399f880df1c84327|title=BSFKL rulespace|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=October 29, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* November 7: Catagolue gains the ability to census higher-range totalistic [[Life-like cellular automata]], fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.63.<ref name="post65439" />
* November 7: Catagolue gains the ability to census higher-range totalistic [[Life-like cellular automata]], fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.63.<ref name="post65439" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/662f9a33c9b85b363d84cdb0dfbb14af0914e61c|title=Higher-range outer-totalistic rules|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=November 7, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* November 29: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 250 trillion objects.
* November 29: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 250 trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2018-11-29|title=Census|accessdate=November 29, 2018}}</ref>
* December 1: Catagolue gains the ability to census isotropic [[hexagonal neighborhood]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.66; only C1, 1x256, 2x128, 4x64 and 8x32 are supported, not higher symmetries, as these are currently incompatible with the hexagonal neighbourhood.<ref name="post66090" />
* December 1: Catagolue gains the ability to census isotropic [[hexagonal neighborhood]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.66; only C1, 1x256, 2x128, 4x64 and 8x32 were initially supported, not higher symmetries, as these were incompatible with the hexagonal neighbourhood.<ref name="post66090" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/a3f3f7eb469f0c0d178e510b72cdc108b8ea8cee|title=Hexagonal rules|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=December 1, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref> Later, support for all [[Symmetry#Hexagonal-grid_and_triangular-grid_symmetries|hexagonal symmetries]] except for C3_3 and D6_3 was added.<ref name="post66627" /><ref name="post66638" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/30a9439c2b0b43422d26229473af6d171e01dfec|title=Support two more hexagonal symmetries|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=December 19, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/9620c694f6a320553fb5c299abcac57557ca5341|title=More hexagonal symmetries|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=December 20, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* December 11: the first instance of the [[heptapole]], the last remaining unseen 13-bit object, is found.<ref name="post66400" />
* December 11: the first instance of the [[heptapole]], the last remaining unseen 13-bit object, is found.<ref name="post66400" />
* December 11: Catagolue starts collecting data on [[diehard]]s, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.69.
* December 11: Catagolue starts collecting data on [[diehard]]s, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.69.<ref name="post66402" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/15e3f0e6f4dc07a2c62559191b729bf94c2d75cb|title=Detect messless methuselahs|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=December 11, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* December 12: Catagolue supports [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip gzip] compression of certain tabulations.
* December 12: Catagolue supports [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip gzip] compression of certain tabulations.<ref name="post66417" />
* December 26: The source code for Catagolue is released under an MIT licence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/catagolue/-/commit/68c3581955aefc96763aa604ab05a7128ae8be37|title=MIT licence|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=December 26, 2018|work=GitLab}}</ref>


==2019==
==2019==
* January 3: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 300 trillion objects.
* January 3: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 300 trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2019-01-03|title=Census|accessdate=January 3, 2019}}</ref>
* January 9: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[Golly]] rule tables and rule trees, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.8.
* January 9: Catagolue gains the ability to census [[Golly]] rule tables and rule trees, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/689faba78cda80a91617c615a4644790f5ee75dc|title=Support for custom rules and neighbourhoods|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=January 9, 2019|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* January 15: Catagolue gains native support for Deficient and Extended Generations rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.83.
* January 15: Catagolue gains native support for [[Deficient]] and [[Extended Generations]] rules, fed by [[apgsearch]] 4.83.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/a5812bb36a3f2d40b7fbf630f90546bbf1bf1fe4|title=Native support for Extended Generations and Deficient rules courtesy of M. I. Wright|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=January 15, 2019|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* February 12: a [[Schick engine]] appears naturally in an asymmetric soup.
* February 12: a [[Schick engine]] first appears naturally in an asymmetric soup.<ref name="post70479" />
* March 3: a [[figure eight on pentadecathlon]] first appears in an asymmetric [[soup]],<ref name="post72438" /> making it the highest period oscillator to have occurred [[natural]]ly.<ref>{{citeCatagolueStats|March 3, 2019}}</ref>
* March 24: Catagolue starts collecting data on soups with large final populations, fed by [[apgsearch]] 5.03.<ref name="post73826" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/apgmera/-/commit/2133cb40147cbb7b70f1a5fb4709f8f3b2feb6f7|title=Log soups with final population exceeding 3000 -- thanks to 'testitemqlstudop' for the suggestion|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=March 24, 2019|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* March 27: the first instance of long<sup>4</sup> [[melusine]], the last remaining unseen 14-bit [[still life]], is found.<ref name="post74007" />
* March 31: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of one million submitted hauls.<ref name="message561987442719064076" /><ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2019-04-01|title=Census|accessdate=April 1, 2019}}</ref>
* April 12: Catagolue starts collecting data about glider syntheses from [[Shinjuku]].<ref name="message566317445766316042" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/catagolue/-/commit/f3b4ab346fc7e66f5626f754544ae31f72c83ee2|title=Potentially allow Catagolue to receive syntheses|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=April 12, 2019|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* April 14: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 400 trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2019-04-14|title=Census|accessdate=April 14, 2019}}</ref><ref name="message566975532382552064" />
* May 1: the [[glider synthesis]] submission box is added, allowing users to submit syntheses which are automatically parsed during the Catagolue update process.<ref name="message573177771186978822" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/catagolue/-/commit/e7f249b12652f0f5796bc48c0ee0f0c49f5c0ee3|title=RLE post box|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=May 1, 2019|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* May 12: a GPU-powered apgsearch instance finds a natural [[sidecar]] in an asymmetric 16x16 soup.<ref name="post76084" />
* September 9: the 17-in-17 [[glider synthesis]] project is completed, using Catagolue's synthesis tabulations for bookkeeping.<ref name="post82560" />
* October 9: the 18-bit still life synthesis project is completed, using Catagolue's synthesis tabulations for bookkeeping.<ref name="post83979" />
* December 18: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 500 trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2019-12-18|title=Census|accessdate=December 18, 2019}}</ref>
* December 27: [https://catagolue.appspot.com/census/b2c3aei4ajnr5acns2-ci3-ck4in5jkq6c7c/C1 X3VI] becomes the first [[isotropic non-totalistic]] rule to officially reach 1 trillion objects.<ref name="message660263777786265619" />
 
==2020==
* February 8: the 19-bit still life synthesis project is completed, using Catagolue's synthesis tabulations for bookkeeping.<ref name="post89061" />
* February 9: [[Rob's p16]] appears in the B3/S23/G1 census, marking Catagolue's first discovery of a new oscillator [[rotor]] from asymmetric soup as well as the first period 16 oscillator arising from asymmetry.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=haul/b3s23/G1/477c29ce65dab871f2889810e344bece|title=Haul|accessdate=February 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="post89261" />
* February 11: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 600 trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2020-02-11|title=Census|accessdate=February 11, 2020}}</ref>
* April 1: a natural [[loafer]] emerges from a soup in the B3/S23/C1 census submitted by John Goodman.<ref name="post93011" />
* April 2: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 700 trillion objects.<ref>{{CiteCatagolue|page=census/b3s23/C1-2020-04-02|title=Census|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref><ref name="message695270579305054259" />
* April 8: the [https://catagolue.appspot.com/census/b3s23/asymmetric-soups <tt>asymmetric-soups</tt>] census is created, combining the results from B3/S23/C1 and B3/S23/G1.<ref name="post93707" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.com/apgoucher/catagolue/-/commit/fcf65f9ed0b3703535c5c679c70f4456f3434c62|title=Combine C1 and G1 censuses each day|author=Adam P. Goucher|date=April 8, 2020|work=GitLab}}</ref>
* May 4: B3/S23/G1 overtakes B3/S23/C1 in terms of the number of soups investigated.<ref name="message706964359548764201" />


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[[Category:Censuses|Catagolue, History of]]
[[Category:Censuses|Catagolue, History of]]

Revision as of 17:18, 5 May 2020

The following is an overview of the history of Adam P. Goucher's Catagolue.

2015

  • February 20: Catagolue becomes operative.[1]
  • April 24: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of one trillion objects.[2]
  • September 2: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of ten trillion objects.
  • September 16: the pony express, the first natural infinite-growth pattern other than the block-laying switch engine and glider-producing switch engine is found in a soup.[3] After being initially rejected by Catagolue, the containing haul is recomputed and manually committed on September 28.[4]
  • September 24: Catagolue supports the generation of backups, including daily backups for the C1 symmetry of Conway's Game of Life.[5]
  • October 5: the first instance of Phoenix 1, the last remaining unseen 12-bit object, is found.[6]
  • October 21: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of twenty trillion objects.[7]
  • October 27: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of one trillion soups.[8]

2016

  • January 25: Aidan F. Pierce releases a hacked version of apgsearch v0.54 which can search isotropic non-totalistic Life-like cellular automata rules and upload the results to Catagolue.[9]
  • February 20: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 50 trillion objects exactly one year after Catagolue was launched.[10]
  • June 20: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 100 trillion objects.[11]
  • July 5: a new period-16 oscillator, Rich's p16, is discovered in the ash of a D2_+1 soup.[12]
  • July 6: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 5 trillion soups.[13]
  • August 12: a 56-bit still life, the cloverleaf interchange, is found in the B3/S23/C1 census, making it the largest still life to appear naturally.[14]
  • August 22: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 100,000 distinct objects.[15]
  • September 4: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 150 trillion objects.[16]
  • September 20: D2_+2 becomes the first B3/S23 symmetry other than C1 to reach 1 trillion objects.

2017

  • January 13: Catagolue starts collecting slow salvo data using the SS pseudo-symmetry.
  • March 15: B38/S23/C1 (Pedestrian Life) becomes the first rule/symmetry other than B3/S23/C1 to reach 10 trillion objects.
  • May 16: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 200 trillion objects.[17]
  • August 19: Catagolue gains the ability to census Generations and B0 rules, fed by apgsearch 4.0.[18][19]
  • August 21: Catagolue gains the ability to census Larger than Life rules, fed by apgsearch 4.1.[20][21]
  • September 10: Catagolue gains official support for isotropic non-totalistic rules, fed by apgsearch 4.2.[22][23] Previously, these rules required a hacked version of the original apgsearch Golly script.

2018

2019

  • January 3: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 300 trillion objects.[45]
  • January 9: Catagolue gains the ability to census Golly rule tables and rule trees, fed by apgsearch 4.8.[46]
  • January 15: Catagolue gains native support for Deficient and Extended Generations rules, fed by apgsearch 4.83.[47]
  • February 12: a Schick engine first appears naturally in an asymmetric soup.[48]
  • March 3: a figure eight on pentadecathlon first appears in an asymmetric soup,[49] making it the highest period oscillator to have occurred naturally.[50]
  • March 24: Catagolue starts collecting data on soups with large final populations, fed by apgsearch 5.03.[51][52]
  • March 27: the first instance of long4 melusine, the last remaining unseen 14-bit still life, is found.[53]
  • March 31: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of one million submitted hauls.[54][55]
  • April 12: Catagolue starts collecting data about glider syntheses from Shinjuku.[56][57]
  • April 14: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 400 trillion objects.[58][59]
  • May 1: the glider synthesis submission box is added, allowing users to submit syntheses which are automatically parsed during the Catagolue update process.[60][61]
  • May 12: a GPU-powered apgsearch instance finds a natural sidecar in an asymmetric 16x16 soup.[62]
  • September 9: the 17-in-17 glider synthesis project is completed, using Catagolue's synthesis tabulations for bookkeeping.[63]
  • October 9: the 18-bit still life synthesis project is completed, using Catagolue's synthesis tabulations for bookkeeping.[64]
  • December 18: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 500 trillion objects.[65]
  • December 27: X3VI becomes the first isotropic non-totalistic rule to officially reach 1 trillion objects.[66]

2020

  • February 8: the 19-bit still life synthesis project is completed, using Catagolue's synthesis tabulations for bookkeeping.[67]
  • February 9: Rob's p16 appears in the B3/S23/G1 census, marking Catagolue's first discovery of a new oscillator rotor from asymmetric soup as well as the first period 16 oscillator arising from asymmetry.[68][69]
  • February 11: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 600 trillion objects.[70]
  • April 1: a natural loafer emerges from a soup in the B3/S23/C1 census submitted by John Goodman.[71]
  • April 2: the B3/S23/C1 census reaches a total of 700 trillion objects.[72][73]
  • April 8: the asymmetric-soups census is created, combining the results from B3/S23/C1 and B3/S23/G1.[74][75]
  • May 4: B3/S23/G1 overtakes B3/S23/C1 in terms of the number of soups investigated.[76]

References

  1. Adam P. Goucher (February 20, 2015). apgsearch v1.0 (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  2. Billabob (April 24, 2015). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  3. Apple Bottom (2015-09-27). "Re: apgsearch v2.2". ConwayLife.com forums. Retrieved on 2016-06-30.
  4. Adam P. Goucher (2015-09-28). "Re: apgsearch v2.2". ConwayLife.com forums. Retrieved on 2016-06-30.
  5. Adam P. Goucher (September 24, 2015). Catagolue backups (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  6. Adam P. Goucher (2015-10-05). "Census (2015-10-05 backup)". Catagolue. Retrieved on 2016-06-29.
  7. Adam P. Goucher. "Census". Catagolue. Retrieved on October 22, 2015.
  8. Adam P. Goucher. "Census". Catagolue. Retrieved on October 27, 2015.
  9. Aidan F. Pierce (January 25, 2016). Re: Hacking apgsearch (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  10. Adam P. Goucher. "Census". Catagolue. Retrieved on February 21, 2016.
  11. Adam P. Goucher. "Census". Catagolue. Retrieved on June 21, 2016.
  12. Ivan Fomichev (July 5, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  13. Adam P. Goucher. "Census". Catagolue. Retrieved on July 6, 2016.
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  15. Apple Bottom (August 22, 2016). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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  22. Adam P. Goucher (September 10, 2017). Re: apgsearch v4.2 (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
  23. Adam P. Goucher (September 10, 2017). "Supports non-totalistic rules". GitLab.
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  26. Adam P. Goucher (June 3, 2018). "Isotropic Generations". GitLab.
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  29. Apple Bottom (2018-11-03). Re: apgsearch v4.0 (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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  32. Adam P. Goucher (November 7, 2018). "Higher-range outer-totalistic rules". GitLab.
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  64. Ian07 (October 9, 2019). Re: 18-bit SL Syntheses (100% Complete!) (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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  66. 77topaz (December 27, 2019). Message in #naturalistic on the Conwaylife Lounge Discord server
  67. Martin Grant (February 8, 2020). Re: 19-bit still life syntheses (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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