HTHThreee

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by HTHThreee 10mo ago
It's engineered, not natural/random.
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by HTHThreee 10mo ago
Life is isotropic, so it remains symmetric vertically. It travels horizontally but I don't know which direction because it's so unfathomably large you would need a supercomputer to run at least a cycle of it.
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by HTHThreee 10mo ago
Smoke refers to fairly long lived debris that eventually dies out, the term for one that leaves permanent debris is a puffer.
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by HTHThreee 10mo ago
No, if it does it's called a puffer.
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by HTHThreee 10mo ago
OK, I didn't know if it was a "true" replicator (what even does "true" mean) so I excluded it. And, running a true replicator from other rule in 0E0P takes millenia, so that leaves DOGun SaGaQR (specifically the QR
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by HTHThreee 10mo ago
For software, use Golly, it has HashLife (pretty fast algorithm), can open many types of files, and supports scripting.
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by HTHThreee 10mo ago
I think of reality as of GOL but 3D, with more states other than 0 and 1, and conservative (follows conservation laws, no relation with any politics).
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by HTHThreee 10mo ago
yeah, spaceships are pretty common (fun fact: 2 spaceships were found on the same day including this one in GOL), also in CA it's called a "spaceship". However until now there was no 1D one (1D is also called 1-cell-thick or
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by HTHThreee 10mo ago
conwaylife.com isn't just for GOL, although it is the main subject, there is an Other Cellular Automata forum. also it's not really a fansite, it's a bit more academic than what would be considered a "fansite".