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		pugworthy 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 1D Conway's Life glider found, 3.7B cells long How in the world do people even discover these things? Certainly not by clicking cells to set up an initial population then hit "Go". Brute force approach works I suppose.

Jaxan 4 months ago [–]

It is constructed by using modules with known behaviour. And some brute force.

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