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gippgig

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Apr 10, 2018, 12:15:27 AM4/10/18
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For anyone who follows John Horton Conway's Game of Life (if you haven't heard of this take a look; it is fascinating & amazing!) one of its holy grails has been discovered - an oblique spaceship (knightship). Sir Robin moves 2 spaces one way & 1 the other every 6 generations. It's an ugly thing, reminding me of a storm front on weather radar.
It Happened One Knight on conwaylife.com

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Apr 13, 2019, 6:27:19 PM4/13/19
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A faster way to multiply (proportional to nlog(n) steps) has apparently been found. Of no practical value (yet) but theoretically important.

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Feb 18, 2023, 8:12:51 PM2/18/23
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conwaylife.com/book/conway_life_book.pdf

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Dec 4, 2023, 10:31:40 PM12/4/23
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www.quantamagazine.org/complexity-theorys-50-year-journey-to-the-limits-of-knowledge-20230817/

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Jan 9, 2024, 10:50:27 PMJan 9
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www.quantamagazine.org/alien-calculus-could-save-particle-physics-from-infinities-20230406/
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