Homer

Homer (or 42883M) is a methuselah with a lifespan of 42883 generations, discovered by Adam P. Goucher on November 30, 2018, using apgsearch.[1] It was the longest-lasting known methuselah to fit within a 16×16 bounding box until the discovery of 47575M in February 2019.

Homer
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Pattern type Methuselah
Number of cells 129
Bounding box 16×16
MCPS 131
Lifespan 42883 generations
Final population 4333
L/I 332.4
F/I 33.6
F/L 0.101
L/MCPS 327.4
Discovered by Adam P. Goucher
Year of discovery 2018

Stable pattern

The stable pattern that results from 42883M (excluding 52 escaping gliders) has 4073 cells and consists of 330 blinkers (including 27 traffic lights), 318 blocks, 171 beehives (including ten honey farms), 45 loaves, 49 boats, 13 ships, eight tubs, eight ponds, three long boats, two ship-ties in the form of a fleet, and one toad.

gollark: That seems more like a special case of "users being stupid", which is unfixable and definitely can't be solved by ToS nobody reads.
gollark: We're going to make sure your account can't be hacked by preemptively deleting it.
gollark: Ah yes. "Security issues". Great excuse.
gollark: Instead of using a custom client, I directly handle the Discord API myself by typing commands into the websocket very fast.
gollark: Competitive regex golf may work better.

See also

References
  1. Adam P. Goucher (November 30, 2018). Re: Soup search results (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums
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