On-off

An on-off is any period-2 oscillator in which all rotor cells die from overpopulation. The simplest example is the beacon. Others include spark coil, laputa, light bulb, and scrubber.

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gollark: I assume they meant to use them for longer-distance journeys, so hardly. Besides, the sky is big.
gollark: You do use pilots for takeoff and landing, but I don't know how required that is.
gollark: They're better at it. Since the sky is predictable and mostly empty.
gollark: Planes can mostly autopilot themselves.
gollark: You just point the pointy end vaguely toward the horizon and press W and S to keep it there.
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