NEW CELLULAR AUTOMATA

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TodePond (Lu Wilson) presents new kinds of cellular automata, the grid-based systems where simple local rules produce complex patterns. It is a playful, hand-made look at inventing rules and watching what they do.

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@culi2023 · in “Are analytics good?”
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@DonHopkins2024 · in “The Cell Programming Language”
It sounded to me like a cellular automata programming language, like Dave Ackley's "SPLAT" for the Moveable Feast Machine, or Lu Wilson's Sandpond visual CA programming language: Moveable Feast Machine: link Programming Soft ALife with SPLAT and Ulam: link SPLAT repo: link Cells in Cells in Cells: link Spellular Automata: link NEW Cellular Automata: ▶ this video SandPond: link Live SandPond: link TODEPOND TIMES: Nogan: link
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