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Melting away, this is my favorite one yet.

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,1,2,3,1,2,0...

Two walls of static colliding: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#2,26,0,14,3,1,15,...

Oh entropy always haunting us.

Static eats an ordered state:

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#2,10,1,3,3,0,5,3,...

Similar, but with bars "reaching" towards the top.

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#2,24,1,14,2,1,2,0...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,4,2,2,3,0,2,0,3...

This one was fun:

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#6,6,1,2,2,5,3,0,0...

It’s interesting how most of the machines seem to quickly reach a steady loop, freeze with no further changes, or descend into static with no discernible pattern. It would be cool to see how they would behave if they had access to limited I/O—the current display notwithstanding, as it’s less like listening to a person speak and more like watching their brain function.

I mentioned New Kind of Science below, but also relevant here, he did a lot of quantifying these kinds of patterns and islands of complexity in cellular automata... I never finished the book, so unsure how or if he really connected it to other disciplines, but a good reference point if interested in this stuff.

This one doesn't last indefinitely, but has a similar trippy feel to it: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,1,0,3,2,2,0...

here's another cool one; almost looks like an computer's interpretation of some video input http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,0,3,1,3,1...

It looks like a window into the fucking netherworld.

This one has at the same time a nice beginning and a periodic final state that looks like a meteor shower : http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,3...

this one goes from chaos to repetitive order http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,2,0,2,1,0...

The longest one I've seen that isn't just noise:

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,2,3,2,2,1,1...

Interesting how much structure this exhibits.

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709128

Sierpinski's Right-Angled Triangle

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,1,1,1,2,3,2...

Quite pleasing for some reason, imo.

I saw this a while back and implemented my own in Python + wxPython + C, in case anyone is interested...

https://github.com/fogleman/Turing

Here are few good ones:

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,2,1,1,1,1,1...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,2,2,2,2,2,0...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,2,1,2,1,1,3...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,2,2,3,1,3,1...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,2,2,2,2,3,2...

This machine is interesting. It does not look periodic, fractal-like patterns are slowly changing with time: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#5,4,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,3,3...

A related machine, but eventually diverge to static: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#5,4,3,2,0,2,2,1,2,1,2...

Update. One more: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#5,4,3,2,0,1,1,2,2,1,2...

This one produces a Sierpinski gasket PDQ:

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#5,5,3,3,3,0,3,3,2...

Nifty!

This one too, but it's perfectly static: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,2,0,3,1,1,3...

World of squares emerges, then marches across the screen.

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,2,1,2,0,1,1,1...

Ah, found my old comment when this last got posted (found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709765):

I quite like this one, it's as though the environment deteriorates. Don't watch it to fast:

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,1,1,0,2,1,0,2,1...

At one point, right before it goes over the "entropy cliff" it creates what looks like a lot of Sierpinski triangles:

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,1,0,1,2,3,2,2,2...

I found it quite interesting that one as complex as this could stabilize:

http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,1,3,1,1,2,0,2,3...

This seems to end up like a frozen lightning bolt: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,3,3,3,2,4,0,2,2,3...

This creates a pattern almost like hair in the wind: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,2,3,0,2,4,3,0,3,1...

Seems as though it's many cats standing on each others heads: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,0,3,1,0,3,1,2,1,0...

Like waves on a beach: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,3,4,2,1,2,2,0,4,0...

Some otherworldly data wind: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,5,0,3,3,3,3,1,0,3,2...

Eventually, all clouds fade away: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,4,1,1,1,1,2,1,2,3,3...

In and out of phase: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,4,2,2,0,3,1,2,3,1,0...

Like sand dunes moving: http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,1,3,3,1,0,2...

Saws on parade: http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,0,2,2,3,1...

Scooty lightning: http://www.wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,2,0,3,2,2,3...

This one was really striking: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#2,10,1,8,2,0,3,3,...

I like this one: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,2,1,3,1,0,2...

Very Sierpinski: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,1,1,2,1,2,3...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,1,2,0,1,0,0...

Raining (or a helicopter moving and you looking down on earth): http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,1,3,0,2,0,2...

show is up : http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,2,1,2,2,1,3...

wait wait brb: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,3,3,2,0,0...

lines moving up: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,2,2,2,1,2,1...

pixles moving: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,2,3,2,2,1,0...

space rocket shooting: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,1,3,2,0,0...

powerpoint effect: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,1,2,2,3,2,2,2...

undo powerpoint effect: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,1,0,2,1,1,3...

sorting algorithm (reminds me of insertion sort lol): http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,1,1,2,1,3...

green goo: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#10,11,7,3,1,7,1,3...

This one looks like rain on the side window while driving down the highway: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,3,2,1,3,2,2,2...

Moving triangles and noise that eventually get stuck in a surprising loop: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,2,2,3,1,2,2...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#3,6,1,2,0,1,1,3,2...

The most "Life" like one I came across: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#3,3,1,1,1,2,2,2,1...

wiggly lines: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,0,1,3,3,1,3,3...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#4,3,2,1,3,3,1,2,1...

I found this to be a fascinating waste of time. An asm.js fork also exists here: http://wry.me/hacking/Turing-Drawings/

Previous discussion of an asm.js fork: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709128

reflecting off of itself http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#11,3,2,1,0,1,2,0,...

Is this kind of like Conway's game of life?

A little bit, but reminds me more of Stephen Wolfram's 'New Kind of Science', which are also finite state automata like game of life...

Algae colony: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#5,4,3,3,0,0,3,3,4...

It's the only 5,4 one that I have found that doesn't immediately degenerate into noise (or some static image). It seems as though the more states and symbols you have the higher the chance of noise and strangely the greener it gets. I found this pretty interesting 20,19 one though: http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#20,19,10,1,3,5,14...

i spent an hour finding the most unique animated ones. the longer I experimented, the more unique the patterns became.

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#9,3,2,2,2,1,1,2,5...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#9,3,6,2,2,6,2,3,6...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#9,3,6,1,0,1,1,2,6...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#9,3,4,1,0,5,2,0,5...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#2,8,0,6,3,0,5,1,0...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#2,8,1,7,0,0,1,3,0...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#2,8,1,7,0,1,6,3,1...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#3,3,1,2,1,0,2,3,1...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#3,3,2,2,0,0,2,3,0...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#3,3,1,2,0,1,2,0,2...

http://maximecb.github.io/Turing-Drawings/#3,3,2,2,2,2,1,0,2...