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jan 1, 1970 - 1970 Rules for LIFE published

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Scientific American publishes the rules for LIFE in Martin Gardner's "Mathematical Games" column. In this simulation, isolated or overcrowded cells die, while others live and reproduce. Hackers rush to implement it on their computers, watching beautiful patterns emerge and change.

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jan 1, 1970
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~ 55 years ago

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