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File:Teilhard Cider.jpg|link=Teilhard Cider|'''[[Teilhard Cider]]''' is a philosophical beverage fermented from planetary "sphere of reason" apples.
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File:Man-portable phrenology system.jpg|link=Man-portable phrenology system|A '''[[man-portable phrenology system]]''' ('''MPPS''') is a lightweight phrenological measurement and analysis system that does not require vehicle support to transport or operate.
File:Superluminal.jpg|link=Superluminal|'''''[[Superluminal]]''''' is a science fiction psychological thriller film about a writer (Karl Jones) who becomes obsessed with the speed of light.


File:Portable_Envy.jpg|link=Portable Envy|A '''[[portable Envy]]''' device allows the user to offload, and later re-upload, the emotion of envy.
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File:Nixie tube Telefunken ZM1210 (without coating).jpg|link=Nixie tube (nonfiction)|[[Nixie tube (nonfiction)|Nixie tube]] collectors praise ''The Nixie Economy'' as "a long-overdue assessment of the economic and historical significance of [[Nixie tube (nonfiction)|Nixie tubes]]."
File:Nixie tube Telefunken ZM1210 (without coating).jpg|link=Nixie tube (nonfiction)|[[Nixie tube (nonfiction)|Nixie tube]] collectors praise ''The Nixie Economy'' as "a long-overdue assessment of the economic and historical significance of [[Nixie tube (nonfiction)|Nixie tubes]]."


File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|Mathematician [[Alice Beta]] wins Pulitzer Prize for ''The Nixie Economy'', hailed as "a startlingly prescient document, anticipating economic and political events of the 1990s."
File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|Mathematician [[Alice Beta]] wins Pulitzer Prize for ''The Nixie Economy'', hailed as "a startlingly prescient document, anticipating economic and political events of the 1990s."
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* [[Alice Beta]]
* [[Alice Beta]]
* [[All Things Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Liquid Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang]]
* [[Man-portable phrenology system]]
* [[Man-portable phrenology system]]
* [[Portable Envy]]
* [[Portable Envy]]
* ''[[Superluminal]]''
* [[Teilhard Cider]]
* ''[[The MKtrix]]''
* ''[[The MKtrix]]''
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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=== Social media ===
=== Social media ===


* [https://x.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1791628774892556414 Post] @ Twitter (17 May 2024)
* [https://x.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1818814932592332993 Post] @ Twitter (31 July 2024)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1722806958405685640 Post] @ Twitter (9 November 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1722806958405685640 Post] @ Twitter (9 November 2023)


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Latest revision as of 07:25, 10 November 2024

First edition of The Nixie Economy (front cover).

The Nixie Economy: How black market Nixie tubes fuel the underground economy is a nonfiction book by mathematician and Gnomon algorithm theorist Alice Beta about the economic and historical significance of Nixie tubes.

The book documents a wide range of underground and semi-illicit computational activities carried out by an informal but self-organizing network of Nixie manufacturers, dealers, and users.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

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Nonfiction cross-reference

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Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (31 July 2024)
  • Post @ Twitter (9 November 2023)