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bagpuss
on Sept 15, 2023
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Building an economy simulator from scratch
The MONIAC built in the 1950s by Bill Phillips (of Phillips curve fame) attempted to model economic processes with coloured water (fluidic logic)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONIAC
JellyBeanThief
on Sept 16, 2023
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I just love whenever the roundworld equivalent of something I first encountered on the discworld pops up in front of me.
bthallplz
on Sept 16, 2023
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:D It goes both ways! Having known about it prior, it was very exciting to read about it in Discworld.
mhh__
on Sept 17, 2023
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Have never been able to ascertain what model it actually uses e.g. a system of linear equations, if so which ones?
_the_inflator
on Sept 16, 2023
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Vividness has its advantages. You could call it a simulator as well as one of the world's first dashboards as well.
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