Russell Kirsch, developer of the pixel, 1929–2020

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Man, if I had a dollar for every pixel. Ever.

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Such a significant figure and nobody even noticed.

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And a mind that kept on chugging away on improving that same concept.

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A common misunderstanding is that pixels are square or oblong. The square pixel is an interpretation of the “picture element” which is a point.

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