Human folly for 02022-05-27

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• Telex (en.wikipedia.org):

  Telex became operational in Germany in 01933 and in the US in 01931, but went into decline in the 01980s. #history

• Kermes %28dye%29 (en.wikipedia.org):

  Kermes was an old-world cochineal-like red #dye made from insects, dating back to at least the Neolithic, but now replaced by cochineal. #archaeology #history

• Memory reference code (en.wikipedia.org):

  the code you need to run to initialize your memory modules. #hardware

• (link.springer.com):

  “The High Precision DDA for Ellipse-Generation”, by Hong Tao, Aircraft Manufacturing Engineering Dept., Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, The People’s Republic of China, #graphics #algorithms for #ellipses from 01988

• Bresenham (members.chello.at):

  Bresenham’s #graphics #algorithms for lines, circles, axis-aligned #ellipses, and Bézier curves.