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Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by anamexis » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:27 PM UTC

gotaquestion wrote: post #8

This is a really funny read for a Friday morning. It should play an MP3 of a line cook in a busy diner shouting, "Order up!", and then he can stick it on a rotating order wheel hanging above his desk. EDIT: One of these things: https://www.webstaurantstore.com/choice-stainless-steel-orde...

I hope he at least has one of those receipt spikes to stick it on when the issue is closed.

Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by daenz » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:31 PM UTC

There's something about a physical reference to information that you can't quite capture digitally. You can hand it to someone. You can use it as a prop to express your happiness or frustration. You can destroy.

I know this was a fun project but I hope we can capture more physical interactions in the future, and not just in VR.

Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by dcchambers » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:31 PM UTC

This is amazing.

Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by jaredlt » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:32 PM UTC

I enjoyed the response on Twitter https://twitter.com/aschmelyun/status/1507043742167060487?t=...

Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by post_break » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:35 PM UTC

I have a receipt printer I was using for grocery lists. I still haven't found a good use for it yet. I love how extremely fast it is though and it has auto cut. Maybe I can use it for a ticket system at work.

Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by briandoll » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:37 PM UTC

Very cool, reminded me of one of our fist winners of the first GitHub Data Challenge, where someone made a daily newspaper out of their GitHub feed using a thermal printer: https://github.com/alx/Le-Github via https://github.blog/2012-06-12-github-data-challenge-winners...

Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by fmakunbound » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:38 PM UTC

I once tried a thermal paper print experiment for completed pomodoros to see if sense of accomplishment was improved with something physical.

Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by jbverschoor » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:38 PM UTC

And then you hang it on your kanban board ;-)

Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by toomuchtodo » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:39 PM UTC

Throw a QR code on there with a link to the issue to close the loop!

Re: I built a receipt printer for GitHub issues

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 4:41 PM UTC

Fun fact: code page 437 didn't die with DOS. It's still what receipt printers default to, judging by all the mojibake variations on ”Tack för besöket, välkommen åter!” I've seen in daily life in Sweden.