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Re: I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer

#81

If you do this be sure to buy BPA free receipt paper Handling receipt paper is what turned out to be the cause of the high BPA numbers when boba tea was tested https://x.com/natfriedman/status/1899641377002025252

Any recommendations on where to source BPA-free thermal paper? I've tried to source BPA free shipping labels in the US and found them unobtainable.

Re: I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer

#82
I have a Star Micronics receipt printer and have a similar setup, and when people in my community used it, it was fun.

And the issue is that, it's only fun as long as you have people using it...

I did write a StarPRNT protocol library for it, but in hindsight, I probably should have used ESC/POS instead.

Re: I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer

#84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The products of combustion you inhaled are likely far worse.

I mean... the weed was going to get smoked, it was definitely the receipt that was the foreign invader here.

The fact that you did something intentionally doesn't automatically make it less of a mistake.

Re: I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer

#87

If you do this be sure to buy BPA free receipt paper Handling receipt paper is what turned out to be the cause of the high BPA numbers when boba tea was tested https://x.com/natfriedman/status/1899641377002025252

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects_and...

"In the 2010s public health agencies in the EU,[81][82][83] US,[84][85] Canada,[86] Australia[87] and Japan as well as the WHO[12] all reviewed the health risks of BPA, and found normal exposure to be below the level currently associated with risk."

If it has some health effects, they've been incredibly hard to actually pin down..

Re: I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer

#88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you should not make a pipe out of a coke can because of the plastic liner I'm fairly sure it doesn't make much of an health impact considering the hot smoke you pull into your lung, but when I was kid and we made pipes out of cans in "emergencies" we'd use the outside of the can as where you put anything with fire, you don't have to turn it inside out to be able to smoke out of it.

Heating up plastic gives off all kinds of really nasty organic compounds, far worse than the drug... doesn't need to be direct flame.

You win some, you lose some :shrug:

Re: I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer

#89

I'd love to have an impact receipt printer for this so I don't have to source thermal paper etc. They aren't difficult to find, but they're too expensive for a stupid project like this, which is a glorified fax machine.

Maybe the fax machine is a glorified receipt printer?

Re: I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer

#90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you should not make a pipe out of a coke can because of the plastic liner I'm fairly sure it doesn't make much of an health impact considering the hot smoke you pull into your lung, but when I was kid and we made pipes out of cans in "emergencies" we'd use the outside of the can as where you put anything with fire, you don't have to turn it inside out to be able to smoke out of it.

Heating up plastic gives off all kinds of really nasty organic compounds, far worse than the drug... doesn't need to be direct flame.

Heating plant material also gives off lots of carcinogenic stuff, tar and so on
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