Who are these people doing math with dry erase markers on glass? Why are they doing that? How does it make any sense? When did this become a trope?pic.twitter.com/rPtJM17KYi
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Who are these people doing math with dry erase markers on glass? Why are they doing that? How does it make any sense? When did this become a trope?pic.twitter.com/rPtJM17KYi
FWIW, I seen this and done this, both at @sfiscience and at @CSS_GMU
It was at SFI in 1997, at least
but why thopic.twitter.com/ZgXyH9PjqH
1) Room partitions contain windows
2) Absence of white boards
3) It works in the moment
4) It looks really cool afterward to bystanders and visitors:
"OH LOOK!
SCIENCE! 

"
My guess is that it was used in movies / TV first because it lets you show the character's face and the equation in the same shot, then everyone thought it looked cool so they started doing it IRL.
yea that makes sense. practical trope.
It's actually much more grounded in reality than, say, the hacker-in-hoodie-in-the-dark-with-bits-flowing-out-of-the-screen trope
Is it thoughpic.twitter.com/T8SKwNdM9W
Needs less slanket, much less backlighting, more green glow shining on your face.
I'll redo it at night. (Also, I highly recommend this robe for at-home work) https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Del-Rossa-Bathrobe-A0125STLXL/dp/B00CHQ5MQM?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00CHQ5MQM …
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