It's much easier to anticipate dry markers (keep a small stock) than outage of Claude or Microsoft.

(Yes, I know that the slippery slope is in jest.)

officeplant a day ago | parent | next [-]

This is reminding me of a time in school were we thought if we stole all the chalk we might get a day off of Calculus class.

The professor came in and looked around for two minutes before shrugging and pulling a fresh stick of chalk out of his back pocket and began writing on the board.

This is the same professor who we'd never seen use a fresh piece of chalk ever, he always just soldiered through the nubs and remains littering the board's chalk tray.

We had no idea he actually kept a pack of sticks in his back pocket at all times.

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macintux a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Last time I worked in an office I kept my own private stash of markers exactly for that reason.

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em3rgent0rdr a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Magnetic drawing boards are also a thing that last forever.

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rpdillon a day ago | parent [-]

Do you have a way to resolve the issue where the surface becomes degraded and much harder to erase over time? I think it's partly due to wear and tear and partly because people try to clean off the boards with solvents that degrade the surface that is erasable. Is there a way to renew it in some way?

	▲	microtonal a day ago \| parent [-]
		The ones I have usually seen do have some coated steel (presumably because they are cheaper). At home we have a glass whiteboard (tempered glass I think?), which is extremely strong and the surface very smooth.