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[–] kubica@fedia.io 195 points 3 months ago (33 children)

It's a thing that I've always thought that people over-complicate. It's just there, the small side with the small number the big side with the big number...

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 37 points 3 months ago (5 children)

For a while, I've seen "<" and ">" as a slanted "=", which is to say, these numbers are not equal, and the larger side is the larger number and the smaller side is the smaller number.

Works for me, IDK.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago (4 children)

But shouldn't it be 8 < 1 because the eight is heavier and squeezes the bars of the = together?

[–] hex 5 points 3 months ago

No, since it's bigger it stretches the lines apart :)

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