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Don't let the corporations tell you otherwise (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

What field uses =/= to mean !=?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's a shorthand way of writing ≠ digitally without needing to know the alt code or where it is in your mobile devices keyboard

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    != isn't universal, i've mostly seen it used in programming.

    Otherwise ≠ is the symbol we use in maths and generally the more common one.

    =/= is just the worst rendition of ≠ for people that don't know how to write it or are too lazy to go find it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah =/= is honestly a little confusing. I know != isn't universal though, gotta start making sure to use ≠ instead

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're definite not wrong, I actually went to use "!=" first. But then thought if someone wasn't familiar with programming they might not get it, so I went with the "=/=" hoping it would make sense to more people. Forgot that we're on lemmy and the audience here would generally understand lol. Didn't know ≠ existed though, will probably use that from now on. Nice!

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