• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      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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      7 months ago

      != 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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        7 months ago

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