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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 day ago (1 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 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 day ago

I'm with you, the croc is an opportunist and will eat the smaller, easier prey.

[–] kchr@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago

But shouldn't it be 8 < 1

That would be a pair of scissors, on its way to cut the number 1.

[–] hex@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

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

[–] PwnTra1n@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

its not a scale exactly but the size of the ends shows the size of the numbers.