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minus-squareAlenalda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoI have to read random passwords to people, nobody knows which is the greater (>) and less (<) than symbol.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoBecause they are all just knowing it points to the bigger number. >100 and 100< are interchangeable.
minus-squareSLVRDRGN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 hours agouhh… doesn’t it point to the smaller number?
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoI guess it depends how you view it pointing, the wider side is directed to the larger number
minus-squarekopasz7@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoWhen I encounter this, I have to imagine a context as I would read it. eg. X > Y as X is greater than Y. Because <> are just angle brackets to me.
I have to read random passwords to people, nobody knows which is the greater (>) and less (<) than symbol.
Because they are all just knowing it points to the bigger number. >100 and 100< are interchangeable.
uhh… doesn’t it point to the smaller number?
I guess it depends how you view it pointing, the wider side is directed to the larger number
When I encounter this, I have to imagine a context as I would read it. eg. X > Y as X is greater than Y. Because <> are just angle brackets to me.
Related: https://xkcd.com/936/