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		xigoi on Feb 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modern Mono I prefer the lower cognitive load of not having to recall that != means ≠.

cosmotic on Feb 27, 2023 [–]

Weird; I see the former symbol all day every day and have no trouble recalling. I see the second symbol almost never, maybe once a month, definitely not as easy to recall.

xigoi on Feb 27, 2023 | [–]

That just goes to show how C has perverted mathematical notation.

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