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[–] Decq@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, and that's why they made the symbol portray what it means. I mean it's even more clear than the equal sign, yet I haven't heard of mnemonic's for that?

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because there aren't (in common use) multiple variations. If we used ≠ and ≈ to represent when the sum was arrived at via addition or subtraction, and only used = when you used both in the same equation, people would fuck that shit up all the time.

Also, you use the equal sign a lot more frequently in life. More exposure makes us remember better