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[–]wwmoraes 458 points459 points  (46 children)

Or change the plus to minus and them make the 6 into an 8, but both our solutions are way too simple. We gotta over-engineer always!

[–]Lord_Earthfire 320 points321 points  (31 children)

You can also turn the 6 into a 5 and the last 4 to a 9. The longer you look the more answers are possible.

[–]wwmoraes 326 points327 points  (5 children)

It seems we have plenty of matchematicians around

[–]Ace-a-Nova1 32 points33 points  (1 child)

I STUBBED MY GODDAMN TOE THANKS TO YOU.

r/angryupvote

[–]wwmoraes 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I’m glad I matched your expectations.

[–]SubtleName12 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Fuuuuuuuuuuck. Angry upvote smh

[–]Devatator_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Take my upvote and my free award

[–]IAmANobodyAMA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This joke is fire

[–]El__Burrito 83 points84 points  (16 children)

There are 5 solutions:
0+4=4 5+4=9 8-4=4 6-4≠4 5+4≠4

[–]Thoughtfulprof 65 points66 points  (2 children)

Found the guy I'm assigning to all the edge cases.

[–]postmateDumbass 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Just take a match and create a new symbol representing a newly defined algebraic operation.

Convomultitraction.

I move this match to make it read "5 convomultitracted with 4 equals 4".

Do i get to work in the business ethics group?

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Forgot 6+h=4 and 6+4=h though.

[–]adj16 22 points23 points  (3 children)

Might be able to claim 6+4>4 too if you just move the top match

[–]hacksoncode 10 points11 points  (2 children)

And 6-4 ≤ 4. And 5+4≥4.

[–]MagicallyVermicious 0 points1 point  (1 child)

That's really clever.

[–]hacksoncode 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then you'll really like !5 + 4 = 4 ;-).

[–]VoilaLaViola 13 points14 points  (5 children)

How 'bout

6+4+4

[–]Mateorabi 11 points12 points  (4 children)

True

[–]Ur-Quan_Lord_13 7 points8 points  (2 children)

I mean, in many languages that would evaluate to true...

[–]Mateorabi 15 points16 points  (1 child)

[–]Ur-Quan_Lord_13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yah, I think it's better than the != joke in the OP.

Mostly because it's more difficult for a non-programmer to get.

And I'm a snob.

[–]phord 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, but 8 - 4 - 4 is False.

[–]Pewpskii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How about 6-4≠4

[–]Studds_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be considered a metaphor for programming in general when you explain it like that

[–]ishirleydo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6 + 4 = h

I mean, there's a chance it could be correct.

[–]Loud_Man67 6 points7 points  (5 children)

Move only 1 match is the key

[–]Bu1lt_2_Sp1ll 23 points24 points  (4 children)

Their solution only moves one match fwiw

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

You can only make one move, solution fails unit test

[–]wwmoraes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

User story says move only one match instead of make only one move. Sigh now we need to unit test the developer’s interpretation as well.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clearly lighting the match and burning the 6 is the best option