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With "borrow" in scare quotes, do you intend for him to be aware of his generosity?
by exe34 2y ago
With "borrow" in scare quotes, do you intend for him to be aware of his generosity?
- TeMPOraL 2y agoProbably just because in the full phrasing, ``i would like to "borrow" his gpu``, omitting the scare quotes would paint the picture of their friend unplugging/unsoldering their GPU and lending it to the author.
- sillysaurusx 2y agoMy friend Kevin was once building a graphics engine, and to test it on various GPUs he’d borrow them from Best Buy and return them within the 30 day window. Since there was a restocking fee, it seemed like a non-harmful and clever way to test a bunch of configurations.
- exe34 2y agoso Kevin is why we can't have nice things....