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I don't get my next check until my client's customers sign off on
my production build.

I'm writing the OS X driver for a USB to VGA adapter. Until now my
code was totally broken on High Sierra.

I used an open source virtual frame buffer to obtain the pixels, but
that doesn't work on High Sierra. Display Preferences shows the USB
monitor but the system doesn't draw into the virtual frame buffer's
memory.

One of my client's engineers found that a user space daemon could get
the pixels through a CoreGraphics screen grabbing API. We've both
been working at passing those pixels from user space into the driver,
but trying different approaches.

His approach so far does not work.

I feel bad about my approach working as he is asian and
so likely to lose face. He makes it plainly apparent that he regards
himself as incompetent despite putting me completely to shame with his
productivity.

I didn't merge my new code into the repository's trunk. I kept it on
a branch then suggested he take whatever he needs.

When I get that check I'm going to fund my 2017 Individual Retirement
Account at eTrade. It would still be OK if I don't get that check
until January as the IRS gives us until April 15 2018 to fund a 2017
IRA.

Then I'm going to put the entire IRA into a Standard & Poor's 500 index fund.

I entertained the idea of investing speculating on
cryptocurrency from my IRA but my experience so far is that I'm a
lousy speculator.

I've made two grand so far but I would have made lots more if I hadn't
been attempting to time the market by buying and selling each of the
three cryptos that Coinbase supports. :-(