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MichaelDavidCrawford
mdcrawford@gmail.com
http://guacamoleroad.com/
I can slice, dice, julienne and puree.
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Thursday August 17, 17

My Clients Are Happy Therefore I Am Happy

11:46 PM
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I'm working on a macOS - it's not Mac OS X anymore - USB Video driver. This is by far the most complex driver that I've ever developed.

It works now, but only for a hardwired resolution and pixel depths. There are lots of other problems, the worst one being that it doesn't play nice with power management. There are vast quantities of "// TODO:" comments.

When I get it to beta - hopefully Real Soon Now - I'll be getting a huge paycheck. When it's completely finished, I'll get another one.

My client is a fabless semiconductor firm. They sell chips to manufacturers who sell finished products to end-users. Hopefully my whizzy new driver will enable them to sell lots more chips.

We're big in China.

I told my client about my mental illness. They were totally cool with it. But I haven't mentioned my experience with homelessness.

In other news, I have a mad crush on a barista, but as yet she doesn't seem to return my interest.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Gaaark on Friday August 18 2017, @01:43AM

    by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 18 2017, @01:43AM (#555666) Journal

    Glad to see things going your way.
    And, if not her, then some other fembot, lol.

    --
    --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by darnkitten on Friday August 18 2017, @04:38AM

    by darnkitten (1912) on Friday August 18 2017, @04:38AM (#555712)

    I wish you well--you've been a true inspiration to us this last while, and deserve all the rewards you've worked for, and more beside.

    And may Fortune (or Destiny) also gift you with romance--I've been enjoying some the last few days, after a long dry spell, and it has been better than I recall...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 27 2017, @09:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 27 2017, @09:19PM (#588432)

    Do you realize they get proposed 100 times a week? That'll do wonders to your self-esteem. Often a bit too much.

    I've done it but I lived to tell about it...

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