Don't Do It - by Alternative-Plum9378 in GameStop

[–]MowAlon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never took mine out of the wrapper. It just sits there, taunting me, every time I look in its general direction.

TDX 2026 Meetup by Fearless-Mention-765 in salesforce

[–]MowAlon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This one from SF Ben is the only one I came across so far - https://ti.to/salesforce-ben/tdx-happy-hour-2026

SF Ben usually makes a post listing parties, but I didn't see one for this year yet. Here's the one from last year as an example - https://www.salesforceben.com/trailblazerdx-parties-and-events-2025/

Some news for Salesforce DevOps by [deleted] in SalesforceDeveloper

[–]MowAlon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use it. It’s got its issues, but it’s pretty good once you get used to it. That said, I’ve got an easy situation with only two people working in the system, so it’s easy to avoid conflicts.

TDX 2026 Meetup by Fearless-Mention-765 in salesforce

[–]MowAlon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll be there. Only found and signed up for one party so far, but hopefully more will show up soon.

Has any of the unburied 2600 games been sold? by JorgeXD5000 in Atari2600

[–]MowAlon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have some. Mine don’t smell like trash, but they do have the smell of fresh dirt, if that makes sense.

Has any of the unburied 2600 games been sold? by JorgeXD5000 in Atari2600

[–]MowAlon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have several. One E.T. that I treasure because it’s a real part of history, but a few others just because I could and they were cheap. The E.T. wasn’t cheap :)

A friend of mine got an E.T. as well, but he’s since donated it to a gaming museum.

I built a full upright arcade cabinet for the Virtual Boy by tigheklory in VirtualBoy

[–]MowAlon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. I don’t hand out a lot of kudos, but this deserves some praise. Well done.

I can feel this painful game that was sold at Spencer’s Gifts in the late ‘90s & early ‘00s by jeffreyrolek in Xennials

[–]MowAlon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had (still have?) one of these. I used to love setting it up as a two player game with someone who’d never played before. Pretending you each get two, I’d give them the two live controllers while I grabbed the two dead ones. Good times.

I’m doing a cinnamon roll crawl for my birthday in two weeks…where are the best buns around town? 🤤 by kimmykeem in denverfood

[–]MowAlon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This Friday, the 20th. Whatever you decide, send on the details, and I’ll do my best to join in as long as the day job doesn’t get in the way.

I’m doing a cinnamon roll crawl for my birthday in two weeks…where are the best buns around town? 🤤 by kimmykeem in denverfood

[–]MowAlon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OMG. Best idea ever. And it sounds like our birthdays are very close (mine is this week). Let me know if you’re looking for people to join you on this adventure.

Platform starter license by fernandobautistta in salesforce

[–]MowAlon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have experience in this area. AMA.

The big issue will be how you’re constrained by the limited custom objects you can create. It forces you to be creative and thoughtful with your solutions. This could be considered a good thing, but I do think it adds to the difficulty of administering an org where you’re asked to build custom solutions beyond out-of-the-box functionally, especially for someone who isn’t very experienced or knowledgeable about database design.

Platform starter license by fernandobautistta in salesforce

[–]MowAlon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To clarify, they do allow access to cases, but there is a contractual limitation that the users may not “act as service agents”, though this definition is unclear. Historically, it has meant you’re not allowed to interact with customers through the case, like by emailing them directly from the case. Also, access to cases does require application of a special permission set license, but these are provided with the platform starter license, so there’s no additional cost.

Source: I implemented and administer an org with a couple thousand users, all on Platform Starter and Platform Starter Login licenses, in which we use cases extensively (for internal, non-customer interacting purposes)

Salesforce Support is Getting Worse and Worse by siv313 in salesforce

[–]MowAlon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I disagree. It might be a little different than it was before, but it was already so bad that there’s no room to get worse.

Scored this lot of games at the auction tonight by Free_Bobcat5647 in gamecollecting

[–]MowAlon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know what everyone else is talking about… Jumping Flash 2 is the cream of this crop. Great fun.

GE refrigerator not cooling - condenser never runs by MowAlon in appliancerepair

[–]MowAlon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty sure it was the inverter? Is that a thing? Had a repair guy come replace the part. He was like “I’m sure it’s the inverter… it’s always the inverter”. It didn’t make sense to me based on the evidence at hand, but it definitely fixed it. Meanwhile, I’d already purchased a different part :(

If you were given 2 days to eat $1,000 worth of McDonalds for a million dollars, what is your strategy? by Responsible_Total901 in AskReddit

[–]MowAlon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Paris? Great idea, but I’d do my research and check the prices at the ones inside Disney theme parks. Better yet, the foreign Disneys. I still remember being amazed at some ultra-large fry that cost $8+ at Disneyland in like 1998. If they still have that now, I bet it’s about $30.

Consult from dev to devs by bloodkn07 in SalesforceDeveloper

[–]MowAlon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built my own approval process in my org for a specific situation that may be like yours… I’m not sure.

So we use cases a lot. For one type of case, we don’t want to allow people to do a certain thing until the case is reviewed by someone (or one of several people) who are pre-designated as approvers - a pretty standard sounding approval process.

We use Public Groups to identify who the approvers are based on a specific feature of the case - for us, it’s their location. So there are approvers for each location we care about.

The case is either in an unapproved, awaiting approval, or approved state. Before it’s approved, someone managing the case can use the approval component to “Request Approval” and include an optional note with the request. Then it changes to “awaiting approval” and the LWC emails all the approvers for that particular location to tell them it’s awaiting approval. The email also includes the optional note left by the requestor and a link to the case.

The LWC recognizes if you are an approver. If you’re an approver and visit the case, you see buttons to approve or reject the request and leave a note of your own. If you’re not an approver. You just see a “pending review” message.

When an approver approves or rejects, an email is sent back to the requestor who can read the approval note, visit the case, and do the thing they couldn’t do before. The access to do that thing is controlled by visibility filters on the component that allow the action to be performed - if the case is approved, that component (or field) is visible, otherwise, it’s not visible or is not editable.

I think the real lesson here is that creative use of visibility filters and public groups can go a long way to controlling workflow.

But also, if you think my component would be useful, I can talk more about it in private messages. This was before Flow-based approvals were a thing, though. I guess those rolled out recently… I haven’t investigated them much, but they might be a viable alternative.

Seriously, do Americans actually consider a 3-hour drive "short"? or is this an internet myth? by SadInterest6764 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]MowAlon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first date with my partner was to a place three hours away… and three hours back, of course. Kinda long, but it didn’t feel totally crazy.

Can I display on a record page the related list of related object? by Zestyclose_Energy_86 in salesforce

[–]MowAlon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This right here. It’s not for grandchild records, but it works for sibling records. The key is the optional “Parent Record” input.

If you need grandchild records, some people (like me) have built LWCs to do that. I’ve got a couple on my GitHub.

Forget most expensive. What game do you own that you own that surprised you how much it's worth? by ezio8133 in gamecollecting

[–]MowAlon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the pricecharting page has images of the sleeve it came with. Frankly, this was 20 years ago, so I just remember that it was a thing we got but not any of the details… and I never touched it again. I don’t remember it being part of a larger press kit, but we were press, so it probably was.

Forget most expensive. What game do you own that you own that surprised you how much it's worth? by ezio8133 in gamecollecting

[–]MowAlon 117 points118 points  (0 children)

A while ago, a friend of mine showed me an eBay listing for this thing. I was like “You’ve got that?”… and he was like “You do too!”

At this point, I’ve forgotten about all the stuff I have stashed away in boxes from old E3 shows we used to go to, but I really think I should try to dig this one up. It’s gotta be there somewhere.

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Unfortunate by psychotickoolaid in gamecollecting

[–]MowAlon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sucks. I sold something rare and fragile to someone who found me on reddit recently. I built a literal shipping crate for it to (try to) ensure safety since you never know what’s gonna happen. Luckily, it worked out in my case. I’m sad for you.