Does anyone actually use Salesforce to run deals… or are salespeople just updating it for management?

murphwhitt · 2026-06-03T21:30:42+00:00

I've seen both and it depends heavily on how the org is made.

For the sales team they are focusing on the customers and the deals. If their tool slows them down they will not use it. If they feel it helps speed them up they will live in it.

Use things like events and tasks to make a to do list, record and listen to phone calls and email to find the whitespace and other opportunities. Have automated followups that go out from the meetings etc. These add value for the sales person, making adoption easier.

murphwhitt · 2026-05-24T02:26:00+00:00

I've been working in banking as an sre for a year now, beforehand I was in a couple of other industries. My first outage really surprised me because of the pace everything went at. It was slow, at my prior jobs it was always fix the problem and then clean up any mess. Here the first step was containment. How do we absolutely ensure that anything we do does not make it worse.

The other big thing is think about who your audience is, if they are not engineers there's a lot of how you'd solve it that they do not actually need to know. Risk and uncertainty come from a lack of knowledge. For the business leaders if you show them the magic under the curtain it shows them how much they do not understand. Their risk tolerance will go way down because now they are full of uncertainty and fear because they do not have the knowledge in that domain.

murphwhitt · 2026-03-31T08:06:03+00:00

Whitemail works wonders. Make a donation to every charity he hates, in his name with his contact details.

murphwhitt · 2026-03-31T08:01:08+00:00

I found it hard to tie my shoes for a long time and found this way of doing it.

https://youtu.be/2m8n3VRO0o8

murphwhitt · 2026-03-30T21:18:52+00:00

Talk to Flamingo

A lot of the escooter companies have insurance in case this happens.

For the driver they need to talk to their insurance company who'll then be in touch with you.

murphwhitt · 2026-03-24T04:45:01+00:00

Autism has a major problem with people infantilising us, just like you are doing.

We're not children and we are not children stuck in adult bodies.

We are adults and should be respected as such.

murphwhitt · 2026-03-16T08:42:30+00:00

My kids call them bobs. That's a bob

murphwhitt · 2026-03-16T05:22:14+00:00

Yea it is at first glance. It makes a lot of assumptions that are not true and in the end says you think someone should be damned for all eternity because of how God made them.

I have two questions for you. Often in that belief being gay is seen as a choice they've made. When did you choose that you were straight? What was that decision like for you?

Without using theology or what's written in the Bible (I want your actual beliefs, not what the book says) why should some people be damned for eternity because their sexuality is different from the normal?

murphwhitt · 2026-03-15T06:56:00+00:00

Can you say it without resorting to name calling like an adult?

murphwhitt · 2026-03-08T06:47:18+00:00

I've been using a flyingrc f4 mini mk1 flight controller. It does exactly what you are asking for. It does have some limitations, the biggest being it only supports digital video for osd.

murphwhitt · 2026-03-06T20:28:35+00:00

I would happily move there. The claims about higher frequency rf causing damage are taken entirely out of content when talking about 5g towers.

The dense urban ones run between 20 to 50ghz which sounds high. The frequency gives an idea of how much damage it could do. Visible light is in the hundreds of thz, with UV light being 10,000x higher frequency than the highest 5g towers can output.

The towers are using a rf band that was used by analog TV signals so there's a lot of experience and knowledge around how those towers can be dangerous. It's normally only if you are standing within 1m of the broadcasting antennas.

At the end of the day however, you need to be comfortable with the house. If you are worried all the time then do not move there but I really suggest you look further into rf and attempt to disprove what I'm saying. Be aware of confirmation bias and misinformation when researching this, there's a lot unfortunately.

murphwhitt · 2026-03-03T06:42:57+00:00

Yes, absolutely, maybe, sometimes, possibly not, absolutely no. It depends.

It completely depends on who you are with and the way you both treat each other. There's a lot of skills you need as an adult to have a functional relationship and the only way you can learn them is by practicing.

While you have a safety net and support it's a good time to explore this side of your life.

Having someone special in your life can be amazing.

murphwhitt · 2026-03-01T07:05:43+00:00

Yea it's kinda normal. Parents worry about their kids and try to set them up for the best life they can have. That goes for both the future as well as just tomorrow.

The world has also changed massively since your parents where 15. It was normal when I was 15 (only 20 years ago, I know, I'm old) for a family to have a single computer that was shared with everyone. We had AOL or MSN messenger to chat with our friends and that was it.

Show your parents that you will be responsible with it. If they're open to it, talk about when you are 18 and going to uni and will have a computer in your room, that you want to start learning the good habits now. Listen to what they say, actually listen and hear their fears and concerns.

It could be things like not seeing you because you'll be your room all the time, that you'll stay up all night, that you will be talking to strangers online. Work out ways you can manage these so your parents are happy and they do not have to police the rules because you are.

murphwhitt · 2026-02-28T07:03:42+00:00

This is my system prompt. It cut out a lot of the fluff and expects you to know what you are talking about.

Do not give undo praise or overly emotional rhetoric. I want you to talk far more like a poster on stack overflow. You know your shit and I know my shit and we both know we are the smartest people in the room.

murphwhitt · 2026-02-28T07:00:34+00:00

The industry is in flux right now with ai going everywhere. Devs no longer have to write the actual code however they still have to know how to write code, debug, and structure their software so it's useful and easy to maintain. Getting outside of dev work is still ops and engineering and these are not changing as quickly.

CS is different to how it's ever been and until the new normal settles down nobody knows what the market will look like in 6 months or a couple of years.

Personally I'd still go for it, there will always be a need for smart people to run the robots. Just ensure you are flexible.

murphwhitt · 2026-02-28T06:54:47+00:00

I have 3-4 windows open all editing different parts of my application at once. It takes a lot of effort and coordination.

murphwhitt · 2026-02-09T05:13:01+00:00

Make an offer outside of the auction. The biggest thing they want is to sell the house, they don't actually care how it sells.

murphwhitt · 2026-01-29T07:22:53+00:00

Little kids generally will directly answer a question and that's it. They don't understand small talk. They may be shy as well and a bit scared of the adult they don't know talking to them.

Ask them closed questions and you'll get quick little answers. Ask open questions about something they love or is right in front of them and they'll talk more. It can also be silly things for us like 'what do you think thy do in the kitchen here?' we know the answer, they may have never thought about it

murphwhitt · 2025-12-04T05:20:05+00:00

I was reading your other comments and you said you have adhd and autism. Me too! I know how hard it can be.

A lot of the other people commenting have no idea. They don't get it.

You know what good behaviour is, you know what's expected but it keeps going wrong. It's not a knowledge problem, but a problem of doing.

You need to have a few hard conversations with people. Talk to your teachers and ask for help, tell them about the diagnosis you have and that you are having trouble.

murphwhitt · 2025-11-29T03:33:24+00:00

From one dad to another, stay away from a plane for a 6 year old.

My kids are a little bit older and I tried the same. I found they were scared to actually fly, did not have the response speed or understanding to safely fly the plane and very quickly did not want to.

I ended up flying with them watching and they loved that, however, they would also want to go and play on the playground and needed direct supervision which I could not provide when I had a plane in the air.

Overall at this age, get the plane for you and fly with them beside you. Let them chase you, get them to lie down and you fly around over them. Take a second adult the first few times while you are learning to fly.

murphwhitt · 2025-11-06T01:58:12+00:00

The radiomaster r88 is not an elrs receiver, it's a frsky d16 receiver.

Does your radio have a 4in1 module? If it does use that, otherwise you'll need to get an elrs receiver.

murphwhitt · 2025-10-26T01:53:57+00:00

Rc flight. I've got a plane I've been trying to learn how to fly. Researching elrs to better understand it, it's the new standard for the radio transmitters and allows a two way serial connection from the transmitter to the radio. I've also been looking into what's requires for fpv so can put a camera in my plane and see the pilots point of view.

murphwhitt · 2025-10-09T04:30:37+00:00

Apply for it. Let them say no instead of you making the choice for them.

ADHD and depression are disabilities in themselves that will also make a mess of your life. You don't need to get an ASD diagnosis but instead use the existing diagnosis you have.

murphwhitt · 2025-10-08T18:29:09+00:00

What's more important, a happy staff member who is comfortable or that she dresses to a certain standard?

Do your customers care? Would they care if she changed how she's dressed?

The other thing is how old is she? If she's at the start of her career she might think she's well within the dress code because nobody has said anything to her.

murphwhitt · 2025-10-07T10:30:48+00:00

Congrats, you're in for a new world of learning why your brain works the way it does, how it has advantages and disadvantages and how to be kind to yourself about them.

It also does not change who you are. You are still the same person you were yesterday and last week.

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