patrickk (u/patrickk)

patrickk commented on A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw brandon.wang/2026/clawdbo... · Posted by u/brdd

patrickk · 4 days ago

> how’d you set it up?

I was disappointed by this section. He doesn’t mention which model he uses (or models split by task type for specific sub agents).

I tried out OSS-20B hosted on Groq (recommended by a YouTuber) to test it for cheap, but the model isn’t smart enough for anything other than providing initial replies and perhaps delegating tasks into expensive capable models from ChatGPT or Claude. This is a crucial missing detail to replicate his use cases.

patrickk commented on Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android androidauthority.com/goog... · Posted by u/_____k

AlotOfReading · 15 days ago

Google's long term strategy with Android is baffling to me. Apple has had better mobile hardware for years. Apple has higher consumer trust. Apple has better app selection (for most people). Apple has been increasingly implementing the core features that differentiate Android devices, like USB-C and RCS. Every Android user lost to the increasing iOS market share is another customer Google has to pay exorbitant fees to a competitor to access.

And Google's strategy is to continue removing differentiating features from Android that also help them mitigate the threat of antitrust? Surely the marginal revenue from the inconsequential number of sideloading users isn't attractive enough to justify that kind of strategic blunder.

patrickk · 15 days ago

Apple only implemented USB-C due to pressure from the EU.

One area Android has a clear advantage is Android TV devices verified by Google, because there is a much wider array of streaming apps of all kinds available. However google doesn’t seem to focus on this very much, and if you look for forum recommendations for google android streaming devices it’s very often the NVIDIA shield pro from 2019. Hopefully that device will I’ll be supported for a few more years because there seems to not be good easily available alternatives.

patrickk commented on When employees feel slighted, they work less penntoday.upenn.edu/news/... · Posted by u/consumer451

tarkin2 · 16 days ago

Have we got to the point where we need an article telling us that slighting people doesn't help their motivation? Perhaps the answer is yes when we also compare a worker's motivation to a dog's motivation seemingly without irony.

patrickk · 15 days ago

This comment comes across as written by someone who hasn't seen a toxic work environment.

Sociopaths often make up an unusually large percentage of the upper layers of management. They won't hesitate to step on people to get ahead, and use the typical conflict aversion of regular people to their advantage- causing drama and fights, wearing others down, and eventually getting their way because most people just want their pay cheque, not to go into battle constantly.

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

patrickk commented on Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch theverge.com/news/845400/... · Posted by u/tortilla

DrewADesign · 2 months ago

Next stop: auto manufacturers and location data.

patrickk · 2 months ago

The ship has sailed on that one. The telematics from the car can also be sent back to the mothership, i.e. if you’re driving like a lunatic, pulling donuts, harsh acceleration and so on.

patrickk commented on Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges news.bloomberglaw.com/ban... · Posted by u/nreece

prawn · 2 months ago

A friend has a robot vac and just puts it in a room, closes the door, and leaves it for a couple of hours. Avoids the issue of worrying about which areas don't have kids' toys around, Lego, cords, etc. Higher touch than is ideal, but if you're already working from home and the kids are at school, it can work.

patrickk · 2 months ago

You can typically select certain rooms to clean rather than “clean all” on decent brands like roborock or Dreame. You can put it on a schedule too.

patrickk commented on Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges news.bloomberglaw.com/ban... · Posted by u/nreece

parineum · 2 months ago

Find a vacuum that supports valetudo[1] and a brush/roller like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F54134JY

[1] https://valetudo.cloud/pages/general/supported-robots.html

patrickk · 2 months ago

Word to the wise: installing Valetudo can be a nerve wracking task even for the tech savvy. On my model, a Dreame L10s Ultra (there’s about three similarly named models and only this exact one is valetudo compatible, and isn’t sold any more) you are strongly recommended to use a custom pcb and to use Debian to run the commands, and not in a VM. If something goes wrong you can permanently brick your device. I ran into all kinds of esoteric sounding errors, and I half gave up and one point since I was burning valuable free time on evenings and weekends to get it done (busy family with small kids and stressful job). The robot sat unused for several months but I eventually got it done. I’m glad I did it but it was an ordeal.

patrickk commented on Unreal Tournament 2004 is back old.reddit.com/r/unrealto... · Posted by u/keithoffer

loa_in_ · 2 months ago

No, these are class based team FPS, core of UT and Quake is (team) deathmatch

patrickk · 2 months ago

The Unreal Tournament series are arena shooters[1] which has sadly died a death, partially due to Epic Games negligence.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_shooter

patrickk commented on Accepting US car standards would risk European lives etsc.eu/accepting-us-car-... · Posted by u/saubeidl

nonamesleft · 2 months ago

G-klasse W465 is shorter than the equivalent medium sized sedan (E-klasse W214, and even shorter than my W212), and the hood is nowhere near as high as those overseas pickup trucks.

The monstrously large (5.8 meters) G63 6x6 is considerably rarer (i have never seen one in person).

patrickk · 2 months ago

> The monstrously large (5.8 meters) G63 6x6 is considerably rarer (i have never seen one in person).

Those kinds of exotic variants are for the Dubais of the world, for rich Arabs to power up and down sand dunes, not for the Autobahn and narrow medieval streets. I’ve only seen it at a motorshow.

patrickk commented on Meta Segment Anything Model 3 ai.meta.com/sam3/... · Posted by u/lukeinator42

visioninmyblood · 3 months ago

Not of fan of the company for the social media but have to appreciate all the open sourcing. none of the other top labs release thier models like meta.

patrickk · 3 months ago

They're not doing it out of the goodness of their heart, they're deploying a classic strategy known as "Commoditize Your Complement"[1], to ward off threats from OpenAI and Anthropic. It's only a happy accident that the little guy benefits in this instance.

Facebook is a deeply scummy company[2] and their stranglehold on online advertising spend (along with Google) allows them to pour enormous funds into side bets like this.

[1] https://gwern.net/complement

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Careless_People

patrickk commented on Ask HN: What's the best hackable smart TV? · Posted by u/xrd

FloatArtifact · 4 months ago

In theory, this seems great, but you won't be able to use the majority of streaming applications nor get the same quality out of those applications. Like Netflix, they purposely downgrade the streaming quality on desktop.

patrickk · 4 months ago

The NVIDIA shield doesn’t suffer from those issues in my experience. It’s far superior when browsing menus for example versus on a smart tv as the hardware is still decent even for a relatively old product. I just hope NVIDIA continues to support it for a while more.