How to Set Up Dim Motion Lighting at Night in Home Assistant
Use a motion sensor, overnight time condition and dimmable light to build a hallway routine and test when it turns on and off.
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How to Tell Whether Your PC Needs Better Airflow or a Better CPU Cooler
Diagnose PC heat and noise with repeatable CPU and GPU tests, then compare intake, exhaust, cooler and radiator changes.
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How to Troubleshoot Slow Cable Internet Before Replacing Your Modem
Slow cable internet? Use wired tests, compare servers, check coax and modem signal levels, and collect evidence for your ISP before buying a replacement.
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What to Do When Your Unraid Server Hardware Fails
Recover an Unraid server after a hardware failure. Verify disk serial numbers, preserve parity and pool assignments, and recover a failed boot device safely.
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What to Do When Your Hard Drive Warranty Replacement Is Out of Stock
If your warranty replacement is out of stock, ask support for a ship estimate and an equivalent drive they can send now. Then decide how long your storage can safely wait. If a failed disk has left your NAS with reduced redundancy, check that your backups are usable and make a plan to replace the disk while the warranty claim is open. Ask what support can ship and when Have your claim number, drive model and capacity, serial number, and tracking handy. If you’ve already sent the drive, confirm support has logged it as received. Then ask these three questions:
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Ask the Podcast Coach: After Further Review | Testing Channels, Asking Better Questions, and Rethinking Price
I revisit three takes from Ask the Podcast Coach 599: testing social channels, asking actionable survey questions, and deciding when to change your prices.
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