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Finally got around to mounting my rack and mostly getting my networking setup
I finally got around to getting all the equipment out of my attic and into my office for the most part. Some of the kit is 3d printed while the rest was ordered on Amazon.com. The Dell PC is my Proxmox host for HAOS. The…
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I think I’m done… nearly.
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I stopped using motion sensors after my smart home learned to read my PC's state
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