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You could also solve it by getting rid of the boxes of stuff you clearly don't need (if you needed it, it wouldn't still be in a box). The best way to solve a problem is to make the problem go away.
> if you needed it, it wouldn't still be in a box

I like to keep a lot of things in storage, and sometimes go through my boxes and “rediscover” things I haven’t used in a while.

Sure I have a lot of things I never use also. Some things I could sell, and some things I could give away, and some things I could throw away.

But just because a lot of things are in boxes, doesn’t mean that I might as well get rid of all of it for that reason alone.

Step one: burn down half the house. If the beeping stops, the device was in the first half. If not, burn down the other half of the house.
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