Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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PHP eval equivalent to include
The PHP include statement includes and evaluates a specific file, not what if we want to modify that file first before including, i.e. a version template file. Well this can be done with PHP eval. I file is included as follows; Using eval, we can achieve the same as above as follows;
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MSI X79-GD65 (8D) and Intel i7 3820 Nightmare and SOIC BIOS replacement
After many countless hours and out-of-pocked expenses I thought I would share the experience of MSI’s X79-GD65 (8D) motherboard and the Intel i7 3820 CPU. The MSI X7-GD65 (8D) was purchased from PC Case Gear for $299, the Intel i7 3820 for the same price. Once it was all hooked up I got the following…
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How do Chinese/Hong Kong sellers make money on eBay with 99c free shipping items?
Over the years I have purchased a large number of items from eBay, many from China and Hong Kong, I also act as a seller on eBay. I started wondering how sellers could make an income from items being sold for 99 cents with free shipping. After reading forums and researching, I thought it would…
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Australian Securities Exchange – Shares with highest dividend yields
I was interested in getting a list of Australian shares which pay the highest dividend yields, that is the highest dividend over share price. Google Finance already displays the dividend yield value so it was only a matter of collecting all the data and displaying it in a neat table. While I was collecting the…
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VBA/VBS check if printer is installed
Here is a quick code snippet to determine if a printer is installed on a Microsoft Windows system;
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To trust or not to trust – the benefits of a discretionary (family) trust – final comparison
I have discussed the benefits of a discretionary trust aka family trust for minimising capital gains tax (CGT). I have also discussed the benefits of a discretionary trust from minimising taxable income. For this last part I am going to compare a discretionary trust against a direct 50-50 split over an average person’s lifespan. Again…
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ComputerSphere – restoring the original knobs and dials
The two large knobs were the reason the project stalled for so long, I initially planned to use the knobs to control the LCD TV, interfacing the knobs to the digital up/down buttons. The idea was, since the knobs are rotary, I needed some way to convert the clockwise and anticlockwise directional rotation to two…
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Replace the hinges and LCD screen on an ASUS F3J laptop
Today I will be walking you through a laptop hinge replacement on an ASUS F3J laptop. As usual I purchased the replacement hinges from eBay for $11 including shipping to Australia. You can only buy a pair of left and right hinges, so you can choose to replace both. I also purchased a pair of…
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Correspondence with Property Manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA – Property Inspection
It has been a while since posted about my rental property and management by Property Manager LJ Hooker Belmont WA, mainly because I became complacent with the service which seemed to work. Recently I received my quarterly routine inspection report which I thought was worthy of sharing. “the home was presented in an average condition…
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