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Mika

@mtl1979

Freelance journalist, software designer

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Mika
@mtl1979 Aug 13, 2023, 11:14 PM UTC

How to use MyHeritage Family Tree Builder without subscribing...

In recent update of MyHeritage's backend software, they blocked non-Premium/PremiumPlus accounts from syncing with the online tree. As side-effect, this resulted in corrupted data being received if u…

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Mika
@mtl1979 Aug 10, 2023, 4:10 PM UTC

PayPal launches its own stablecoin PYUSD... Is it safe or not?

As security professional I'm going to focus on the security part of the stable coin. PayPal USD (PYUSD) is partially ERC20 conforming token on Ethereum mainnet implemented as upgradeable contract. Th…

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Mika
@mtl1979 Jul 12, 2023, 11:59 AM UTC

Design limitations of responsive websites

For last 3 months I have been fixing a website that looked fine with one resolution, but rendered incorrectly using slightly different resolution. These are the observations I noticed when fixing the…

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Mika
@mtl1979 Feb 18, 2023, 4:30 AM UTC

April 1st, 2023 marks end of mainstream support of Ubuntu 18.04

There is still some virtual private servers that rely on gcc 6.x series and Ubuntu 18.04 as gcc 7.x series is known to cause issues when running inside qemu based virtual machine on some Intel Xeon p…

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Mika
@mtl1979 Aug 31, 2022, 11:23 AM UTC

Understanding the Ethereum London Revised scam...

The London Revised scam involving Ethereum and Polygon smart contracts claims that due to adopting revised version of the notorious EIP-1559, the platforms will reject all ERC-20 transfers if the sma…

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Mika
@mtl1979 Aug 30, 2022, 12:51 AM UTC

How to use PancakeSwap for creating trading pair, swapping, buying and selling tokens - Part 2

If you haven't read part 1 of this tutorial yet, you should read it first. ## Swapping between two tokens There is two ways of swapping tokens, using an already created liquidity pool or multi-hop sw…

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Mika
@mtl1979 Aug 26, 2022, 6:44 PM UTC

How to use PancakeSwap for creating trading pair, swapping, buying and selling tokens - Part 1

Trading tokens in decentralized exchange is quite different from trading coins or tokens in centralized exchanges. In this tutorial I will cover different parts of trading starting from creating the…

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Mika
@mtl1979 Aug 8, 2022, 8:22 AM UTC

How to combat abuse of token bridges...

There is several ways to combat abuse of token bridges that convert between a coin and a wrapped token, or between two tokens. 1. Make sure the destination address is not the NULL address or address…

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Mika
@mtl1979 Jul 25, 2022, 3:52 PM UTC

Finnish food and drink company recalls potato chips due to potential overdose...

Finnish food and drink company Paulig recalls batch of tortilla chips due to potential risk of overdose of atropine and scopolamine when eaten in excess amount... Both atropine and scopolamine are na…

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Mika
@mtl1979 Jul 24, 2022, 9:36 AM UTC

Why it is bad idea to let Ubuntu upgrade Python to 3.10...

Usually it's recommended to let Linux install all the updates, but in case of Ubuntu, sometimes it is better to not install every update. Python 3.10 is not backwards compatible with versions 3.8 and…

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