The Edinburgh Decentralization Index (EDI) is an index developed by the University of Edinburgh to measure the level of decentralization of cryptocurrencies. A very interesting project I've been following for a while. Great to finally see some metrics in the dashboard.

More info about the index: https://www.bbcode.org/edinburgh-decentralization-index.php

Dashboard showing data: http://blockchainlab.inf.ed.ac.uk/edi-dashboard/

Docs and more info: https://blockchain-technology-lab.github.io/consensus-decentralization/metrics/

Github code: https://github.com/Blockchain-Technology-Lab/consensus-decentralization

This dude is just incredible. That's all. Please watch this video, and then watch it again later.

After moving to linux main, WinSCP was no longer an option for an easy one-way-sync to backup my phone media.

I spent hours scanning google/stackoverflow/superuser for a better solution, but in the end I opted for a solution based on discussions with GPT-4.

LFTP

The solution was simple; lftp let's you mirror files with wildcard patterns. So this new script solved my problem perfectly:

#!/bin/bash

# FTP credentials
HOST='10.0.0.1'
USER=''
PASS=''
PORT=21

# Remote directory to start from
REMOTE_DIR='/'

# Local directory where you want to store files
LOCAL_DIR='/home/stig/Phonesync'

# Directories to exclude
EXCLUDE_DIRS=('android','Android','emulated','self','cache','_media','LOST.DIR','ANRSnap','Alarms','AzRecorderFree','Cardboard','Notifications','Podcasts','Ringtones','TTImages_cache','airdroid','caustic')

# File patterns to include
INCLUDE_PATTERNS=('*.jpg' '*.jpeg' '*.png' '*.mp4' '*.webm' '*.pdf' '*.txt')

# Build the exclusion arguments for each directory in the list
EXCLUDE_ARGS=()
for DIR in "${EXCLUDE_DIRS[@]}"; do
EXCLUDE_ARGS+=("--exclude-glob */${DIR}/*")
done

# Build the inclusion arguments for each pattern in the list
INCLUDE_ARGS=()
for PATTERN in "${INCLUDE_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
INCLUDE_ARGS+=("--include-glob ${PATTERN}")
done

# Start building the lftp command
LFTP_COMMAND="
set ftp:ssl-allow no;
set ftp:list-options -a;
set net:timeout 30;
set net:max-retries 2;
set net:reconnect-interval-base 5;
open ftp://$HOST:$PORT;
lcd $LOCAL_DIR;
cd $REMOTE_DIR;
mirror --verbose --use-pget-n=8 --parallel=8 --only-newer"

# Add the include and exclude arguments to the lftp command
for INCLUDE_ARG in "${INCLUDE_ARGS[@]}"; do
LFTP_COMMAND+=" $INCLUDE_ARG"
done

for EXCLUDE_ARG in "${EXCLUDE_ARGS[@]}"; do
LFTP_COMMAND+=" $EXCLUDE_ARG"
done

# Finalize and execute the lftp command
LFTP_COMMAND+=" . ; bye"

lftp -u $USER,$PASS -e "$LFTP_COMMAND"

echo "phonesync done"

Problem

Solution:

netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=no interface="WiFi"

Solution as sweet bat program:

@echo off
echo Option 1: Enable fix
echo Option 2: Disable fix
SET /P M=Choose an option:
IF %M%==1 GOTO ENABLE
IF %M%==2 GOTO DISABLE
:ENABLE
cls
SET /P input=Interface name (Typically "WiFi"):
netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=no interface="%INPUT%"
exit
:DISABLE
cls
SET /P input=Interface name (Typically "WiFi"):
netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=yes interface="%INPUT%"
exit

Source

Save this regcode as something.reg and run it. Then select the Windows Photo Viewer as your new default.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open]
"MuiVerb"="@photoviewer.dll,-3043"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\command]
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00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,\
5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,\
00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\open\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{FFE2A43C-56B9-4bf5-9A79-CC6D4285608A}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,\
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00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,\
25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f,\
00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,5c,00,50,00,68,00,\
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00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,\
5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,00,25,\
00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\photoviewer.dll\shell\print\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{60fd46de-f830-4894-a628-6fa81bc0190d}"