I'm doing the frying pan method, I go a few minutes after first crack. Still, these beans may be too lite for an espresso machine that's under $100. My personal pick is the ninja machine, I'm saving up for it.
About the grinder, you want to check reviews and various sites for what's a decent one. I like the encore I have (ESP) due to easy cleaning and ordering of replacement parts.
I used a spice grinder (blade) for a while, but made the switch and can't go back.
The encore is great for its price. You can also upgrade the standard to the esp burrs. However, it does take up space.
Side question, what's your roasting process?
On topic: As others have said. Investing in a proper grinder may be the next step instead of an espresso machine.
Playing them for hardware only is different from paying for hardware and then providing all your personal information 24/7 to them.
I'm trying Aurora on a Dell with Amd. I had the bitlocker issue coming from windows 11 that slowed the installation process. The os seems fine, I've used Mint and Ubuntu. I spent a good hour trying to get my flatpak apps to show up in the launcher, so that wasn't fun.
While I like the concept of keeping the os immutable and all apps running in a container, I'm not sure this is the best setup for me. I feel less in control which I have become used to under other distros.
Anyway, I'll stick with it a bit more and see how it goes. Battery life is good and everything else seems to be working.
You'll be fine, a lot of the shows need to grow, but I think Voyager and DS9 from the gate is pretty solid. However, I agree that DS9 is actually better the more you rewatch. I didn't care too just for it the first time, but on the second watch 💪
Voyager's got that family feel with the cast that you just enjoy being around.
TNG is best to start after season 1. Not saying season one is bad, but it might be harder to get into for a new comer.
Enterprise is good is you like your uniforms tight.
The original series is great to get a lot of the origin information. I guess it's hard for new comers, but I grew up with it, so has a special accepting place in my heart.
Deep Space 9 is my personal favorite for political sci-fi. However, there is the occasional whatever episode. This is best to watch is order all the way through.
I still think that lower decks and strange new worlds can not be fully enjoyed without some other older trek shown under your belt, but it's only a few episodes so you can finish them both quickly.
I abandoned Discovery after season 2 or 3 (I forget) I hear it got ok later on, but idk.
Picard, just watch season 3. I watched the others and then season 3 came out. I forgot about the others.
Cool. A album of all the movie themes could be nice. Greatest hits of start trek.... Star Trek the rainbow album... 🕳️
I wonder if the government still controls the weather?
Zootopia has a scene that shows this issue on microwave meals.
Encoding to AV1 is good to cooking CPUs.
I was sitting in my car the other day and was able to tilt my phone just right under the sunlight to see the two sensors under the screen. This is a pixel 7. I noticed that the finger print sensor was crooked while the top sensor was pretty straight. It got me thinking for all the people with issues against the finger print sensor, I wonder if theirs is more mis aligned, or maybe this is unrelated.
I check the photos on iFixit and the sensor looks straight there, but it's getting the back. Anyway, would be interesting if others could take a look at their sensor to see if this is a common thing.
Took a photo with my flashlight and modified it on Snapseed to make it easier to see. It is possible this is normal, but never know. 
Is it possible to remap the copilot key on the new computers back to the control key? I keep pressing it to skip words, but end up needing to use two hands now.
I'm on Aurora and while I got it mostly working now, I would not call it user friendly.