I would think that a plastic bag of rice is anything but porous.
IME storing beans in a foil bag that I open and re-open every day accelerates oxidation even though I roll the top to expel all air. I suppose this is less noticeable if the bag runs out very quickly.
Ah, there is another idea for an entrepreneur. Sealing the bottom between uses. I haven't tested this, but instinctively I think not much air will push its way up compared to the air sucked in from the top as beans drop.
I have been doing this and it made things worse because I had to open the bag to get more beans out more often. Expelling the air every time should help though. The best method I've seen is vacuum packing single doses of beans but that's a lot of work.
That's the principle I had in mind. Applying that to the hopper is the poor man's version and there is no need for further interaction with the beans until you have to refill the hopper. When you open your canister fresh air gets in but I suppose pushing it out seconds later minimises exposure to oxygen. Using a bag and rolling the top before you seal it should achieve the same thing at zero additional cost.
That assumes that a gasket would create a vacuum in the hopper over time. I think fresh air will find a way in anyway. Filling that space with a balloon or a bag is simpler. I will be surprised if this hasn't been done already by a grinder or accessories maker. There are plunger canisters already.
Evidenced report after report shows that poverty is rising fast in wealthy countries. In the UK, a G7 economy, people in full time employment doing a decent job (eg teachers) can't afford to buy a home or pay the rent and rely on food banks. Life expectancy is decreasing too. This is the first time this is happening after many decades. You would think that in a G7 economy these people would at least be able to survive, or even thrive. Instead, people have to make a choice between 'heating and eating', and young people are forced to live with their parents in their 30s.
There are many reports on children poverty too. This is not going to end well.
Frankly, the rising standards and choice narratives are not just misguided. They are insulting.
Apparently, the easy way is to install Grub Customizer, but I don’t like PPAs so I disabled the OS Prober instead. The partition is still there but at least I don't see the grub entry.
This did it. Previously /boot/grub/grub.cfg mentioned Windows on sda3 but now it doesn't. The partition is still there of course but at least I don't see the grub menu entry. Many thanks!
Well yes, but many users say it's better to start with a clean install. This gives me sleepless nights as we are slowly approaching the release to Debian 14 .
I wouldn’t suggest messing with a boot partition unless you are comfortable using a live boot disk to reinstall the bootloader if something goes wrong.
Repartitioning done but I still get the Windows option in the bootloader menu. It's not the default so not a problem but it's a little annoying.
I have changed the partitions and all seems to work but I still get the bootloader menu with the Windows option even though there is no Windows partition. Not a huge problem, but it is a little annoying I can't remove references to Windows without risking breaking my setup.
In the end, I went for something like this. I moved /home to the larger partition I created out of the Windows partitions and I will use the old, smaller /home as separate storage.
The problem now is how I can remove Windows from the bootloader. There is no Windows partition left anyway.
It will take some reading but this sounds like a good long-term solution. Perhaps LVM should be the default. And there should be a live USB GUI method that would make the process less scary and safer. Thanks.
ah, OK it's not just me then. I find the prospect of having to reinstall Debian on my main work machine every two years is scary. I'd rather have the messy partitioning for the rest of my life :)
I think that's a good plan. With a backup, moving step-by-step and some reading it's difficult to get it horribly wrong. If the new /home doesn't work while the old /home is unmounted, I will just have to backtrack. Minimising risk sounds like a project though.
I have been wondering about this. People recommend backing up /home and then reinstalling very casually, eg many recommend a new install when the new Debian stable is released every two years. My personal files and most of my user setup are stored in /home but wouldn't many customisations be stored in /? I have been tweaking things for nearly a year to get everything working. I wouldn't want to spend ages to reinstall applications (flatpaks and all) and re-create my working setup. People being so relaxed about nuking their setup tells me I may be missing something here.
I would think that a plastic bag of rice is anything but porous.
IME storing beans in a foil bag that I open and re-open every day accelerates oxidation even though I roll the top to expel all air. I suppose this is less noticeable if the bag runs out very quickly.
Ah, there is another idea for an entrepreneur. Sealing the bottom between uses. I haven't tested this, but instinctively I think not much air will push its way up compared to the air sucked in from the top as beans drop.
I have been doing this and it made things worse because I had to open the bag to get more beans out more often. Expelling the air every time should help though. The best method I've seen is vacuum packing single doses of beans but that's a lot of work.
That's the principle I had in mind. Applying that to the hopper is the poor man's version and there is no need for further interaction with the beans until you have to refill the hopper. When you open your canister fresh air gets in but I suppose pushing it out seconds later minimises exposure to oxygen. Using a bag and rolling the top before you seal it should achieve the same thing at zero additional cost.
That assumes that a gasket would create a vacuum in the hopper over time. I think fresh air will find a way in anyway. Filling that space with a balloon or a bag is simpler. I will be surprised if this hasn't been done already by a grinder or accessories maker. There are plunger canisters already.
There will always be exceptions, but what matters is systemic trends.
Evidenced report after report shows that poverty is rising fast in wealthy countries. In the UK, a G7 economy, people in full time employment doing a decent job (eg teachers) can't afford to buy a home or pay the rent and rely on food banks. Life expectancy is decreasing too. This is the first time this is happening after many decades. You would think that in a G7 economy these people would at least be able to survive, or even thrive. Instead, people have to make a choice between 'heating and eating', and young people are forced to live with their parents in their 30s.
There are many reports on children poverty too. This is not going to end well.
Frankly, the rising standards and choice narratives are not just misguided. They are insulting.
Apparently, the easy way is to install Grub Customizer, but I don’t like PPAs so I disabled the OS Prober instead. The partition is still there but at least I don't see the grub entry.
This did it. Previously
/boot/grub/grub.cfgmentioned Windows on sda3 but now it doesn't. The partition is still there of course but at least I don't see the grub menu entry. Many thanks!Well yes, but many users say it's better to start with a clean install. This gives me sleepless nights as we are slowly approaching the release to Debian 14 .
Repartitioning done but I still get the Windows option in the bootloader menu. It's not the default so not a problem but it's a little annoying.
I have changed the partitions and all seems to work but I still get the bootloader menu with the Windows option even though there is no Windows partition. Not a huge problem, but it is a little annoying I can't remove references to Windows without risking breaking my setup.
In the end, I went for something like this. I moved
/hometo the larger partition I created out of the Windows partitions and I will use the old, smaller/homeas separate storage.The problem now is how I can remove Windows from the bootloader. There is no Windows partition left anyway.
Amen. I took your advice and Ventoy really saved the day. Without it and its option 2 (grub2) no live USB booted.
How would you resize
/homeupwards with/boot/efistanding in the middle?Very reassuring. The Ship of Theseus approach has been working for me for decades.
It will take some reading but this sounds like a good long-term solution. Perhaps LVM should be the default. And there should be a live USB GUI method that would make the process less scary and safer. Thanks.
ah, OK it's not just me then. I find the prospect of having to reinstall Debian on my main work machine every two years is scary. I'd rather have the messy partitioning for the rest of my life :)
I think that's a good plan. With a backup, moving step-by-step and some reading it's difficult to get it horribly wrong. If the new
/homedoesn't work while the old/homeis unmounted, I will just have to backtrack. Minimising risk sounds like a project though.I have been wondering about this. People recommend backing up
/homeand then reinstalling very casually, eg many recommend a new install when the new Debian stable is released every two years. My personal files and most of my user setup are stored in/homebut wouldn't many customisations be stored in/? I have been tweaking things for nearly a year to get everything working. I wouldn't want to spend ages to reinstall applications (flatpaks and all) and re-create my working setup. People being so relaxed about nuking their setup tells me I may be missing something here.