Keeping hardware running 24/7 cheaply is difficult. Expanding an existing setup is expensive. Consumer grade ISP's will block unexpected network protocols sometimes seemingly for no reason. Dynamic DNS isn't super robust, so several times I went on vacation and the DNS service would flake. Maybe it's better if you pay more for it, but I have no complaints about my VPS. It's nice to be able to just reliably reach my web stuff and not worry a cat bumped the power cable.
To add a little context, Standard Ebooks takes a subset of books from the Gutenberg Project and edits them into a more attractive, modernized standard. They add covers, fix typos and OCR mistakes. The same basic text, but with a slightly higher format quality.
In my limited experience, there are basically two flavors of Linux:
Latest software, everything's available but it breaks a lot.
Doesn't update frequently, might have to be cautious with third-party software but very stable.
As I've gotten busier, my preference for stable distros like Debian has grown.
I think there's also a lot of value in trying for due diligence the first time you install a distro. It's much simpler to take the time and do it correctly than to try and fix it afterwards. Sometimes it takes a few attempts to get everything set up correctly, but it's worth it long term.
I think there might be a kind of tragedy of the commons thinking there, as in "Somebody is going to take advantage of this naive person, it may as well be me."
For me, the top right corner has a bubble for "layers" shaped like two overlapping squares. In it there's a dropdown with a bubble marked "Places". It gives you a crosshair you can use to mark the business and add details like what kind or opening hours.
Property taxes, like basically every other cost to a rental property, just gets passed down to renters as well. It's not like landlords let taxes affect their profit margins.
I use FBReader everyday. When you say that it's netblocked, what do you mean? I've been able to use it in airplane mode with no issues. I'm using v3.7.6.
Keeping hardware running 24/7 cheaply is difficult. Expanding an existing setup is expensive. Consumer grade ISP's will block unexpected network protocols sometimes seemingly for no reason. Dynamic DNS isn't super robust, so several times I went on vacation and the DNS service would flake. Maybe it's better if you pay more for it, but I have no complaints about my VPS. It's nice to be able to just reliably reach my web stuff and not worry a cat bumped the power cable.