darklamer

I currently am and I have been hosting my own mail for the past several decades, so I can tell you from experience that it still is very much possible, but it has become significantly more complex than it used to be, not recommended for anyone who doesn't have a particular interest in mail.

Eh, I know US-bashing is really popular here, but it has to be at least a little bit believable to be funny.

What school has metal detectors and xray machines?!?

That's a misunderstanding on your part.

to more obscure and risky providers who don't care about the law instead

There's no need to go that far, there will still be plenty of well-known and trustworthy providers who care about the law but simply operate outside of UK jurisdiction.

Debian, of course.

I've had Linux on my work desktop for the past twenty years.

You had me scared there for a moment, but the Syncthing people are dependable and support hasn't been dropped, it's just the prebuilt binaries that no longer will be provided.

It's kind of sweet that they write that you need at least RAM 1500 to get these ads in your truck, so that the solution simply is to install less RAM in your truck if you don't want the ads. (I've never owned a truck so I don't know how much RAM is normal, but 1500 sure sounds like a lot.)

Or does it need to be intended for 7-10 year olds.

I don't know if there's actually any publishing industry or library defintion of the word, but as I know it, it clearly indicates a book intended for children who are still learning to read.

what the fuck is a “chapter book”?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_book

It's a kind of book for children who are learning to read, which unlike a picture book (or, to some extent, a comic book) consists primarily of text that the reader must read in order to get the story.