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Octopus's Garden - The Beatles

DIRECTV 10 was carrying 13 transponders at 103cb. Switching them over to DIRECTV 15 should be relatively seamless. The hydrazine propellant is toxic (small amounts are present in cigarette smoke).

Windows users at various levels have already experienced some such patches. The ones (like the recent one) that prevent removing the patch until Microsoft deigns to provide a workaround are particularly devastating.

I'm going to have to agree with Lon and Tyler: ATSC 3.0, on its current trajectory with $60 TV adapters, is going to be a non-starter. The Zapperbox architecture strongly resembles an effort to resurrect the TiVo proprietary client-server model.

Consider what TCL brought to CES and compare that with what Sony announced (they promised future media briefings). Sony has its IP and extensive movie rights, and they seem to be printing money (relatively speaking) in the mirrorless camera business. Sony has what's left of the gaming console...

It appears that TCL has already won as it is. The question that remains is how the branding goes.

Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac

Microsoft released an emergency update (aka "out-of-band") to address major bugs that were introduced with the recent Patch Tuesday update. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-oob-windows-updates-to-fix-shutdown-cloud-pc-bugs/ Microsoft's stewardship on behalf of...

Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell

I've Never Been in Love Before - Frank Sinatra

You certainly buried the lede on that request.

Paper submission will probably always be an option. IIRC, it is the free federal self-e-filing that is under pressure to be eliminated. In any case, the PDF forms for online filing aren't yet available (assuming they become available to individual taxpayers).

Ultimately, the only thing I really miss is a good Income Tax application.

Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver

You would likely improve your chances of a response if you shared the nature of the Starlink account (i.e. residential, enterprise/business, roaming, etc.)