SpaceX is increasing the price of Starlink Standby Mode to $10/month (from $5/month). Standby Mode allows users to "pause" their service for a reduced fee while maintaining a, low-speed, 500 Kbps connection for essential, low-bandwidth tasks. SpaceX: "Strong demand for Starlink reflects the value customers continue to see in the service. This adjustment supports ongoing improvements and investment in affordable, high-performance products and services as global operating costs continue to rise."

Best conditions for your deepest sleep tonight: - Room at 65 to 67 degrees Fahrenheit - Complete darkness including all standby lights - Phone in another room, not on silent next to the bed - 300mg magnesium glycinate taken now - No food in the last three hours - Three slow nasal breaths before closing your eyes - Consider sleeping on your side for better glymphatic brain clearance Monday is built right now. Not tomorrow morning.

New blog on building a disaster recovery strategy for Kafka: We cover: 1️⃣ How to approach Active/Standby disaster recovery for OCI Streaming with Apache Kafka 2️⃣ What components are involved 3️⃣ How MirrorMaker 2 handles consumer offsets 4️⃣ What operational decisions to make before calling the design production-ready

When an LLM engine crashes, a cold restart can mean minutes of lost capacity. Shadow engine recovery, a new preview feature in NVIDIA Dynamo, keeps a standby engine warmed up and ready to take over. In our GLM-5.2 test, it restored capacity in 7.3 seconds, nearly 39x faster than a cold restart. Read all about it:

I am VERY impressed with @Tesla’s Low Power Mode. I parked my Model 3 for a week, unplugged at 80%. When I got back, it had only lost 2%. Low Power Mode automatically disables: • Sentry Mode • Summon Standby • Cabin Overheat Protection • Scheduled Preconditioning • Keep Climate On / Camp Mode • Keep Accessory Power On • Remote seat & steering wheel heating • Max Defrost • Outlets It would be nice to have a reminder after entering the vehicle asking if you want to disable Low Power Mode. That way you don’t risk not having Sentry Mode (I forgot to disable it lol).

If you recently signed up for a @Starlink Residential Max plan check your inbox. This is an incredible deal, essentially a free Starlink Mini and 50% off service. Even if you just pick one up to have and keep it on standby, I guarantee you’ll find a use for it at some point.