The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 3 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Contradicted
Jonnala: Flash memory fails more frequently than traditional spinning hard disks
“Flash actually fails. More than a disk. Disk has been around for 50 years. Flash actually fails quite a lot.”
Ramana Jonnala Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:38 a16z Podcast | Mobile Invades the Data Center
Prediction Partly held up
Yoram Novak: Commodity flash storage and software will replace disk drives
“Flash is definitely going to take over. Again, power cooling and especially performance of flash, even if reliability is not there. And software is going to bridge the gap and basically provide the performance that you need with the reliability that you need a…”
Yoram Novak Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:00 a16z Podcast | The Consumerization of IT
Prediction Held up
Ben Uretsky: Flash will replace spinning disks for primary storage
“Well, flash. I think that's a no-brainer.”
Ben Uretsky Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:12 a16z Podcast | An Open Source Business Model That Works
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