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 4 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

Prediction Didn’t hold up
Evans: There are even odds Windows Phone disappears within a year
“It's, that, that, I would be, I think there's even odds that that product won't exist in a year.”
Benedict Evans Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:11 a16z Podcast | The Year Mobile Began to Truly Dominate Tech
Assertion Contradicted
Price-Wright: Microsoft contracted over a third of Georgia's electricians last year
“When Microsoft was building their new data center in Georgia last year, at one point, they had on staff at Microsoft, or on contract, more than a third of the electricians in the state of Georgia.”
Erin Price-Wright Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 46:27 America's Energy Problem: We Need A New Grid
Assertion Contradicted
Sinofsky: Microsoft shut down Hotmail in China over server access demands
“Like, we had to shut down Hotmail for forever because, like, we wouldn't let them see the data center servers, which weren't even in China, and all sorts of complexities.”
Steven Sinofsky Jun 18, 2025 ▶ 36:52 Former Microsoft Executive on Apple’s Hidden China Problem
Assertion Contradicted
Sinofsky: Microsoft spent $30B to $40B developing Bing
“People forget that Microsoft poured, I don't know, 30, forty billion dollars into Bing.”
Steven Sinofsky Feb 6, 2025 ▶ 20:57 What DeepSeek Means For The Future Of AI | Tech Veterans Weigh In
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