Ask HN: Endgame for the World's Data?

2 points321yawaworht6y ago1 comments

Every day we have enormous amounts of new data being created. What's the endgame? Just keep collecting and store until the end of time?

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99.99% of it should eventually succumb to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_degradation and other accidents.

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2 points321yawaworht6y ago1 comments

Every day we have enormous amounts of new data being created. What's the endgame? Just keep collecting and store until the end of time?

99.99% of it should eventually succumb to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_degradation and other accidents.

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