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Optimal_Whereas t1_iyceovg wrote

Yep. Just like all of those beautiful fish photos you took while on holiday but never look at again...

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davidml1023 t1_iycfdep wrote

Probably. But it's for the 1% that we need right then that makes it worth it.

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Chola_Bhatora t1_iycgjcu wrote

Source: You just made it the fuck up. Why 99%: For dramatic effect

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SolusCaeles t1_iycgrlq wrote

If all recorded data was kept on Reddit, they'll get reposted by karma bots and then there'll be people linking back to it

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Ok_Elk_4333 t1_iych2oi wrote

Do you have recorded data of the amount of data that gets recorded

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chiggenNuggs t1_iycmq3k wrote

Maybe not the specific entry, but it probably gets aggregated and used for summarization and analysis quite a lot.

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Demilio55 t1_iycn3t5 wrote

There’s a pretty high percentage of videos on my phone that I’ll never watch fully again.

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hulagway t1_iycnrfi wrote

Photo is data. Facebook posts. Notes. Reminders. Videos. Reports.

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rulloa t1_iyd98a8 wrote

It's better to have it and not need it than the other way around

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universalrifle t1_iydcok9 wrote

That is pretty presumptuous. I have been known to check all the information at the end of each year

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ShinyHappyMeeples t1_iyddzdj wrote

Maybe. It's easier for data to be digitized now and to get some basic analysis of it. On Mint it can tell you all sorts of trends based on your spending and such, so while you may not need to hold on to individual receipts for anything else other than returns, it does give information that you might still look up as part of a larger data set weeks, months, years down the road. Same thing with wellness assessments and medical records or anything else that gets tracked.

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Sparktoaflame80 t1_iydjjvd wrote

I bet if you threw it out, the next day you would need something 🤣🤣

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threat024 t1_iydmujj wrote

Replying to Optimal_Whereas (#800,281)

Funny because I read this as I was looking through a bunch of old photos I took while on vacation. Only time I look through them is when looking for pictures to delete to free up more space to take more pictures that I'll never look at again lol.

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Jacobgame2 t1_iydnmxw wrote

That's why I accidentally delete our production database occasionally. Overtime we save like 20gb of storage

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QuantumKraken t1_iydr1jt wrote

For me, maybe 40%?
It gets looked at again when I delete it.
And if something goes wrong at work, with a project, etc...
Well, excel will look at years worth of data to prove a point for me.

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gatorbeetle t1_iydrf3p wrote

Yeah, but that piece of data we DONT keep or record is going to be needed 100% of the time.

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teflong t1_iydv9pv wrote

Data architect here. Now that storage is cheap, is probably way, way, way higher than 99%.

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tubbana t1_iydyrqh wrote

And how the hell did the first people even figure to push their penises to vaginas without any access to porn

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Itdidnt_trickle_down t1_iye1n7y wrote

Its probably less than 99 which looks great by the way but it is a high amount. I just pulled that vague amount out my ass which is why it smells a little bit like OP's thought.

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Apo51209 t1_iye2ei2 wrote

the remaining 1% of that still hasn't been pulled outta your ass

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Yunofascar t1_iye3qmd wrote

Every time in a crime drama they unearth the files of some dusty case from 20 years ago, ignoring all the surrounding files which are probably never touched, and they find the final clue for the case they need: That's why we do it, basically.

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Copacetic9two t1_iye6q4k wrote

True, but that 1% of the time we need to reference them is the reason we keep records. Like the old saying, ‘I’d rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.’

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bigedthebad t1_iye6vyi wrote

For years, my wife kept every credit card receipt. Buy a pack of gum, keep the receipt.

I finally convinced her to stop doing that for anything but major purchases and not only have we saved a forest of trees, we have never once in the 10 years since we stopped needed them.

Examine every piece of paper you want to keep and make a serious decision about its future use.

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BriannaBromell t1_iye6xw0 wrote

Totally agree. The only reason I take photos, but also a massive driver for my taking photos, is that on the off chance I lose my memory a late life I would like to have something to look through

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dazcar t1_iye9mls wrote

Replying to Eggsaladprincess (#820,326)

Obviously when the net gain outweighs the net cost. That is like the definition of worthwhile.

My point is often in my experience data I'd collected at significant human cost, not just fiscal, often with little to no gain.

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reptilian123 t1_iyean0a wrote

That's absolutely not true. Maybe no human is looking at them, but this is essentially the way you create an AI, you feed it all the data so it can learn to predict outcomes or search for patterns. So yeah you are totally wrong about that.

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RonSwansonsOldMan t1_iyec54g wrote

100% of concerts filmed, thereby ruining the concert experience, are never viewed again.

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ExperienceKindly6817 t1_iyecas8 wrote

How do you know? The NSA regularly checks your family pics for you.

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ObsoleteReference t1_iyefgo2 wrote

of the 1% left, .9% is 'used' to audit that we are keeping enough data.

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thatswhat5hesa1d t1_iyeg50p wrote

I’d wager that the inverse closer to true. The data only needs to inform one statistic or new data point to have been ‘looked at again’ and this happens as a result of recording in the first place.

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PrivatePapayas t1_iyegcxm wrote

Idk I work in R&D and I constantly am looking at my old experiments. Mainly bc executives ask me to do things I’ve already done and then I have proof

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theservman t1_iyehwxu wrote

As someone who is (mostly manually) migrating from one Document Management System to another, I am eminently aware of this.

Yet, I still have to ensure that the data from the 1970s to now is recorded with complete fidelity.

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Hey_Hey43 t1_iyejz43 wrote

This is kinda back to the age old question; would you rather have all your family photos deleted or secured and safe but you can never look at them again. Most would choose the second even though it doesn't matter if you can't see them anyway. It's the feeling that you still have it thats nice

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FenrisL0k1 t1_iyelt5a wrote

But when it is looked at, it's for a damn good reason, and you'll be very glad you had those records (assuming you're innocent).

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Enorats t1_iyentyx wrote

Replying to chiggenNuggs (#802,262)

Indeed. Our truck drivers write down everything they do in their log. How many miles, how much weight, how many minutes.. all of it.

At the end of every day I have to aggregate all of it into a daily summary, which then gets aggregated into a monthly summary. That data is then used in conjunction with our fuel usage data in order to get a refund for a percentage of the money spent on fuel. Fuel prices contain a lot of taxes, many of which are only applicable for on road usage. Since our trucks spend a lot of time running while not on the road (warming up, unloading, loading.. etc) we're able to get some of that money back.

You also occasionally get a driver that comes in complaining that he's being given far more work than everyone else, and we can use that data to quickly see how much each person is accomplishing and in how much time, and determine if there is any truth to the matter.

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boosnie t1_iyeoiym wrote

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lightknight7777 t1_iyeoyez wrote

You think we revisit 1% of all that data? I doubt even that much. Excellent shower thought.

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I_AM_NOT_MAD t1_iyeqbc1 wrote

Do you even know the amount of data and records that never even get looked at to begin with? So many random log files generated by devices and programs that are either deleted, or just kept there forever. Never once looked at.

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NeedScienceProof t1_iyer8ov wrote

Just wait until the IRS has access to all your financial records when the CDBC (Central Bank Digital Currency) is implemented as cash money is outlawed and they get to track each and every financial transaction you ever make - down to the penny. I'm sure they will be doing double duty in your lives like you have no idea.

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