Why “Buy” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
I can buy the idea that AIs are making people a lot lazier intellectually, on average. But I do think that for the atypical user that is "information-hungry," AIs are a massive…
by keiferski · Sep 11, 2026
Are you sure about that? For the price of the top configuration here you can buy a 5-stack of 256GB Mac Studio M5 Ultras. This dual NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 setup has 192GB of VRAM a…
by swiftcoder · Sep 11, 2026
Samples, or sampling of each typewriter's idiosyncracies? This post https://foxfire.blog/explorations/the-typewriter-that-became... claims "specific machine"…
by netsharc · Sep 11, 2026
As mentioned: gaming, most of enterprise dev, graphics/gpu/cad, desktop, certain classes of embedded. Broadly speaking, outside of hacker/web/creative cultur…
by vouwfietsman · Sep 11, 2026
> they don't want cheap gas You don't strengthen an enemy (Russia) by buying their products. Defence is more important. > as well as shutting down reactors A German problem, not…
by johneth · Sep 11, 2026
I love Tidal. That said its UI is remarkably heavy for what it is. You also used to see what quality the songs were in without playing them, but they removed that. They added bp…
by svennidal · Sep 11, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "buy" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "buy" over time.
Buying may refer to purchasing of goods and services with money or via barter in a trade, thereby achieving acquisition or procurement of them. Read more on Wikipedia