Why “Cost” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
>But it is completely false to say that Amazon is generally able to pass on the cost of all its returns to manufacturers, that this makes returns zero-cost for Amazon, The vendo…
by jasode · Oct 16, 2026
I run a (web and native) app that integrates with Apple calendar and the like with per-user feed configuration. Due to the way Apple polls my servers, I am essentially hit with…
by CSSer · Oct 16, 2026
My experience has been that the "cost per task" estimate wildly underestimates the cost of top models on most real work, because the tasks (as I understand it) tend to be isolat…
by bscphil · Oct 16, 2026
The chargeback model does not operate the way you are describing. Yes, major retailers have various agreements with manufacturers. Sometimes it's return-to-vendor, because the m…
by crazygringo · Oct 16, 2026
> And as we're seeing, even the best democratic tradition doesn't stand a chance against economic misfortune. This fact is why I think regardless of governing ideology, it's in…
by BoxOfRain · Oct 16, 2026
This is very cool, I can see a big use case on this for streaming analytics and anomaly detection. So if I get this right, you get: - Amortized O(1) work per window update - O(1…
by armcat · Oct 16, 2026
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Cost is the value of money that has been used up to produce something or deliver a service, and hence is not available for use anymore. In business, the cost may be one of acquisition, in which case the amount of money expended to acquire it is counted as cost. In this case, money is the input that is gone in order to acquire the thing. This acquisition cost may be the sum of the cost of production as incurred by the original producer, and further costs of transaction as incurred by the acquirer over and above the price paid to the producer. Usually, the price also includes a mark-up for profit over the cost of production. Read more on Wikipedia