Why “Cost” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Any externalized cost that you tolerate as regulator is already an indirect form of subsidy in my view. E.g. allowing a mining company to dump tailings in the next river is exac…
by myrmidon · Sep 4, 2026
We should mostly be using trains for long distance transport and electric trucks for last mile transport. Both are very feasible today. We can get much of the benefit with littl…
by bryanlarsen · Sep 4, 2026
> As a Pennsylvanian I think this is idiotic and I completely blame the press, who have breathlesslly amplified baseless negative claims. But have they disproportionately amplif…
by CharlesW · Sep 4, 2026
I wonder if Aluminium–air battery can be used for flying. They are not rechargeable, but with zero cost of energy during daytime, a supply chain can be built. The design battery…
by thelastgallon · Sep 4, 2026
I've bought new a Google Pixel 7a two years ago, paid for it 400 euros. After 1 year I've dropped it, landed on a corner, screen completely broken, replacement costed screen cos…
by alerighi · Sep 4, 2026
Microsoft got this right once, and it cost them big to turn up late - that was the Internet and Windows 95 and the massive u-turn. Otherwise, they've been defining stuff early a…
by PaulRobinson · Sep 4, 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