Why “Cost” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
The cost of cloud Mac hardware is quite frankly ludicrous across the board. Namespace's minimum for an M6 is, what, $0.06/minute for 6 vCPU? And that's on the cheap end - S…
by solatic · Nov 3, 2026
Location: Andalucía, Spain (CET) Remote: Yes – remote only Willing to relocate: No (EU citizen – no visa or work permit needed for EU employers) Technologies: TypeScript, React,…
by theghost1980 · Nov 3, 2026
Location: Andalucía, Spain (CET) Remote: Yes – remote only Willing to relocate: No (EU citizen – no visa or work permit needed for EU employers) Technologies: TypeScript, React,…
by theghost1980 · Nov 3, 2026
I work on Dart. A fundamental choice you have to make with a new programming language is how compatible you want it to be with existing languages and their ecosystems. Hewing cl…
by munificent · Nov 3, 2026
> Generally speaking you should be able to do something like that in AGENTS I really wish that was true. All agents find some way to break the rules, and leave messages for thei…
by bushido · Nov 3, 2026
Maybe now we can fab a memristor for less than the cost of an entire used iPhone?
by 1970-01-01 · Nov 3, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "cost" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "cost" over time.
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