Why “Cotton” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
You also don't need to live in a fluffy cotton candy world where everyone pretends to be nice. A CEO needs to be able to directly tell people they're doing a bad job and give ou…
by colechristensen · Sep 7, 2026
East Germany emitted 10x West Germany’s SO2 per km2, USSR drained the Aral Sea for cotton quotas and Mao wrecked forests and harvests. central planning hid the costs but capital…
by alchemist1e9 · Sep 7, 2026
The concept of "athletic clothes" implies it is a synthetic material inherently. If you wanted a cotton athletic shirt, that's just a cotton shirt of which everyone has many. Th…
by eudamoniac · Sep 6, 2026
The cotton mill proved its value long time ago. The current AI tools didn't. And a similar build up failed just a few years ago (crypto).
by owebmaster · Sep 6, 2026
How is this any different to the invention of the cotton mill? You don't get to pick and choose what productive technologies to adopt. You either adopt them, or you'll be paying…
by Sabinus · Sep 5, 2026
This is fairly close to my own soldering journey. I'm coming at it with a technical software background and minimal hands-on hardware experience or training. I found a few thing…
by aprentic · Sep 5, 2026
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Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose and may contain minor percentages of waxes, fats, pectins, and water. Under natural conditions, cotton bolls facilitate the dispersal of the seeds. Read more on Wikipedia