We only have models, not knowledge
We know that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius, right? Or not ; on mount Everest the water boils at around 70 degrees Celsius, so you can't even boil an egg. Ok, we have a more complex model that lin...
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Unequal inflation
It's common knowledge that if you print more money, you will produce inflation. However, things are more complex than that. You can have both inflation and deflation in the same time. More often, we h...
3. Data Consistency and the "Theory of relativity"
moved to https://software.mihvoi.ro/2026/04/3-data-consistency-and-theory-of.html"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"If a system has an inconsistency bu...
Religions are (Software) Operating Systems
It is hard to live without a religion. Each religion comes with its set of APIs, for blessing and cursing, for forking a process child and for being sure a dying process doesn't become a zombie. Relig...
2. Flow consistency - read-your-writes consistency
moved to https://software.mihvoi.ro/2026/04/2-flow-consistency-read-your-writes.html2. Consistency, Availability and low Latency in Distributed system (workarounding the CAP/PACELC theorems)Introduct...
Devil's offer
Imagine that humanity is offered the following deal:All living humans will enjoy 100 more years of healthy and happy life, finished by a peaceful death in sleep. Immediately after signing the deal, hu...
Morality and killing
Killing is morally wrong universally, for most people adhering to a moral system, right? What about killing an aggressor that tries to kills hundreds of people in your community?Suddenly that killing...
The Capitalism theory
We have many anecdotal evidences that economical capitalism creates more welfare than economical communism. However, we lack a clear model to explain what is necessary for the capitalism to work and w...
Evil as striving for a local maximum
Let's observe first that we tend to attribute evil when there is a sufficient capacity of understanding the consequences of one's actions. A small child that produces a tragical accident is not consid...
1. Cache and Data Consistency in Distributed systems (CAP/PACELC/CRDT)
moved to: https://software.mihvoi.ro/2026/04/1-cache-and-data-consistency-in.htmlAbstract There is always a tension between data Consistency and system Availability when Partitioning a system across d...