#hindsight — Public Fediverse posts

The Bastille: on the 14th of July 1789 the prison held 7 inmates:

• 4 forgers
• 2 mentally ill men,
• 1 count imprisoned at his family's request.

(Rather modern prison demographics)

And while the fortress no longer held military significance, the storming was perfectly strategic.

The British ambassador to France reported two days later: “…the greatest revolution that we know anything of has been effected with, comparatively speaking—if the magnitude of the event is considered—the loss of very few lives.

From this moment we may consider France as a free country, the King a very limited monarch, and the nobility as reduced to a level with the rest of the nation." — Francis Osborne

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille#Aftermath

#quotes #hindsight #symbolism #14jul

so. i just left facebook, including messenger.

best decision i've made for myself lately.

#socialmedia #facebook #messenger #hindsight

CF Premiere: Jëan Fixx – Pink Noise [INNFLEXIA]

Jëan Fixx, the musical alias of multidisciplinary artist Félix Fernández, has developed a language that moves across techno, electro, synth-wave, and EBM, shaping an identity where industrial textures and atmospheric depth coexist in constant tension. His trajectory spans labels such as iptamenosdiscos, Deep Different, Ruidodefondo, and Disctrl, alongside airplay across European and Latin American platforms. With INNFLEXIA, he extends his practice into a dedicated space for experimentation and the dissemination of contemporary electronic music.

With HINDSIGHT, his vision takes on a particularly focused form. Across 54 minutes, the album unfolds as an active reading of rave memory, deconstructing and reorganizing the codes that have shaped his trajectory. Techno, electro, EBM, electroclash, and synthpop emerge as layered elements within a narrative where the past remains dynamic—reactivated through a contemporary lens infused with psychedelic nuance and sustained emotional intensity.

The album’s structure feels like a process of accumulation. Acid textures, progressive arrangements, and a distinctive vocal approach create a space where the dancefloor becomes a site of introspection. Energy extends beyond physical drive, shifting toward a dimension where club experience gains symbolic weight. An implicit reflection emerges on rave culture as a space for identity formation, resistance, and emotional expansion.

Within this framework, “Pink Noise” introduces a particularly vivid shift. The track channels the hedonistic, nocturnal energy of early-2000s electroclash, articulated through sharp synth lines and an attitude that balances irony and seduction. References to artists like Tiga, DJ Hell, Miss Kittin, and The Hacker are filtered through a contemporary perspective, avoiding replication in favor of reinterpretation.

https://soundcloud.com/clubfuriess/cfp-jean-fixx-pink-noise-innflexia

Its texture is defined by precision. Synths cut cleanly through the mix, while the groove sustains a steady, instinctive movement. A playful quality runs through the track, unfolding with lightness while retaining depth. Vocals act as another point of friction, adding character and reinforcing a sense of electrified nocturnality.

In this balance between memory and renewal, “Pink Noise” captures one of the album’s most direct gestures. It functions as an entry point into its sonic universe, where form and intent align with clarity. The result lingers—a frequency that remains active even after the track fades.

HINDSIGHT ultimately settles as a reconstruction where the dancefloor becomes a living archive. Nostalgia is set in motion rather than preserved, reorganizing the past through the present and leaving space for further evolution within its own system.

Artist: Jëan Fixx
Label: INNFLEXIA
Title: Hindsight
Catalogue:

Release Date: June 22, 2026
Support & Buy: Bandcamp

Tracklist

Jëan Fixx

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INNFLEXIA

SoundCloud | Instagram | YouTube

Club Furies

Website | SoundCloud | Instagram | Threads | TikTok | Facebook | Bandcamp | Linktree

There's a new Hindsight release! New features in v2026.04 include:

- Parsing of Sessions_* and Tabs_* files (SNSS) into both the Timeline and a dedicated "Sessions" tab in the XLSX output

- Parsing of Platform Notifications (including when shown, clicked, and more!)

- More fields for URL Visit rows: Categories, Entities, Cluster, Window ID, Tab ID, and Response Code

More details: https://dfir.blog/hindsight-parses-sessions-and-notifications/
Release: https://github.com/RyanDFIR/hindsight/releases/tag/v2026.04

#DFIR #Hindsight #Chrome #BF4SA

what if you found out
Climate was cheating on you,
no shared future plans

 Dude. Shocked surprise don't fly here.
 We. Used. Her. She gwon ghost us.

#tanka #haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateDenial #ClimateCrisis #metaphor #cheating #infidelity #betrayal #ClimateBetrayal #TippingPoint #TippingPoints #ClimateTippingPoints #hindsight #AcceleratedHindsight #collapse #extinction

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what if you found out
Climate was cheating on you,
no shared future plans

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #climate #ClimateDenial #ClimateCrisis #metaphor #cheating #infidelity #betrayal #ClimateBetrayal #TippingPoint #TippingPoints #ClimateTippingPoints #hindsight #AcceleratedHindsight #collapse #extinction

Wow, breaking news: Politicians ignoring #experts leads to predictable #disaster. 🚀 Who could have seen this coming? 🤔 But, hey, at least we get to point fingers in #hindsight and play the blame game. 🎯
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/iran-war-intelligence-failure-trump/686694/ #politics #blamegame #accountability #HackerNews #ngated

@TheBreadmonkey
I love this! Watch it every day. Love the way he says: “No brain! No brain.” Love how all the current & ex drummers in the thread confirm the same. 😁
Reveals some of the strange ideas people have about brain… whereas, in reality… Brain is slow. Brain has no rhythm. Brain is actually pretty dumb except in hindsight. May be why we’re in the fix we’re in. ☹️

#drummers #brain #rhythm #slowBrain #hindsight

Regrets

Do I have a lot of regrets? Yes.

And they’re all stories that involve other people. Like, in hindsight I think: *facepalm* How did I think that was the right choice?!

For example:

Nearly 20 years ago, I rented a jack hammer to break up the concrete sidewalk right against one side of our house (not along a street, but between us and the neighbor.)

You should make jack hammer sounds here. Now make more. And yet more. For like an hour.

It was pretty flippin’ hot too, and eventually one of my neighbors— from across the street— diagonally across the street, someone who I knew by sight but hadn’t really talked to— a guy named Ron— appeared around my corner with a classic, red and white Igloo carry-cooler with a bunch of cold Budweiser in it.

I stopped long enough to exchange a few words.

But for some damn reason, I didn’t stop long. I didn’t dismiss his beer exactly (it isn’t a brand I’d choose)— but I didn’t drink one. I didn’t really even stop to talk. I certainly didn’t make him feel welcome. I said something like, “I need to finish this.”

And— no surprise— we never talked much— heck, I’m not sure we ever spoke after that.

He died years ago.

Just about every time I walk along the side of my house (there’s a paver-stone path there now) I regret not taking five. farking. minutes. to talk to a fellow human being, who went to the trouble to bring over cold beer on a hot day.

How did I think that was the right choice?!

ɕ

#Hindsight is usually more tragic than helpful.

Linda S. Godfrey, God Johnson The Unforgiven Diary of the Disciple of a Lesser God

#quote #quotes #irony

#Hindsight - never around when you need it!

Chris Crutchley

#quote #quotes #irony

"The road to the future can often be found in the missteps of the past!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

So, is there anything going on in the automotive industry right now?

What a wild industry!

Anyways, I spoke to this same event 14 years ago - and found an original interview. I pretty much nailed the predictions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB4nndpcOSg

Yet, there were many that were missed or a bit off.

Let's revisit! Here's a set of slides I used in my talk - looking back, looking at today, and looking forward.

The Politicization of the Drivetrain

Quite simply, electric vehicles became part of the culture wars.

The Linear March to Pure Electrification (BEV)

It was believed that one day, there would be ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles, and then there would be a world of all-EVs. It's not happening like that - hybrids are taking over as people simply weren't comfortable with full electric, for a variety of real (and not-so-real) reasons.

The Evolution of Autonomous Vehicles

Cars would drive themselves. Massive disruptive change! Didn't happen - it's hard to get to 99.9999% accuracy, which is pretty much what's required. I've got a Tesla with 'full self driving' - but am never really fully comfortable.

The Apple iCar Disruption

Everyone thought Apple was going to build a car, and it would be game-changing! It didn't happen.

Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) Replacing Ownership

People weren't going to buy cars because we were all going to be using car-sharing services. Nope.

Millennials Will “Kill" Car Culture

Not only that, but younger people weren't going to buy cars - because they were never into 'car culture.' Another nope - they got married, had kids, got cars!

The "Peak Car" Hypothesis

All of this meant that we were going to hit the top limit of sales.

Small Car Dominance (Urbanization)

And the car was going to keep becoming smaller. Um, LOL?

Low Interest Rate / Easy Credit Environment

Cars would continue to be inexpensive! Credit would be easy!

Western Hegemony in Auto Manufacturing

Western car companies would own the planet. Sorry, not happening. China does.

The Death of the Dealership (Agency Model)

Car dealers would die because we will buy all of our cars online. Some of this happened, but the dealers fought back!

The Powertrain & Energy Miscalculations

Diesel, baby! Oops! Fraud, baby!

Lessons? Sometimes the road to the future is found my examining the missteps of the past!

----

Futurist Jim Carroll's view of the future of the auto industry? Globally, all China, and US car companies become small niche players.

**#Predictions** **#Automotive** **#Future** **#Lessons** **#Missteps** **#Learning** **#Change** **#EVs** **#Industry** **#Disruption** **#History** **#Hindsight** **#Innovation** **#Transformation** **#Trends** **#Leadership** **#Strategy** **#Adaptation** **#Assumptions** **#Reality**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/02/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-automotive-trends-the-road-to-the-future-can-often-be-found-in-the-missteps-of-the-past/

What was behind door #3

I just finished watching a three-part documentary about daytime talk-shows in the 1990s here in the U.S. (Sally Jessy Raphael, Maury Povich, Jerry Springer, etc.)

Based on what these programs showed us we were becoming, it should have been easy to realize that Donald Trump was an inevitability.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go read and be depressed.

#Hindsight
#Society
#EverythingAwful

🚨BREAKING: Politician discovers actions have consequences! 🚨 In a thrilling plot twist, Merz unveils that dismantling Germany's nuclear plants might have been as clever as a chocolate teapot. 🌍💸 Anyone else smelling the sweet aroma of #hindsight roast? ☕️🔥
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/01/germanys-shut-down-of-nuclear-plants-a-huge-mistake-says-merz/ #breakingnews #roast #nuclearenergy #germany #politics #HackerNews #ngated

Germany's #Merz finally admits the obvious: ditching #nuclear was a #blunder of cosmic proportions 🚀🔌🔋. Who would've thought turning off reliable #energy might lead to, gasp, expensive chaos? 🙃💸 Guess #hindsight really is 2020, or in Germany's case, 2026.
https://clashreport.com/world/articles/germanys-merz-admits-nuclear-exit-was-strategic-mistake-fzdlkn37c16 #Germany #energy #crisis #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Ah, the audacity of grading decade-old wisdom with our fancy 2025 #hindsight, using an #AI that thinks it’s a psychic! 😂 Because clearly, nothing screams #productivity like roping ChatGPT into yet another existential crisis over Hacker News drivel from 2015. 🤦‍♂️
https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/auto-grade-hn/ #HackerNews #Humor #ExistentialCrisis #HackerNews #ngated

Auto-grading decade-old Hacker News discussions with hindsight

https://karpathy.bearblog.dev/auto-grade-hn/

#HackerNews #Auto-grading #HN #discussions #hindsight #grading #AI #analysis

After several days of rain, even the grass was starting to look green again. Pine cones lay scattered on the ground, where they had fallen. So much had changed. open.substack.com/pub/neilshoo... #Hindsight #serialnovel #seconddraft #dystopian #fiction #pandemic

The Rain — Hindsight, Chapter ...

👏 Oh, great! Another "genius" blog post reminding us that #outages shouldn't happen. Who knew?! 😲 But don't worry, everyone—Eduardo is here to save the day with cutting-edge #hindsight and a rehash of Captain Obvious's greatest hits! ✨🚀
https://ebellani.github.io/blog/2025/cloudflare-outage-should-not-have-happened-and-they-seem-to-be-missing-the-point-on-how-to-avoid-it-in-the-future/ #geniusblogging #CaptainObvious #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Oh look, another article where someone writes a thesis on how they *totally* could have caught a #backdoor using their favorite niche OS—because #hindsight is 20/20 and #NixOS is the new superhero cape. 🦸‍♂️🔍 Meanwhile, the rest of the world continues using xz obliviously, because who needs practical #solutions when you have #theoretical ones? 🙄
https://luj.fr/blog/how-nixos-could-have-detected-xz.html #Practicality #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated

if it takes an epic betrayal to initiate a re-org, you may have waited too long #hindsight

@roguefoam

If you ever travel back in time to 1992, find a kid name R.L. in his first semester of E.E. at UT Austin, and...

1. Kick his butt
2. Tell him he has really bad un-diagnosed ADHD and he needs to talk to a counselor right away
3. Help him study 🙏🥺

Conversely, find a dude named R.L. in 2013 and tell him,

1. You'll probably never actually go to seminary
2. The next decade is going to be a hell of a wild ride, and not in a good way
3. Literature is hella fun to study, but you really need to take E.E. or C.S. or anything that will get you a technical job you might actually enjoy

Man... so many things I could do with my life if only I had a time machine. :P

#hindsight

@randahl that is #hindsight .
Down here in Italy and in Deutscland many in 1945 all of the sudden had hindsight.
Duh!