The vapors are slightly heavier than air and may explode if ignited. Methanol is toxic, and may cause blindness. Gun-type fission weapons are fission-based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the 'gun' method: shooting one piece of sub-critical material into another. This is especially true for crypto, now being rattled by a Lehman Brothers moment that could very well undermine confidence - and therefore growth potential - for years. 17 hours ago &0183 &32 In late 2019, Betelgeuse dimmed by a large amount in brightness, having fallen to a low of about one-third of its normal brightness from early 2019 to early 2020. Methanol, CH 3-OH, is a colorless, fairly volatile liquid with a faintly sweet pungent odor, similar, but somewhat milder and sweeter than ethanol. The Webvans will collapse, the Amazons endure. But there will likely be a full-scale retrenchment that lasts years, a long grind as the market adjusts, investors hunt for promising areas outside of the tech space, and within it, companies rebuild on a more sustainable base. What we’re living through today feels like the early 2000s during the Internet bubble crash -and I expect a similar outcome. But, taken together, they speak to a massive sea change that’s going to keep sweeping through the investment world as an era of easy-money-fueled speculative excess yields to a more hard-headed time driven by results and long-term prospects.įor all the novelty of now, we’ve been here before. Instead of colliding two sub-critical pieces of nuclear fuel, modern weapons detonate chemical explosives around a sub-critical sphere (or pit) of uranium-235 or plutonium-239 metal. The spectacular collapse of the crypto brokerage FTX, the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s early days owning Twitter, and the continued pressure on once high-flying growth-stock valuations from rising interest rates aren’t very similar on the surface. Critical mass depends on the density of the material: as the density in creases, the critical mass de creases. And while the most speculative firms will fare the worst, the technology space as a whole will suffer the long-term effects. The technology sector has lost the most in the shuffle, particularly web3 companies in the crypto world. The end of easy money has ushered in a vast re-think of how people invest.
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