You're watching Venus... Right?

less than 1m read

·Nov 3, 2024

Hey, it's me Destin. Welcome to Smarter Every Day.

So, if you are a Smarter Every Day subscriber, I know for an absolute fact that right now you are watching the Venus transit, or as I like to call it, the Venutian eclipse.

Anyway, so here's what I want to know. How are you watching it? Are you kind of weird, and you maybe, oh, I dunno, you have a Chinese food box balanced on a chair, and you're letting the sun shine through that aperture that you created with a kitchen knife in your Chinese food lid, and you're looking at it that way? Or are you doing something crazy elaborate with a telescope?

So, let's use this opportunity to learn about telescopes. I'm very, very, umm... I'm very, very interested in what you're doing, especially if you're on the other side of the world from me.

So let's, ah, get our video responses ready, and then I'm gonna post some stuff that I learned from the US Space and Rocket Centre. I just went up there.

And I want to see what you're doing. So when I post that video, please give me a response so I know what you're doing. That way we can figure out how we can use this information to study more about where we live, on Earth.

Anyway, I'm Destin. You're getting Smarter Every Day. Get those video responses ready. Thanks.

Taking Landscape Photos | National Geographic

The development of an American culture | AP US History | Khan Academy

View All

Top 3 Tips That Changed My Life Forever

[Music] When I was graduating college, my mother came to the graduation. She said, “I’ve got great news! I’m coming to the graduation, um, but, um, I also have some other news: no more checks.” I said, “What do you mean?” Because she’d been paying for co…

Ingrown Toenail Surgery- WARNING GROSS with Pain-O-Meter

Anyone who’s ever had an ingrown toenail knows it’s no joke. You’ll do anything. [Music] You ready? Yeah, okay. You can get a thermal appearance. You wanna do it? Happy thoughts. So how’s your project going? It worked! Oh well, I’m recording. I’m goi…

Yes, you need a password manager. Here’s why.

So Guemmy, you’re… Which I agree with. You’re telling us to have hard to break into passwords. But then the obvious question is how does a normal human being manage all of these passwords, that don’t have regular words in them? They can’t reuse the same p…

The 5 Musketeers Have an Impala Feast – Day 62 | Safari Live

This is the most mind-blowing wildlife experience you could ever hope to have. Hello, and look at that flat cat times two; they’re so flat they almost merge into one! We’re with the Five Musketeers here in the eastern sectors of the Maasai Mara Reserve in…

The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces - Tikhon Bernstam

Hey guys, today we have Tea Con Burn, a multi-time YC founder. So could you just start by explaining how you first found YC? Yeah, I actually found YC because I was on Reddit. I was in graduate school, which meant I had a lot of free time. And so I was, …

Self-Improvement Is Ruining Your Life

Are you depressed, in need of fulfillment? Do you feel like life is passing you by, like you’re watching all your friends move forward, climbing the ladder of success and accomplishing the huge things that you wish you could? We’ve all felt like this at …

You're watching Venus... Right?

More Articles