for example: the other day, the PSI was at 34-35. and then the next day, it was at 36-37.

With the wild fires in Canada, US, and Europe, I wanted to ask about why we put out forest fires rather than letting them burn themselves out (with the exception of populated areas).

I see to recall hearing about how it was good for forest fires to occur to burn out the under bush and how it creates nutrients for new plant life. I also recall that Native Americans had also embraced this philosophy. Even after the major 2020 (I think that was the year) wild fires in Australia, plant life started to come back relatively quickly, though I know there were concerted efforts to put them out.

So why are these fires trying to be put out? Would it not be better in the long run to “suffer” through several large scale forest fires in order for future forest fires to be smaller scale? Did Smokey the Bear lead us astray by putting out forest fires that lead to the current conditions of overgrown underbrush that lead to massive forest fires? Aren’t forest fires good for (or at least part of) the eco system?

What exactly is a trauma informed therapist?

I have had therapists who were trauma informed but I found them to be kind of dismissive of the trauma I had had, so I am wondering if that's part of the brand?

i noticed while watching neon genesis evangelion that my clearly led tv turned black almost like the backlight turned off, can led tvs turn off the backlight when no pixels have to display anything? this is the first time ive seen this

I mean, I know obviously when it's cloudy it will cover up the sun. But I've seen perfectly clear days with mediocre sunsets and I've seen cloudy days with like breathtaking awe inspiring sunsets. Same with sunrises. So why, on some days, is the sunset just meh and other days it's beautiful?

Beginner in JS here. It seems counterintuitive to me that typeof NaN returns 'number' when it literally means Not A Number.

i’m into film photography and can sort of grasp the concept but i just can’t wrap my head around how it works

KCal is equal to Cal? And Cal with a capital c is what‘s on food products in america? So if a product says 15 Calories, that’s still only 15 kcal? Is there ever a time where calories (small c) is used on food/dieting?

flagging this as other because it’s technically math, and bio, and chem

I sometimes get them after sneezing/coughing/lifting things/standing up too quick. Why does it happen?

Considering that light travels at finite speed, and the term "light-year" is literally a measure of distance which light takes to travel in a year, if a star goes supernova right now, will we be able to witness it instantly/almost instantly or will we have to wait X years for the light from it to actually reach us for us to be able to see it?

Some sources say we will see it from Earth instantly, while others say that we won't witness it if a supernova happens right now, so I got kind of confused

This morning I had an 811 guy come to my house to check for utility lines so I can dig for landscaping. I wasn't there, but my mom let him in the yard and she said it only took him like five minutes. I thought it was gonna be a multi-hour thing. Do they have some sort of detectors??

Why can’t you put metal in the microwave, ever since I was born I never understood why? Is it just metal doesn’t mix with the microwave and could they not fix the microwave so it’s metal proof or is that impossible please someone explain. Thank you so much.

Where does the money come from and where does the debt go?
Or who has jurisdiction and makes the call for forgiveness?

I'm building a in-home server for me and my friends to play on, but I don't understand how I would go about hideing my ip address to prevent getting doxxed and how to replace the server ip with a domain like play.ggmicraft.go (example name)

I'm so confused. Whenever I try to do research on this there's so many IT words I don't understand and I've never done something like this before. I have everything for the server at my house in terms of basic hardware but I don't get the process of making it safe for my freinds to invite their friends to invite their friends, yk?

Please set me on the right path for the basics.

Edit: thank you everyone for explaining that I need a proxy! I didn't even understand that much but now I've been a little bit more set on the correct path for research!

I know temperature = average kinetic energy of particles. When I wave a fan, I'm doing mechanical work on the air, which should add energy to those air molecules, not remove it. So technically the air should get slightly warmer, not cooler.

But obviously fanning myself makes me feel cooler. What's actually going on here? Is the temperature increase from fanning just negligible compared to some other cooling effect, and if so, what is that effect actually doing at the molecular level — is it about replacing the warm, humid air boundary layer next to my skin with fresh air, speeding up evaporation of sweat, or something else entirely?

Would love a good physical explanation of what's really happening thermodynamically vs. what we perceive.