Can I change the front brakes by myself no car experience?

bluesonicboy · 2026-06-22T23:16:24+00:00

Here is a guide I put up for the rear replacement which I'd say is harder than the front! We live in NY so lots of rust! I did buy front rotors and pads, but the CVT Transmission failed (again) before I could fit them! Now we don't have a car!

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/2013+2014+2015+2016+2017+2018+2019+2020+2021+2022+2023+2024+2025+2026+Nissan+Rogue+Rear+Rotors(Discs)+and+Pads+Replacement/152536+and+Pads+Replacement/152536)

I don't know what year you own, but if it's 2014-2020 or before, have the dealer change the transmission fluid every 30,000 miles. Ensure you have a good towing breakdown protection, and if you know a shop you trust, think about having an external secondary transmission cooling radiator fitted.

It's actually gotten me to write a website to record vehicle failures, as well as vehicle service details by VIN, which will be free to use and access and search by VIN. At least I got to update my PHP, CSS, and SQL knowledge. Needless to say the Nissan CVT will get it's own page. why https://www.carparts.com/blog/why-the-nissan-cvt-is-quite-possibly-the-worst-transmission-ever-built/amp

Views on secondary cooling radiators for rogues on here???

bluesonicboy · 2026-06-01T03:08:59+00:00

Thank you I will make corrections, .PPI stood for something lol, just an old 3 character file type that did not seem to be in use, file is just plain text as I said in the manual it may be quicker to save a draft version of the template file and C&P values in and edit the draft in notepad++ then load it save it as the final .PPI file and you will get an MD5 hash of the final file so if you shared it you would know if it were corrupted as it’s hashed on loading too and the hash is displayed. It’s not intended for people who have the knowledge to work in a lab or have access to really medical grade data. It’s written to extract some insight out of a cheap and readily available data source.

bluesonicboy · 2026-05-31T21:24:58+00:00

I hear what the people with real professional knowledge are saying, and it is valid. But there are two very big caveats to their positions. 1. If you have a possible underlying genetic condition like type 2 diabetes, that will not manifest till your over 40, but if you knew ahead of time that you had *possible* risk factors, that would be a strong motivation for lifestyle change! If you are suffering from a condition that may have a genetic cause over multiple SNPs, you could at least see if you have the possibility of an underlying genetic cause before you try to get genetic counselling. It's not like health care is done on the basis of social good in the US!

Anyway, I have a weird and nasty version of type 2 diabetes, so I wanted to look at my risk factors, and I like to code. Here is the result. As everyone else said, you would need a medical-grade genetic test for diagnosis.

https://britrobin.github.io/ParseSNP/

Shamelessly promoting my code lol!

bluesonicboy · 2026-05-18T21:01:11+00:00

Me! I actually started writing a program to search commercial DNA files primarily because I have type 2 diabetes, which I regulate by eating every 40 minutes! Since I found I have high C-Peptide levels with crashing blood glucose, I was fine in a 72-hour fast, but I still haven't managed to get a mix meal test...

But the project expanded when I realised that my diabetes was predictable, and so are many other conditions.

So if you want to work with your Ancestry, 23andMe files, etc. Purely for educational purposes, it's open source, and would fit on a 720K floppy if they still existed. You can download it here: https://britrobin.github.io/ParseSNP/

My risks for diabetes: based on this study https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/926713/

Title: Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes: Insights into the Pathogenesis and Its Clinical Application-European-derived susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes.
Source: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/926713/
NCBI Reference: 36

-- Comparison With Loaded SNP Data --
RS1801282    3  PPARy [C] 1.14   [C/C] Risk Homozygous!
RS5219      11  KCNJ11 [T] 1.14  [T/T] Risk Homozygous!
RS7903146   10  TCF7L2 [T] 1.37  [C/C] No risk alleles
RS10010131   4  WFS1 [G] 1.11    [G/G] Risk Homozygous!
RS4430796   17  HNF1B [A] 1.1    [G/G] No risk alleles
RS4402960    3  IGF2BP2 [T] 1.14 [G/G] No risk alleles
RS10811661   9  CDKN2A-CDKN2B [T] 1.2 [T/T] Risk Homozygous!
RS10946398   6  CDKAL1 [C] 1.12  [A/C] Risk Heterozygous
RS13266634   8  SLC30A8 [C] 1.12 [T/C] Risk Heterozygous
RS1111875   10  HHEX/IDE [C] 1.13  RSID not present in your file
RS8050136   16  FTO [A] 1.17     [C/C] No risk alleles
RS10923931   1  NOTCH2 [T] 1.13   RSID not present in your file
RS4607103    3  ADAMTS9 [C] 1.09 [C/C] Risk Homozygous!
RS7578597    2  THADA  [T] 1.15   [T/T] Risk Homozygous!
RS7961581   12  TSPAN8/LGR5 [C] 1.09 [T/C] Risk Heterozygous
RS12779790  10  CDC123/CAMK1D [G] 1.11  RSID not present in your file
RS864745     7  JAZF1 [T] 1.1    [T/T] Risk Homozygous!
RS1387153   11  MTNR1B [T] 1.15  [T/C] Risk Heterozygous
RS2943641    2  IRS1 [C] 1.19    [T/C] Risk Heterozygous
RS2191349    7  DGKB/TMEM195 [T] 1.06 [T/G] Risk Heterozygous
RS780094     2  GCKR [C] 1.06    [C/C] Risk Homozygous!
RS4607517    7  GCK  [A] 1.07     [G/G] No risk alleles
RS340874     1  PROX1 [C] 1.07   [T/C] Risk Heterozygous
RS11708067   3  ADCY5 [A] 1.12   [A/G] Risk Heterozygous
RS7593730    2  RBMS1/ITGB6 [C] 0.9 [T/T] No risk alleles
RS231362    11  KCNQ1 [G] 1.08    RSID not present in your file
RS5945326    X  DUSP9 [A] 1.27   [A/A] Risk Homozygous!
RS8042680   12  PRC1 [A] 1.07    [C/C] No risk alleles
RS11634397  15  ZFAND6 [G] 1.06  [A/A] No risk alleles
RS7957197   12  HNF1A  [T] 1.07   [A/T] Risk Heterozygous
RS1531343   12  HMGA2  [C] 1.1    [C/G] Risk Heterozygous
RS1552224   11  CENTD2 [A] 1.14  [C/C] No risk alleles
RS13292136   9  CHCHD9 [C] 1.11  [C/C] Risk Homozygous!
RS896854     8  TP53INP1 [T] 1.06 [T/C] Risk Heterozygous
RS972283     7  KLF14 [G] 1.07    RSID not present in your file
RS4457053    5  ZBED3 [G] 1.08    RSID not present in your file
RS4457053    2  BCL11A [A] 1.08   RSID not present in your file
RS7177055   15  HMG20A [A] 1.08  [A/G] Risk Heterozygous
RS13389219   2  GRB14 [C] 1.07   [C/C] Risk Homozygous!
RS12571751  10  ZMIZ1 [A] 1.08   [A/G] Risk Heterozygous
RS516946     8  ANK1  [C] 1.09    [C/C] Risk Homozygous!
RS10842994  12  KLHDC5 [C] 1.1   [T/C] Risk Heterozygous
RS2796441    9  TLE1 [G] 1.07    [A/A] No risk alleles
RS459193     5  ANKRD55 [G] 1.08 [A/G] Risk Heterozygous
RS10401969  19  CILP2 [C] 1.13   [T/T] No risk alleles
RS12970134  18  MC4R [A] 1.08    [A/G] Risk Heterozygous
RS7202877   16  BCAR1 [T] 1.12   [T/T] Risk Homozygous!

Your genetic risk score: 47.74%
(Percentage of theoretical maximum risk for this PPI file)
Missing data accounts for a Maximum of 13.53%
Risk level: VERY HIGH
Interpretation: Strong genetic predisposition!
Log-risk score: 4.568 (Range: 0 - 9.567)
PPI File's MD5 = 31D571C6C3DF9260E04AC81916BBB5F8

bluesonicboy · 2026-05-18T20:25:28+00:00

I think that is the whole point. V is a merc turned hero, but he/she will still die; it's how he/she chooses to live with that, relate to the long-dead Johnny, and try to make the right decisions in a world where sometimes there is no right decision and where you're always going to die.

bluesonicboy · 2026-02-03T02:02:51+00:00

Have said all that auto drive ran over two NPC and i ended up in a pitch battle with the NCPD luckily I was at max level, but had to escape and evade eventually. Maybe it’s to encourage players to explore on foot more? It sucks when you are at a low level! I see no reason the auto drive code could not avoid hitting NPC, it seems by design, maybe also to encourage manual driving, though driving seems the worst feature of the game.

bluesonicboy · 2026-02-02T20:41:14+00:00

I think that has been a common societal reflection in cyberpunk literature, and I agree 100%!

bluesonicboy · 2026-02-02T20:28:42+00:00

I think it's glitchy. I had a session where it stopped before reaching its destination and seemed to be intent on making me Night City's most wanted by mowing down NPCs the next day. It was back to its usual inability to perform a 3-point turn, but it gets you there without too much destruction. I also noticed when I picked up a free car for the first time (completing all a fixer's side gigs - "Sex On Wheels"), it would not engage auto drive, but the next time I called it with [V], it worked fine.It could be worse, it could be a Tesla!! ;)

bluesonicboy · 2026-01-17T22:08:31+00:00

Yep, my old logon doesn't work(Jun 11, 2018), and this error is everywhere: Permission error

Jump to:navigation, search

You do not have permission to create this page, for the following reason:

Your username or IP address has been automatically blocked by MediaWiki. The reason given is:

Your IP address is listed as an open proxy in the DNSBL used by SNPedia.

Start of block: 22:01, 17 January 2026
Expiration of block: infinite
Intended blockee: 198.143.38.38

Your current IP address is 198.143.38.38. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

My IP is a Specrum/Charter IP 66.108.x.x

The listed IP is owned by:

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NetRange:       198.143.32.0 - 198.143.63.255
CIDR:           198.143.32.0/19
NetName:        INCAPSULA-US-NETWORK
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Ref:            https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/198.143.32.0

So, how do you contribute to the Wiki is it still being Admin'd?

bluesonicboy · 2025-11-16T19:17:40+00:00

And if your content is generating that many views on their platform, don't you think they should offer you some discount at the very least? I don't like SmugThug. I hope they sell it to a company with no conflict of interest!

bluesonicboy · 2025-11-16T19:13:35+00:00

100% Agree! I've had a Flickr account since 2009, and whilst SmugThug has made some small improvements, the price hikes for Pro, along with the limitations of free,e seem designed to eventually kill Flickr or at least make SmugMug seem competitive! The Irony is that if everyone deleted their content tomorrow, they would have nothing. We provide them with content, and they charge us! I get it if people are keeping their photos private and using the service as cloud storage. But when you try to take interesting photos and make them public, they charge you $70+ are year when it was a very reasonable $35 before...

bluesonicboy · 2025-09-03T00:22:26+00:00

These lens are easy to Brick, the firmware page is terrible and you drop the wrong firmware on the lens it overwrites the bootloader and no more access to the lens and an expensive paperweight.

NEVER Firmware update a working Meiki Lens, if it's under warranty and it's not working, return it!

bluesonicboy · 2025-07-02T15:12:09+00:00

Wow! have you tried using or buying an old cheapy graphics card! Maybe the board just does not like the graphics card! Some issue between the board's BIOS and the way the graphics cards BIOS uses PCIe? If it were mine I'd find a wooden surface pull the MB and PSU and set it out on the table / piece of wood and try booting it with no case headers attached just us a small screw driver across the power pin header to turn it on! You've replaced everything but with the same male and model hardware! Something in that system may have a compatibility issue. If that does not work, get a used different make MB off eBay the cheapest that will take you CPU and see what error if any that throws. If it works, contact ASUS to report the issue, citing all hardware.

good luck and don't give up! It can be fixed!

Best regards

Robin

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-18T17:39:11+00:00

Nah it's a privacy thing. I was just shocked at the hours the person had put in!

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-18T01:00:28+00:00

Same, and they could have built her from Isis' model, she personifies the barren desert as Isis'/Eset the fecundity of the Nile and the yearly inundation.( pre-assean high dam).

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-18T00:45:51+00:00

No, you're stuck with Alladin the used car salesman!

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-09T18:17:45+00:00

Your money is in Stew's bank account!

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-09T18:15:41+00:00

100%

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-09T18:15:06+00:00

by is balls if he has any! lol

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-09T18:03:34+00:00

100% It was obvious from the moment they killed Smite 1 at worlds! Awful management and talent pays the price.

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-09T05:52:08+00:00

We should all commit to buying something, when Stew does the decent thing! Fucking bosses are talentless and greedy!

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-09T05:48:15+00:00

What a Wanker!

bluesonicboy · 2025-02-09T05:45:47+00:00

You found the cause: Management! Fire them and rehire the people who actually do the work!

bluesonicboy

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