Guy takes a flyer on a horse that already shows some promise and his bet comes out well. His monopoly on winning is so strong he has to pivot to an alternate strategy to profit even more from his horse. Colorful VC that didn't come to it by conventional means. Interesting setting and societal matrix.
I've certainly noticed that recently there seems to have been an increase in the number of 'less relevant than I'd expect' Atlas Obscura articles regularly making the front page.
A quick look at the submission details though doesn't reveal any sort of sustained pattern - either of posters or timings between submissions.
Yeah, I didn't say it was a systemic spamming problem; the submissions are completely organic due to their strong clickbait game: Atlas Obscura specialises in the long-form, superficially-interesting but ultimately-pointless articles that give infovores enough of a hit to make them think, hey I learned something that not many other people know, I should share it. And yeah, you do end up learning about (say) the underground town of opal miners at Coober Pedy… but not to any more depth than someone who read the Wikipedia article (who also avoided creating ad impressions).
Given how restrictive the bloodlines of thoroughbreds have become I have thought for sometime now if it is possible to breed a faster horse via some intelligent outbreeding. Genomics has now given us the tools to do this efficiently.
If there are any billionaire race horse owners out there that would like to own the fastest racehorse ever to live I am happy to help out :)
The Jockey Club doesn't allow that. Thoroughbreds can be bred only from other Thoroughbreds to be registered in the Thoroughbred registry. Live-bred, too; no frozen sperm. This is strictly enforced; Thoroughbred breeding involves witnesses, videos, and. since 2001, DNA testing.
Yes I know this - it doesn't stop some rich person breeding a faster race horse. In practice once you have the fastest horse you will be able to race it outside the thoroughbred system.
Actually even within the registered thoroughbred system it would be possible to use genomic data to improve speed. Due to inbreeding the average thoroughbred carries a large number of null mutatations in minor genes that degrades overall performance. Using genomic data it should be possible to identify which horse should be crossed to remove these mutations. Having said this, it will be a slow and expensive process.
It fits with existing conventions for word extensions and it's perfectly understandable. What's the problem? This is how words join the existing language.
I didn't read GP's comment as saying there was a problem; it's not in conflict for the word to "fit existing convention and be understandable" if it's made up.
"Eclipse first, the rest nowhere." This is a well known story in the horse world. All Thoroughbreds are descended from three stallions, the Darly Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian, and the Byrerley Turk. Most lines pass through Eclipse. That's why Thorougbreds are so uniform.
(I've owned three ex-racehorses - one lively little guy, one good hunter, and one that was too hyper to be safe.)
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[ 46.5 ms ] story [ 608 ms ] threadA quick look at the submission details though doesn't reveal any sort of sustained pattern - either of posters or timings between submissions.
If there are any billionaire race horse owners out there that would like to own the fastest racehorse ever to live I am happy to help out :)
Quarter Horses are faster than thoroughbreds over short distances (i.e., up to 1/4 mile, hence the name).
Actually even within the registered thoroughbred system it would be possible to use genomic data to improve speed. Due to inbreeding the average thoroughbred carries a large number of null mutatations in minor genes that degrades overall performance. Using genomic data it should be possible to identify which horse should be crossed to remove these mutations. Having said this, it will be a slow and expensive process.
> Disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way
> discutable, weird, questionable, shady
(I've owned three ex-racehorses - one lively little guy, one good hunter, and one that was too hyper to be safe.)