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writing @DecentralisedCo / reluctant tweeter / once-a-year hiker / lazy photographer / @LFC

Bengaluru, IN

https://t.co/Gh8DPFcj0F

Joined July 2012

Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.

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@shloked_

Shlok Khemani

3 months

Career update! I'm excited to announce that I'll be joining the team at @Decentralisedco as a researcher and writer. The Decentralised team consistently produces the best stories and writing in the crypto industry. If you've been in the space for a while, you've surely read at

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Shlok Khemani

5 months

Been diving into @opentensor $TAO the past few days. Some thoughts (could be wrong and happy to be corrected!): 1. TAO is one of the most interesting experiments in crypto. It’s a completely open, flexible network using crypto incentives to try and align all AI participants to

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7 months

@Austen tb to this classic

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From the BestofRedditorUpdates community on Reddit: OOP keeps finding post-it notes in his apartm...

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Wrote some words about the liquid staking landscapes on Ethereum and Solana + @sanctumso , a protocol rethinking liquid staking on Solana from the ground up. I love this chart because of how clearly it captures the evolution of LSTs on Solana. - Initially, @LidoFinance , a

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8 years

@LFC Alex Teixeira

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7 months

Excited to launch on @base ! Hold yourself accountable, on the blockchain. Stake crypto and commit to your goals in public. If you reach them, you get your stake back. If you don't, it goes to an address you choose (could be a friend or charity). All

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10 months

this is insane h/t @ExponentialView

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5 months

I've spent the past few weeks diving into the world of Solana validators as part of the @SuperteamDAO Scribes hackathon. When I started my research, I assumed exploring things from a validator's perspective would only give me a part-view of Solana's tech. I was dead wrong. The

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1 year

First GDC and buzzing ⚡ Hit me up if you want to meet and chat all things @glipgg and web3 mobile gaming!

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Shlok Khemani

6 years

@FIFAWorldCup Let's tackle matchday 3 first

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

Writing this was a lengthy but incredibly rewarding process. If you don't know about @SkyweaverGame , you should read this. @0xHorizon are visionaries, the kind of builders that give you hope for the future of the space.

@KGeN_Community

KGeN Community

@KGeN_Community

2 years

Presenting IndiGG Research, a new publication where we dive deep into projects and trends in the blockchain gaming space. Our first piece explores @SkyweaverGame fulfilling the promise of crypto games and what other projects can learn from it. TL;DR 🧵

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2 months

nepal '23 1/

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Omfg. Protecting parents from WhatsApp forwards going to get 100x tougher

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

We at IndiGG are super excited to invest in and partner with @bowleddotio ! The team is building the 'Cricverse' - a cricket-themed Metaverse 🏏 Why is this such a big deal and what can we expect from the game? Read on 🧵

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KGeN Community

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2 years

We are happy to announce that @YGGIndia is partnering 🤝up w/ @bowleddotio 🏏Cricket is the most popular sport in India and we believe that the @bowleddotio team has the vision and expertise to create a quality web3 cricket game 📔Read more -

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Shlok Khemani

6 years

@UnitedStandMUFC Can't blame you. Players showing passion is a concept alien to United fans.

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Shlok Khemani

3 years

@Tactical_Times Good performance. Something I noticed a couple of times - he follows his man to the touchline, getting dragged out of position. This also led to a United chance in the first half. Thoughts?

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5 months

we’re so back

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Shlok Khemani

3 years

Created a list of people featured in @MessariCrypto 's brilliant #theses2022 . @twobitidiot

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

The first rule of crypto games is you don't tell them it's a crypto game 🙆🏽‍♂️

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

Today, game developers drive the push for NFTs in video games while gamers resist it. The coming-of-age moment for blockchain games will be when these roles are reversed - players demanding NFTs and developers resisting (and eventually integrating) them. 🧵👇🏽

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11 months

Career update: I'm leaving the web3 gaming space to focus on something new. Some reflections on the past two years, where I see the space going, why I'm leaving, and what's next.

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

Layers. Nepal, 2021.🇳🇵 Which one's your favorite?

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

Great website to look up book recommendations from people you admire Thanks for this @anuragwho @richardreeze 🙌🏽

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2 years

"A healthy person has a thousand wishes, a sick person only one."

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2 years

Let's go 🚀

@KGeN_Community

KGeN Community

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2 years

🎙Join us tomorrow for a fun AMA with @abearschmitt from @crypto_unicorns & @khemanishlok from @YGGIndia to discuss the IndiGG x Crypto Unicorns partnership and what it means for the #IndiGGArmy 🎮 Set a reminder - 🗓 15th March 2022 ⏰ 8:30 PM IST

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9 months

@isabelunraveled Along the same lines, I tend to repeat mistakes during periods of bad mental health. It's almost like your learning function degrades significantly.

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6 months

favorite books from 2023 🧵

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Shlok Khemani

5 months

both google and perplexity suck for surfacing quality crypto educational content (not seo optimised blogs) chatgpt is simply not up to date we need a crowdsourced + ai enabled repository of the best crypto writing and videos

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

@RealCoreyWilton is one of the best builders in the P2E space. This conversation shows you how deeply he cares about the sustainability of not only Pegaxy but the whole sector. Must listen!

@KGeN_Community

KGeN Community

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2 years

Join us now! AMA starting soon @PegaxyOfficial

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9 months

Used to be annoyed by basic grammatical errors, like spaces before punctuation. Now, they're welcome as a sign that the content is not AI-generated :)

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Shlok Khemani

1 year

It was a blast at @NFT_NYC with some 10/10 gaming events 🗽 Deep in the bear, builders keep building 🫡

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

First half was the worst we've played all season, second half the best. Another Champions League Final for this monster of a team. What a time to be alive ♥️

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Shlok Khemani

1 year

Over the past year, I've been thinking about how South Korea is a major outlier in crypto gaming, with higher adoption than any other country Dove deep and understood why this is the case The result is this piece Do give it a read :)

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Glip

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Introducing Glip Research, a new publication where we explore the latest trends and developments in web3 gaming. In our first piece, @shloked_ explores how South Korea is playing an underrated but leading role in the mass adoption of web3 games. 🧵⬇️

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8 months

ChatGPT with web browsing capabilities is bad because it takes information from the same SEO-optimized web pages that you are trying to avoid in the first place

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2 years

TIL Reddit NFTs accounted for 62% of Polygon NFT trading volume on OpenSea for October. Insane! h/t @mrjasonchoi

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8 years

@Johnsiivu @LFC he also doesn't wank all day at home like you

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1 year

At its peak, Axie Infinity ($40bn+) and a bunch of other crypto projects were valued higher than OpenAI's last round ($30bn). 2021 was bonkers.

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

It's over for StepN and the likes if Nike makes a move-to-earn app.

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Shlok Khemani

1 year

I've always been curious about why South Korea has adapted web3 gaming more readily than perhaps any other country Will be covering this and more in our first #GlipSpaces Pumped!

@glipgg

Glip

1 year

Join us on our first #GlipSpaces Tuesday 11AM UTC as we chat about the underrated role played by South Korea in web3 gaming 🇰🇷 Featuring: 🔷 @TeamIntella 🔷 @METAPIXEL 🔷 @Unopnd_Official 🔷 @LeagueKingdoms Mark your calendars - you don't want to miss this one 📅🔽

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11 months

Making a case for why you should learn to code over the next year.

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Shlok Khemani

1 year

biggest and least talked about crypto use case remains instant, permissionless global payments nearly every consumer application that requires payments in any form can open up access to a bigger user base (with better ux) via crypto matter of time ⌛️

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

"Tokenization can be the rocket fuel to a product that is already a rocket but it cannot make a rocket out of a piece of crap product" @TaschaLabs 🙏🏽

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2 years

Both were happening

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2 years

what you think what is actually is happening happening

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Shlok Khemani

4 years

I was a bartender and now I own a boat

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

Great rundown of the multiple problems plaguing crpyto gaming at the moment. Anyone building in the web3 gaming space for the long-term needs to read this. Have to disagree with one bit though - it’s not "lame" to have to borrow NFT assets from someone else. Here's why:

@nateliason

Nat Eliason

2 years

You can read the whole thing here. Let me know what you think!

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2 months

@radshaan

HP CEO wants to 'make printing a subscription'

In a recent interview, HP CEO Enrique Lores laid out the company's view that people who buy printers are 'investments' that don't pay off if they go third-party.

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3 years

Fuck WfH.

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2 years

We're bringing blockchain games to India's 500mn gamers Happy to chat if you want to be a part of the movement :)

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2 years

#IndiGG is coming to @token2049 !✈️ 📅27-29 September 2022 Connect with our team ~ @ishank20 , @ayushgupta0610 & @shloked_ & let's discuss how we can take on #Gaming together!💪 Come by and say Hi if you spot us!🙌 #Singapore calling!🌏 #TOKEN2049 #blockchain #Web3 #BLOCKCHAIN

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1 year

Can't help but appreciate the timing of Microsoft announcing Bing - ChatGPT integration. Right after ChatGPT has gone mainstream enough to enter layman conversations. Right before Google integrating Bard. Masterclass.

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Shlok Khemani

3 months

On the state of MEV on Solana in the context of @jito_sol 's decision to rollback the mempool in their product.

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2 months

"The Worlds I See" by @drfeifei is one of my favorite books on the history of artificial intelligence. Dr. Li's journey is not only inspirational but also pivotal in highlighting the importance of data for training AI systems. When we decided to write about the intersection of

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8 months

Pretty wild... and a glimpse of the future

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This is the Humane Ai Pin

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@BrianNorgard @aantonop

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2 years

See you tonight @PGCabaco 🌟

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2 years

It's Partnership AMA time 🔊 Set Reminders and plan to be there❗ 👑IndiGG ⚔ MetaStar Strikers⚽ The speakers are Shlok Khemani & Pedro Cabaco🎤 📅 7th Dec, 2022 🕒 7pm IST 📍 #Web3 #Gaming #Blockchain #AMAs

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3 years

Created a quick dashboard using @DuneAnalytics tracking the progress on a unique and very interesting project - @illiquidDao

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Blockchain ecosystem analytics by and for the community. Explore and share data from Ethereum, Bitcoin, Polygon, BNB Chain, Solana, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, Fantom and Gnosis Chain for free.

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

. @SkyweaverGame is the best crypto game out there right now (more on this soon 👀) and you can now get heavily rewarded playing it!

@KGeN_Community

KGeN Community

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2 years

🥳 We are excited to announce the @yggindia x @SkyweaverGame Leaderboard - Season 1 & 2 👉 It's simple. Top 1000 people in the Skyweaver Discovery Leaderboards in each season get rewards from a total prize pool of ₹45,00,000 (~$56,000)

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7 months

I've noticed that several newsletters start each subject line with the same emoji(s). A simple, low-effort way for readers to recognize them amidst full inboxes.

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2 years

@Cryptocurious98 Ah so tweeting about Bangalore was the key to high engagement all along Can't wait to land 🥰

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9 months

@paulg @sentientist @primalpoly Worse for people looking for meaningful relationships. Better for those looking for dopamine hits (and in turn $$$$ for the company).

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

The more I use Telegram, the more I hate WhatsApp. How long before we collectively stop using WA? It's such a substandard, crap product.

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Shlok Khemani

3 years

Instagram used to be a great platform for creatives to showcase their work to a wide audience. This is not the case anymore with the introduction and algorithmic optimization for reels - which require minimal effort and creative talent to create.

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

This year, the maximum temperature in the UK was higher than that of Mumbai. That is absolutely wild.

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

No better way to get started with web3 gaming!!! Go apply :)

@KGeN_Community

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2 years

🙋 You asked for it and it's here! Applications are NOW OPEN for Season 1 of the IndiGG Ambassador Program 💜 ⚡IndiGG will recruit 50 core contributors to the Ambassador program with a $75000 budget allocated to empower the community to help grow IndiGG's vision Details 👇👇

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8 months

@btxbattlextreme @0xPolygonLabs @IBWofficial @glipgg 🔥

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Shlok Khemani

6 months

Pretty staggering the number of Indians traveling to other countries for a concert. Unimaginable even a few years ago.

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

Funnily, Discord's biggest drawback is that it has too many features.

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Shlok Khemani

3 years

Finally fully vaccinated... HERE WE GO confirmed! 💉✅

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

Love the "♥️ by author" tag Twitter has started putting on tweet replies liked by the tweet author Small tweak that reduced noise/signal ratio significantly

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Shlok Khemani

1 year

Most live web3 gaming projects I would consider investing in don't have a token Make of that what you will :)

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

@Tactical_Times Yep. Pep has identified the patterns and movements that give his team the highest probability to score and coached them into technically brilliant players. It is the law of expectation more than the law of averages. High probability movements at a high frequency = more goals.

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6 months

sunset wave breaks

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2 years

For the sake of the existence of this space, I hope USDT is (relatively) sound. It's not only Tether's problem but everyone's.

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Shlok Khemani

6 months

Just setting my resolutions for 2024 with @StreaksBuzz and realized I need to include an option for clubbed check-ins - basically, cumulative check-ins at the end of a week or month. 1. Better user experience. 2. Each check-in currently costs $0.1 - this is insanely expensive

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6 months

When scared of the short term, focus on the long term. When overly enthusiastic of the long term, sweat over the short term.

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1 year

Took time but had a lot of fun writing this!

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Zynga changed the face of gaming, riding the social media and mobile wave to make accessible games that crossed 100s of millions of players. Now, key members of the Zynga mafia are building in the next frontier of gaming, web3. @shloked_ dives deep 🧵

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2 years

India's biggest gaming creators playing @SkyweaverGame , this is HUGE #IndiGGArmy #PlaytoWin

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10 months

@amasad A well designed desktop app >>> Telegram, Spotify, Discord all much better on desktop

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8 months

@Jack_Raines Maybe he started the company in the first place because he thought it was better?

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

There is no reason for any keyboard to not have the Escape key

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

This is beautiful. Please watch. ♥️

@KGeN_Community

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2 years

🤩 We at IndiGG wanted to talk about how web3 games & tournaments are changing lives in the world and in India through our Scholarship model. 👉 Take a look at Scholar Stories: Leap of Faith ft. @BodhisattaNask2

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5 months

@Lfc_samie @AnfieldWave yeah but with twice as many strides

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Shlok Khemani

5 months

GPT4 has 100% become not only lazier but also objectively worse Every competitor was/is using GPT4 responses to synthetically train their models Maybe OpenAI reduced model performance to prevent them from catching up? Lazier = competitor spending more money for the same output

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7 months

Watched The Minority Report again yesterday after years. Can't stop thinking about the sequence of predictions Agatha makes while she and John try to evade capture. Has to be one of the greatest movie scenes ever. 10/10 movie

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7 months

The folks at EA responsible for the FIFA 11 to FIFA 19 playlists really knew what they were doing.

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3 years

Few pictures from Pokhara, Nepal (2021)

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4 months

there is absolutely no reason for the break between two innings in cricket to be longer than halftime in football

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8 years

@Schweiderlin @LFC @EuropaLeague @ManUtd For Liverpool :)

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7 months

@0xtremeverse 🔥🔥

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

I am guy 🤝🏽

@ankitkr0

Ankit

2 years

guy who thinks moving to bangalore will solve all his problems

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2 years

@joel_john95 @LegacyofAshes @robytj @Cryptocurious98 I will also be attending to see @LegacyofAshes and @Cryptocurious98 speak on Thursday 😉

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

Our boy @LegacyofAshes killed it at @INDIA_GDC with his talk. Here's his article on the same. It's a must-read if you're trying to understand why everyone is so excited about crypto x gaming

@LegacyofAshes

ancient001

2 years

Here's my article on Web3 games, why they make sense & how they've been done before. This is effectively whatever I spoke at my session at @INDIA_GDC 's Blockchain Gaming Event on 5th of May, 2022 Feel free to share your feedback :)

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2 years

Whenever I see someone use their mouse to navigate around Google Chrome (or any other browser) - I die inside a little Why? Because keyboard shortcuts make things SO MUCH faster Here are the browser shortcuts I use most often 🧵

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Shlok Khemani

11 months

To appreciate how difficult space stuff is, play with this Lunar Lander: h/t

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Shlok Khemani

3 years

Just bought my first NFT

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Shlok Khemani

3 years

good + good > excellent this really hit @ScottAdamsSays

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Shlok Khemani

1 year

The most refreshing thing about IPL this year is the absence of fantasy ads

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Shlok Khemani

2 years

We will go the extra mile to make the best web3 games big in India Thanks for the support @TheEsportsClub1 🙏🏽

@KGeN_Community

KGeN Community

@KGeN_Community

2 years

Last week, @YGGindia , along with our partners @SkyweaverGame & @TheEsportsClub1 , pulled off one of the first ever web3 gaming creator cups globally. 🌏 And it was quite the show. 🤯 Here’s a thread of how it went down 🧵👇

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@shloked_

Shlok Khemani

11 months

OpenAI is the Tesla of AI companies. h/t @latentspacepod

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@shloked_

Shlok Khemani

2 years

@LegacyofAshes Wtf I thought this was a Mumbai local station

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