Gautam Thapar

Former teacher. Founder of Invictus Academy of Richmond. Cofounder/CEO of Enlighten AI. Bay Area sports fanatic.

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@RGIII @RSherman_25 @grok is there any evidence that Stanford was paying athletes “hundreds of thousands” pre-NIL? If they had been, is it likely there would be some evidence of this violation given RGIII said the payments amounted to “millions”?

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@timkawakami Seems like they might need a do-it-and-you-will-get-him message to pull the trigger on an AD deal or it’s too big a risk.

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@MicrosoftHelps Please respond to my DM, need help with what’s been a horrible experience dealing with your authenticator app!

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@timkawakami Porzingis and horford also struggling against small ball rn, -15 and -13 respectively

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@timkawakami Brooks impersonating Kobe every time Steph switches is very good for the dubs

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@timkawakami Santos +10 despite the turnovers, doing some good things out there

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@timkawakami Horford a game worst -23, yikes

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@mwseibel I ran a small single site charter school, which is effectively its own schools district - our revenue sources were always confusing. Lots of unwritten rules that governed how restricted funding was and what the accountability mechanism was. Lots of wasted time and effort.

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@timkawakami Yeah that’s fair, point well taken

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@timkawakami Feel like Kerr does need to answer why last year, in the playoffs with no Jimmy, they used Kuminga. They clearly thought he gave them the best chance to win. If this is strictly about basketball and winning, why isn’t he in now?

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@anthonyVslater @BannedMacMahon Great story. The Scottie Pippen reference is on point - people forget Scottie played his last season as a Bull, despite the tension when he left after ‘98 👀

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@timkawakami Jimmy now with 23 on 8 FGA. Dominant.

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@NBAonNBC @HoustonRockets @NBCSports Average wingspan is 7 feet+ 👀

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Been a ChatGPT subscriber since GPT-3, but I have to admit it @OpenAI: not only is gpt-5 not better than previous models, it’s noticeably worse.

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@harjtaggar This tweet is so prescient. I think Sam Altman literally tweeted this today - said they need to work on customizing the model for, for example, users who prefer emojis vs those who don’t.

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@levie Somehow down 2.3% today despite this news. Efficient market hypothesis with a big head scratcher today

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@timkawakami Great column!

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@timkawakami What do you make of Jimmy only taking 9 shots so far? Definitely the story of the game for the warriors.

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@timkawakami They might’ve thrown their best punch last game. This squad would have a tough time making the playoffs without Wardell

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@timkawakami All true. Also, tonight it really feels like they were worse with Jimmy on the floor. Shocking to say but he’s been way off too