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Really pleased with the way this turned out. I’m so happy to have been given the chance to work on this AR model of legendary @BoredApeYC #1407 for @NGBxShpend . Such a GREAT guy and man that 🐆 is 🔥🔥🔥
ALT BAYC #1407
ALT BAYC #1407 AR model
ALT BAYC AR object
Running a well functioning DAO is hard. But without people willing to step up and propose solutions it's impossible. There are no easy fixes but I'm glad to see thoughtful posts like this.
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Should @MocaverseNFT and @HorizenLabs decrease their voting blocks?
This is a question I have asked myself for a while and I have approached leaders at each to do just that.
Truth is the DAO became an arms race when @machibigbrother bought up 7 million + ApeCoin and tried to dominate the voting of the DAO.
What happened as a result of that? Both Moca and Horizen increased their voting blocks to better balance the DAO, increase their influence and decrease the power of one individual, is how I see it.
But now they are the big guns and the DAO is out of balance. I am asking them to voluntarily decrease their voting wallets given current DAO dynamics and to bring more parity to voting.
Will they decrease it? I don’t know.
Given my current AIP idea to change any AIP requesting over 1 million $ape to require a supermajority of 75% to pass, I am thinking a lot about how to solve some of the DAO voting issues we see. Truth is, there are no perfect answers, but we can attempt to improve.
I am seeing valid arguments both for and against this change. One of the very valid counter arguments is that if the threshold is too high, we would allow one voter to kill any idea that is supported by close to 75% of the rest of the vote. That should not be the case. The community needs a bigger voice. There should never be a situation where one voter can decide an “against” and going against all other voters of the DAO, and there should never be a case where 2 voting blocks can push through their own agenda and against the will of the people. This seems to be the quagmire we are in.
The easiest solution at the moment would be for a decrease in voting power to 3 million each, which while a large number, is more tenable than the current situation. I strongly believe we would have much better turnout if individuals or smaller delegates felt like their votes made a difference. We have to find a balance.
Regardless of how this turns out, I am not giving up on finding ways to increase voter balance in our DAO. This has to happen. We can’t have large entities continue to hand pick who they want on SC and other positions. We can’t have a couple large entities force spending when we don’t want it.
If you have $ape coin, are you voting?
If you don’t want to vote, please find a good delegate. It is obvious to me that the overall community wants to see the DAO succeed but is frustrated with current voting dynamics. Make your voices heard. Be involved in the voting process. Elections are a few weeks away and the DAO needs you.
Regardless how this goes, we’ve got other solutions on the way. I love this community and I love this DAO. Together we can continue to make it better. One step at a time.
It's all in the details...👌🐊
One goal for @tokengators was to do trait interaction in a unique way.. When two rolled traits would overlay, we took an individual approach on how they would interact. This required over 350 custom interaction patches that didn't interfere with the skin.🐊 Allowlists open now🚨
Make sure you FOAM-O into this. You know it's gunna hit a lil different. Mint/allowlist details below🐊
Calling all Club Members, Kennel Club included!📢
Today our main gates are opening to the first round of TokenGators allowlist raffles.
If you have a BAYC, MAYC or a BAKC, please ape into the link below to enter.
We ask that you do so in an orderly fashion and remember, you can enter as many raffles as you want to increase your odds of winning.
Our team of customer support specialists will be on standby, grumpy, and generally unavailable to answer any questions you may have.
Hold onto your hats, fellow adventure seekers, we'll be opening our raffles to new collections throughout the week!
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It's been a long road to reinvent what a NFT collection could be and how it's made. Really excited to share what the last 2 years of effort has produced 🐊 Allowlists raffles start today 🫡
Calling all Club Members, Kennel Club included!📢
Today our main gates are opening to the first round of TokenGators allowlist raffles.
If you have a BAYC, MAYC or a BAKC, please ape into the link below to enter.
We ask that you do so in an orderly fashion and remember, you can enter as many raffles as you want to increase your odds of winning.
Our team of customer support specialists will be on standby, grumpy, and generally unavailable to answer any questions you may have.
Hold onto your hats, fellow adventure seekers, we'll be opening our raffles to new collections throughout the week!
Picking up my laptop this morning it’s like “I never lost faith…hbu?” 😂
@BoredApeYC ❤️ @Improbableio (again) 🙌
ALT Yuga <3 Improbable 🙌
Such a clever move...love the messaging here. Not a game or a launcher but a browser...nice 👏
👀 Keep your eyes peeled! The #Somnia Metaverse Browser is almost here. Get ready to simplify your journey into the #metaverse, enhance your creativity, and find new opportunities. Coming soon — stay tuned! 🚀🕒🎨
Learn more - codex.somnia.network/solutio…
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Happy Anniversary, Voyagers.
No more Discord. Let’s meet in Otherside.
Otherside Town Hall:
Date: May 2, 2024
Time: 6 PM ET
Voyagers, Kodas, BAYC, MAYC, Meebits, Grailed, & Moonbirds can all attend.
An Otherside account will be required to join the event. Register at launch.otherside.xyz.
@gratefulape Here's a dodgy video but you can see the mouth move (I was singing along)...it's a VRM which you can use for VTubing. Another post shows a facial rig which is more sophisticated but gives more control. You can also do vids with "filters" driven by the same rig
Seeing all the #BAYC apes enjoying their new 3d skillz made me dig out this facial rig I made for @dadjudicator last year. Creating in #3d is such a vibe 😍
It's also compatible with ARKit 😉. If you want your @BoredApeYC to express some emotion HMU.
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gm, really tough day today. I am hellbent on transforming yuga and getting us back to our roots, and that means making hard decisions. by far the hardest is saying goodbye to some talented team members. here was my message to the team this morning.
If you want to check out the world, you'll find it here: hyperfy.io/hiro
McConkey's helmet has seen some action
#BAYC @BoredApeYC
ALT BAYC #9065's helmet has taken some punishment
ALT McConkey's custom helmet design
I took @BoredApeYC 9065 for a spin on the web in this awesome @hyperfy build by @_001 . If you want to use your BAYC for Vtubing or representing in web-based virtual worlds (yes works in VR) this is the gwei. 🦧
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Today, we are releasing Stable Video Diffusion, our first foundation model for generative AI video based on the image model, @StableDiffusion. As part of this research preview, the code, weights, and research paper are now available.
Additionally, today you can sign up for our waitlist to access a new upcoming web experience featuring a Text-To-Video interface.
To access the model & sign up for our waitlist, visit our website here: bit.ly/40OM53M
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Just gotta say something:
The founders of Yuga Labs could have just kept the $100M+ revenue they generated in the first 18 months of their business for themselves
4 guys. They could’ve each just made NBA player money for a year and a half and been set for life.
They didn’t have to take funding from A16Z and the other VC firms
They didn’t have to decide to go down the harrowing path of making an MMORPG game built on bleeding edge tech.
Literally 99% of founders in this industry stop after they make a few million dollars, no matter how quick that money comes. And it can come quick. Look at FriendTech.
Yuga Labs seems like they’re trying to take this thing to IPO.
That’s not a casual thing to do. That takes huge life sacrifice. I don’t care how much of a nest egg you bonus yourself out.
We need more builders with their mentality. No more short-term bullshit that fades out.
More big time shit.
*DISCLAIMER*
I don’t own a single Yuga asset right now
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lol
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During the trial, Greg Solano (“Solano”), one of Yuga’s
co-founders and its President, explained during cross-examination the absurdity of Defendants’
position:
Q It is true for any parody or criticism that, without the underlying brand, the parody or
criticism would not sell; correct?
A It's exactly our thing. It can't be a parody of itself.
Q Without the underlying brand, a parody cannot sell; right?
A A thing cannot be a parody of itself.
Q But without an underlying brand, a parody cannot sell; right?
A There's no "underlying." It is the brand.
Q Without the movie that they critique, a movie critic's column wouldn't sell; right?
A It's completely inapplicable to this. It's exactly -- it's as if the movie critic put out the
same movie to people to watch.
Q Without the brands that they critique, the parody commercials on, say, Saturday
Night Live wouldn't make any sense; right?
A Saturday Night Live doesn't play the same movie.
Q Without the Campbell's® Soup brand, Andy Warhol's paintings would not have sold;
right?
A Andy Warhol wasn't selling soup at the grocery store.
