Managed Service Code Samples
A Managed Service
is a mechanism to 1) retrieve threat lists from the Google Safe Browsing API on a periodic schedule
and manage a Threat Database
for you automatically and 2) allow you to lookup a URL to determine whether it is safe
or unsafe. It is, effectively, a complete implementation of the
Google Safe Browsing Update API protocol.
A Managed Service
is the easiest and quickest mechanism to get started using Safe Browsing.NET. However, it might not
be applicable for all use cases. If you have a use case where you want to manage a Threat Database
and lookup URLs
from the same process, a Managed Service
is for you.
If, however, you have a use case where you want to build a Threat Database
that is shared by multiple different
processes, regardless of whether those processes are local or remote, a Managed Service
might not be the right
solution for you.
A Managed Service
is named so because it manages a Threat Database
for you.
Tip
To follow along with these examples, please see the Gee.External.Browsing.Services namespace and in particular ManagedBrowsingServiceBuilder, ManagedBrowsingService, and UrlLookupResult in the Safe Browsing.NET API reference.
Example: Create a Managed Service With All Available Threat Lists
using Gee.External.Browsing.Cache;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Clients;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Databases;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Services;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Examples {
/// <summary>
/// Main Program.
/// </summary>
public static class Program {
/// <summary>
/// Execute Main Program.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">
/// A collection of arguments passed from the command line.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A task representing the asynchronous operation
/// </returns>
public static async Task Main(string[] args) {
// ...
//
// Create a managed service that uses an in-memory cache, a JSON database that is persisted to disk, and
// an HTTP client to communicate with the Google Safe Browsing API.
//
// The managed service will automatically setup a database and manage it (i.e. it will automatically
// synchronize it with the Google Safe Browsing API in accordance with the Google Safe Browsing Update API
// protocol).
var managedService = ManagedBrowsingService.Build()
.UseMemoryCache()
.UseJsonDatabase("/Google.json")
.UseHttpClient("YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY")
.Build();
using (managedService) {
try {
// ...
//
// Throws an exception if the operation fails.
const string testUrl = "https://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/s/phishing.html";
var lookupTask = managedService.LookupAsync(testUrl);
var testUrlLookupResult = await lookupTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
if (testUrlLookupResult.IsDatabaseStale) {
// ...
//
// If the database is stale, you can either wait for a few minutes and try again or assume the
// URL is safe.
//
// Internally, if the database is stale, the service will block, up to a limit so your program
// doesn't freeze, until it is up-to-date before determining whether the URL is safe or unsafe.
// So this URL lookup result code should be rare.
}
else if (testUrlLookupResult.IsSafe) {
// ...
//
// Yay, the URL is safe!
}
else if (testUrlLookupResult.IsUnsafe) {
// ...
//
// If the URL is unsafe, retrieve the computed URL expression that indicated it is unsafe.
var unsafeUrlExpression = testUrlLookupResult.UnsafeUrlExpression;
// ...
//
// If the URL is unsafe, retrieve the collection of unsafe threat list descriptors the URL is
// associated with.
var unsafeThreatListDescriptors = testUrlLookupResult.UnsafeThreatListDescriptors;
// ...
//
// If the URL is unsafe, you can use the collection of unsafe threat list descriptors the URL
// is associated with to determine the target platforms and threat types. But you can also use
// the following convenient properties to retrieve them.
var targetPlatforms = testUrlLookupResult.TargetPlatforms;
var threatTypes = testUrlLookupResult.ThreatTypes;
}
}
catch (BrowsingCacheException) {
// ...
//
// Catch this exception if you want to handle a caching error.
}
catch (BrowsingClientException) {
// ...
//
// Catch this exception if you want to handle a communication error with the Google Safe Browsing
// API.
}
catch (BrowsingDatabaseException) {
// ...
//
// Catch this exception if you want to handle a database error.
}
}
}
}
}
Example: Create a Managed Service With a Restricted Number of Threat Lists
using Gee.External.Browsing;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Cache;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Clients;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Databases;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Services;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Examples {
/// <summary>
/// Main Program.
/// </summary>
public static class Program {
/// <summary>
/// Execute Main Program.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">
/// A collection of arguments passed from the command line.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A task representing the asynchronous operation
/// </returns>
public static async Task Main(string[] args) {
// ...
//
// Create a managed service that uses an in-memory cache, a JSON database that is persisted to disk, and
// an HTTP client to communicate with the Google Safe Browsing API.
//
// We're also restricting the managed service here to only retrieve threat list updates for URLs serving
// malware on Linux and Windows. All other threat lists will be ignored.
//
// The managed service will automatically setup a threat database and manage it(i.e.it will automatically
// synchronize it with the Google Safe Browsing API in accordance with the Google Safe Browsing Update API
// protocol).
var managedService = ManagedBrowsingService.Build()
.UseMemoryCache()
.UseJsonDatabase("/Google.json")
.UseHttpClient("YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY")
.RestrictUpdatesTo(ThreatType.Malware, PlatformType.Linux, ThreatEntryType.Url)
.RestrictUpdatesTo(ThreatType.Malware, PlatformType.Windows, ThreatEntryType.Url)
.Build();
using (managedService) {
try {
// ...
//
// Throws an exception if the operation fails.
const string testUrl = "https://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/s/phishing.html";
var lookupTask = managedService.LookupAsync(testUrl);
var testUrlLookupResult = await lookupTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
if (testUrlLookupResult.IsDatabaseStale) {
// ...
//
// If the database is stale, you can either wait for a few minutes and try again or assume the
// URL is safe.
//
// Internally, if the database is stale, the service will block, up to a limit so your program
// doesn't freeze, until it is up-to-date before determining whether the URL is safe or unsafe.
// So this URL lookup result code should be rare.
}
else if (testUrlLookupResult.IsSafe) {
// ...
//
// Yay, the URL is safe!
}
else if (testUrlLookupResult.IsUnsafe) {
// ...
//
// If the URL is unsafe, retrieve the computed URL expression that indicated it is unsafe.
var unsafeUrlExpression = testUrlLookupResult.UnsafeUrlExpression;
// ...
//
// If the URL is unsafe, retrieve the collection of unsafe threat list descriptors the URL is
// associated with.
var unsafeThreatListDescriptors = testUrlLookupResult.UnsafeThreatListDescriptors;
// ...
//
// If the URL is unsafe, you can use the collection of unsafe threat list descriptors the URL
// is associated with to determine the target platforms and threat types. But you can also use
// the following convenient properties to retrieve them.
var targetPlatforms = testUrlLookupResult.TargetPlatforms;
var threatTypes = testUrlLookupResult.ThreatTypes;
}
}
catch (BrowsingCacheException) {
// ...
//
// Catch this exception if you want to handle a caching error.
}
catch (BrowsingClientException) {
// ...
//
// Catch this exception if you want to handle a communication error with the Google Safe Browsing
// API.
}
catch (BrowsingDatabaseException) {
// ...
//
// Catch this exception if you want to handle a database error.
}
}
}
}
}
Example: Create a Managed Service With Threat List Update Constraints
using Gee.External.Browsing;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Cache;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Clients;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Databases;
using Gee.External.Browsing.Services;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace Examples {
/// <summary>
/// Main Program.
/// </summary>
public static class Program {
/// <summary>
/// Execute Main Program.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">
/// A collection of arguments passed from the command line.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// A task representing the asynchronous operation
/// </returns>
public static async Task Main(string[] args) {
// ...
//
// Create a managed service that uses an in-memory cache, an in-memory database, and an HTTP client to
// communicate with the Google Safe Browsing API.
//
// We're also restricting the managed service here to only retrieve 4096 threats for social engineering
// URLs on any platform. All other threat lists will be ignored.
//
// The managed service will automatically setup a threat database and manage it (i.e. it will automatically
// synchronize it with the Google Safe Browsing API in accordance with the Google Safe Browsing Update API
// protocol).
var managedService = ManagedBrowsingService.Build()
.UseMemoryCache()
.UseMemoryDatabase()
.UseHttpClient("YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY")
.RestrictUpdatesTo(ThreatType.SocialEngineering, PlatformType.Any, ThreatEntryType.Url, b => {
b.SetMaximumDatabaseEntries(4096);
return b.Build();
})
.Build();
using (managedService) {
try {
// ...
//
// Throws an exception if the operation fails.
const string testUrl = "https://testsafebrowsing.appspot.com/s/phishing.html";
var lookupTask = managedService.LookupAsync(testUrl);
var testUrlLookupResult = await lookupTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
if (testUrlLookupResult.IsDatabaseStale) {
// ...
//
// If the database is stale, you can either wait for a few minutes and try again or assume the
// URL is safe.
//
// Internally, if the database is stale, the service will block, up to a limit so your program
// doesn't freeze, until it is up-to-date before determining whether the URL is safe or unsafe.
// So this URL lookup result code should be rare.
}
else if (testUrlLookupResult.IsSafe) {
// ...
//
// Yay, the URL is safe!
}
else if (testUrlLookupResult.IsUnsafe) {
// ...
//
// If the URL is unsafe, retrieve the computed URL expression that indicated it is unsafe.
var unsafeUrlExpression = testUrlLookupResult.UnsafeUrlExpression;
// ...
//
// If the URL is unsafe, retrieve the collection of unsafe threat list descriptors the URL is
// associated with.
var unsafeThreatListDescriptors = testUrlLookupResult.UnsafeThreatListDescriptors;
// ...
//
// If the URL is unsafe, you can use the collection of unsafe threat list descriptors the URL
// is associated with to determine the target platforms and threat types. But you can also use
// the following convenient properties to retrieve them.
var targetPlatforms = testUrlLookupResult.TargetPlatforms;
var threatTypes = testUrlLookupResult.ThreatTypes;
}
}
catch (BrowsingCacheException) {
// ...
//
// Catch this exception if you want to handle a caching error.
}
catch (BrowsingClientException) {
// ...
//
// Catch this exception if you want to handle a communication error with the Google Safe Browsing
// API.
}
catch (BrowsingDatabaseException) {
// ...
//
// Catch this exception if you want to handle a database error.
}
}
}
}
}


minimalposter: A LaTeX package for creating minimalist posters with minimum pain
Motivation.
I use LaTeX for all my writing and presenting needs, including preparing presentations and posters for conferences. After years of struggling with default beamer themes for presentations, which are quite ugly in my opinion, I settled down on a nice-looking beamer theme for creating presentations. For creating posters with LaTeX, however, the available options are quite lackluster. The block style of Tikzposter is, in my opinion, quite distracting and makes the poster hard to follow. Beamer poster also suffers from the same problem. To design any decent looking poster using either packages one needs to immerse oneself in the dizzying world of frames, blocks and columns and a thousand other design elements provided by these packages. Therefore, I decided to roll-out my own package for creating good looking posters in LaTeX with minimal visual noise and a minimal learning curve. In what follows, I will describe the minimalposter package through an example.
Getting started.
Unlike Tikzposter and Beamer poster, content in minimalposter is organized in columns. Therefore, the first thing
one needs to decide before creating a poster is the orientation, i.e., potrait or landscape, and the number of columns.
Let’s say we want to design a landscape mode poster with three columns. The middle column contains the highlight of the poster, for
example, the main results, and therefore should be wider than the first and last columns. We, therefore, decide on a 2:3:2 ratio
for the width of the columns. In minimalposter we can accomplish this by creating seven (2+3+2) logical columns. The purpose
of the logical columns will become clear later. For now, our poster.tex
contains the following lines:
\documentclass[a0,final]{a0poster}
\usepackage[columns=7]{minimalposter}
For creating a potrait mode poster, one would instead use the following: \documentclass[a0,portrait,final]{a0poster}
.
Other options accepted by the package are: hmargin and vmargin, which control the horizontal and vertical margin
respectively. For example, \usepackage[columns=7,hmargin=20mm]{minimalposter}
creates a poster with 20mm margins on the sides.
Title, authors and such.
Next, we need to set up the title area of the poster. This can be done as follows:
\title{MinimalPoster: A Package for Creating Minimal \LaTeX{} Posters}
\author{Asish Ghoshal \\<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Department of Computer Science, Purdue University,
West Lafayette - IN, 47907.}
The title area can also include a logo, for instance, the logo of the institute where the work was done. This is done
by adding the following in poster.tex
:
\logo{\includegraphics[scale=1.0]{logo.pdf}}
The footer is set up by the \thanks
command, which can also include an image as above.
\thanks{This work was funded by ...}
We then add the following lines in poster.tex
to actually create the title and start the main body of the poster.
\begin{document}
\maketitle
The content.
As mentioned before, content is organized into columns. Since we have decided on a 2:3:2 layout. We will create three columns with actual widths 2, 3 and 2, respectively.
\BeginColumn[2]
...
\EndColumn
\BeginColumn[3]
...
\EndColumn
\BeginColumn[2]
...
\EndColumn
\end{document}
Within each column, content is oranized into standard LaTex sections and subsections. From this point onwards, there is no difference between a poster and a standard LaTex document. All standard latex constructs, including but not limited to images, lists, bibliography, equations, and tables, can go into columns.
Sections.
Section headings are by default left aligned. Let’s say we want the section headings to be center aligned.
This can be accomplished by passing the option calign
to the package:
\usepackage[columns=7, calign]{minimalposter}
The option for right alignment is, unsurprisingly, ralign
.
Highlights.
One can highlight certain areas of the posters, for instance, theorems, figures or tables using the \Alert
command as follows:
\Alert{Drinking coffee can lead to a longer life.}
The above command results in a box around the text.
Other customizations.
The package comes with a few color themes. Of these, the tranquil and zen theme are minimal. Other more garish themes are: fury, greed, calm, dirty and fear. Additional color themes can be easily created. Finally, depending on the size of the title area, the top of the columns can either be too close or too far from the title area. This can be changed using the command:
\columntop{1}
A larger number pushes the top of the columns further down.
Using a simple columnar layout, with variable column widths, and standard LaTeX constructs, it is possible to create sleek posters in LaTeX in quick time. The following is a demo poster created using minimalposter using the default theme. A complete example is given here


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from ray import serve
ray.init(num_cpus=10)
serve.init()
// Our pipeline will be structured as follows:
// - Input comes in, the composed model sends it to model_one
// - model_one outputs a random number between 0 and 1, if the value is
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ray.init(num_cpus=10)
client = serve.start()
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// - Input comes in, the composed model sends it to model_one
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Universities Are Rolling Out Degrees In Cannabis
by Emily BrownIf you consider yourself a master grinder then you could soon have the certificate to prove it because universities in the US are starting to introduce degrees in cannabis.
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I bet there’s a lot of young adults out there who are feeling pretty smug right now. After years of being scolded by parents for smoking marijuana, there’s finally the evidence to prove it’s a useful topic to know about.
The University of Maryland is now accepting applications for its two-year Master of Science program, titled Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics.
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The course is the first graduate program in the country dedicated to the study of medical cannabis and will be ideal for anyone doing a bachelors degree who is looking to go into the medical cannabis industry.

Unfortunately the course won’t take place in a hot-boxed lecture hall as teachers detail the perfect way to roll but rather students will be taught the basic science of medical cannabis, its clinical uses, adverse effects, public health considerations, as well as laws and policies.
Though, I’m sure you could test out the drug for yourself as self-issued homework.
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Natalie D. Eddington, PhD, Dean of Maryland’s School of Pharmacy, explained as the cannabis industry is growing with legalisation there is a greater demand for education on the subject.
Speaking about the degree in a press release, she commented:
Medical cannabis has been legalised in 33 states, including Maryland… This number is only expected to increase in the future, fueling a demand for an educated workforce that is well-trained in both the science and therapeutic effects associated with this medicinal plant.
Our MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics has been critically designed to prepare students to meet this demand.
Innovations in instructional design throughout the curriculum will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to make a positive impact on communities across the United States.
The university’s website explains:
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The program blends online instruction with face-to-face experiences to provide students with the knowledge they need to support patients and the medical cannabis industry, add to existing research, and develop well-informed medical cannabis policy.
The application deadline for the course is April 15, 2020, though Maryland isn’t the only university with a degree dedicated to cannabis.
Lake Superior State University, in Michigan, has launched a cannabis business course which is designed for future managers, supervisors, and business development leaders within a commercial enterprise.
The introduction of the degrees certainly puts a new spin on the phrase ‘higher education’!
Emily Brown first began delivering important news stories aged just 13, when she launched her career with a paper round. She graduated with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University, and went on to become a freelance writer and blogger. Emily contributed to The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Student Problems before becoming a journalist at UNILAD, where she works on breaking news as well as longer form features.


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- radclient exits with 0 on successful (accept / ack), and 1 otherwise (no response / reject)
- Added support for %{sql:UPDATE ..}, and insert/delete. Patch from Arran Cudbard-Bell
- Added sample "do not respond" policy. See raddb/policy.conf and raddb/sites-available/do_not_respond
- Cleanups to Suse spec file from Norbert Wegener
- New VSAs for Juniper from Bjorn Mork
- Include more RFC dictionaries in the default install
- More documentation for the WiMAX module
- Added "chase_referrals" and "rebind" configuration to rlm_ldap. This helps with Active Directory. See raddb/modules/ldap
- Don't load pre/post-proxy if proxying is disabled.
- Added %{md5:...}, which returns MD5 hash in hex.
- Added configurable "retry_interval" and "poll_interval" for "detail" listeners.
- Added "delete_mppe_keys" configuration option to rlm_wimax. Apparently some WiMAX clients misbehave when they see those keys.
- Added experimental rlm_ruby from http://github.com/Antti/freeradius-server/tree/master
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- Enable virtual servers to be reloaded on HUP. For now, only the "authorize", "authenticate", etc. processing sections are reloaded. Clients and "listen" sections are NOT reloaded.
- Updated "radwatch" script to be more robust. See scripts/radwatch
- Added certificate compatibility notes in raddb/certs/README, for compatibility with different operating systems. (i.e. Windows)
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- Be friendlier to very fast clients
- Updated the "detail" listener so that it only polls once, and not many times in a row, leaking memory each time...
- Update comparison for Packet-Src-IP-Address (etc.) so that the operators other than '==' work.
- Did autoconf magic to work around weird libtool bug
- Make rlm_perl keep tags for tagged attributes in more situations
- Update UID checking for radmin
- Added "include_length" field for TTLS. It's needed for RFC compliance, but not (apparently) for interoperability.


--- layout: post title: "TechCrunch vs. Hacker News: Which is the better front page for your launch?" description: "An analysis of the traffic and conversions resulting from being featured on the front page of both Hacker News and TechCrunch" summary: Comparing traffic and conversions after being featured on the front pages of both Hacker News and TechCrunch. ---
Disclaimer: This is a single experiment. We are a B2B SaaS startup. We only launched once, at a specific time and date with millions of things beyond our control. Keep that in mind. Your mileage may vary.
TECHCRUNCH: The classic startup launchpad. As legendary as it is contentious. For most entrepreneurs, having their launch covered on TC is a rite of passage. It may not be Carnegie Hall, but it is Coachella.
HACKER NEWS: The hive of startup debate, the pulse of the community, reddit for the programmer-entrepreneur intelligentsia. Making the front page of HN is unadulterated social validation from the tribe.
Having your launch on either front page is a common goal, but which is more valuable?
I have some primary data with which I will attempt to answer that question. When my startup Learndot, a SaaS learning platform for businesses, launched on November 14th 2012, it was both featured on TechCrunch and made the front page of Hacker News at approximately the same time.
There were two goals of the launch: building brand awareness and generating sales leads. Let’s run through our numbers for each to see, in our case, which source was more valuable.
The first source of value is building brand awareness: moving the needle on the number of people who nod knowingly instead of saying “Learndot? What’s that?” when our name is mentioned. My metrics for this are
This may not come as news, but the era of being TechCrunched is over. From a server load perspective, it is much, much more threatening to be Hacker News’d:
While TechCrunch sent a mere 395 visitors to our site, Hacker News sent 5,582 – over 14x more. I knew that Hacker News can drive a lot of traffic, but I was shocked by how little TechCrunch sent.
Let’s take a look at what those visitors did when they reached our page:
Visitors from TechCrunch explored the site more, averaging 2.15 pages per visit vs. HN’s 1.39. They also spent more time on the site, an average of 2 minutes vs. HN’s 80 seconds. This is particularly surprising – the HN’s link was to a lengthy blog post (takes me 4-5 minutes to read), while TC just linked to our homepage, easily read in about a minute. It appears most people from HN skimmed the article.
While TC visitors were more engaged with the site, HN absolutely demolished TC in total volume, more than making up for the engagement difference.
HN clearly wins this round.
Currently our website is a tool for lead generation, not a full self-service sales channel. We do not publish pricing, but you can request pricing through a form on our homepage. That is a conversion. There are three additional ‘request trial’ forms on the site, which are essentially the same as the request pricing form. Each also counts as a conversion.
When interpreting these conversion rates it’s important to take into consideration our target market: Learndot is a B2B SaaS product for delivering learning and certification inside enterprises. I suspect TC’s audience is more senior, more corporate, and more on ‘the business side’ than HN’s – i.e. much closer to the profile of our target buyer. If we were launching a new social network for programmers, the results might have been very different. I have no idea what they might have been.
Here are the total number of leads generated by each source:
Despite sending considerable more traffic, HN only resulted in 6 conversions – TC drove 22. To articulate just how dramatic this difference is, here are the conversion rates:
That’s 0.11% for HN vs. 5.57% for TC. Visitors from TC were 52x more likely to convert into a lead.
That said, it’s worth noting that the HN story was a general ‘startup story.’ It just happened to be about Learndot. The TC article was a new product announcement. I’d believe that TC’s readership has many early adopters who reads TC specifically to hear about new products to try, which is why TC runs these announcements in the first place.
Now let’s ask again: Which front page is more valuable – Hacker News or TechCrunch? Harder to answer this time, but TC won this round.
Let’s put dollars on these numbers to give it a shot.
The launch had two goals; we can assign a dollar value to the accomplishment of each.
How much would I pay for single, random member of the tech/startup community to become aware of Learndot? Awareness is quite far away from dollars hitting our bank account; this is a very difficult question to answer. My back of the napkin math[1] gives me around 20 cents, so we’ll use that. This means that
This isn’t entirely fair to TC. Their article made some number of people aware of Learndot who never clicked through to our site. But I don’t have those numbers, so we’ll chalk it up to bonus points.
Ok, what about leads? Being closer to the money, it’s easier to derive this number by looking at the % of warm leads that become new customers and the expected Lifetime Value (LTV) of a customer. For us, I’d be happy to pay around $60 for a warm lead. Then
Summing the two sources of measured value together:
Hacker News’s formidably destroyed TechCrunch in traffic, but TC impressively parried on conversions to nearly even the score.
Final considerations are the non-tangibles that come with being on each front page.
TechCrunch:
Hacker News:
It’s close, but TC comes ahead in the non tangibles. Their logo is still one of the most highly coveted social validation marks for any new startup.
Which front page is more valuable largely depends on the type of company and stage. I could only assign such high awareness value to unique visitor because this was a launch story – it was a safe assumption that this was a first-time encounter.
It may be anticlimactic but the truth is that the value of being on each front page, for Learndot, was approximately equal. TC and HN were highly complementary; only through their combination were we able to achieve traction on both goals. The lesson here may be to have a multi-channeled strategy. What we can definitely conclude: HN drove lots of traffic but almost no conversions, while TC drove little traffic with high conversions. Which is better? As always, it depends on your goals. For us, they were both great channels.
[1] This is a combination of answering questions like ‘how much would I pay to have 10,000 people at SXSW Interactive exposed to our brand” to get a $/impression from that, and using a rough conversion rate estimate.


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librandom is a small library designed to provide an interface to some reasonable-quality pseudorandom number generation. Some libcs have a bad random() implementation; librandom is designed to use system pseudorandom number generation when it's provided via /dev/random and /dev/urandom, and to use a good default PRNG otherwise.
librandom also supports EGD. If you have built skalibs with --enable-egd, then the librandom primitives will try and connect to an EGD service to get random bytes if there is no kernel-based entropy generator such as /dev/random. If the EGD connection fails, a SURF PRNG is used.
You should refer to the skalibs/random.h header for the exact function prototypes.
unsigned char c ; unsigned int max ; unsigned int n ; unsigned int b ; char data[at least b] ; int r ; goodrandom_init() ; c = goodrandom_char() ; n = goodrandom_int(max) ; r = goodrandom_string(data, b) ; goodrandom_finish() ;
goodrandom_init() becomes optional with skalibs-0.43. It is recommended that you let the library perform cleanups after you have used it, by calling goodrandom_finish().
If you have neither /dev/random nor EGD, a software PRNG is used. This PRNG is based on the SURF function, which is unpredictable enough for most uses.
It works basically the same, by replacing goodrandom_* with badrandom_*. It uses /dev/urandom on systems that support it; on systems that do not, but support EGD, non-blocking calls to EGD are made ; if that is not enough, or EGD is not supported, the SURF generator is used.
The point of badrandom is to get random bytes instantly, even at the expense of quality; whereas goodrandom always returns high-quality random bytes, but may block if entropy is insufficient. In practice, in spite of its name, badrandom will return quite unpredictable pseudo-random data, so goodrandom should be used only when paranoia is the rule and blocking is an option.


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Class MathUtilities
Math Utilities class.
Inherited Members
Namespace: XRTK.Utilities
Assembly: XRTK.dll
Syntax
public static class MathUtilities
Methods
| Improve this Doc View SourceAdd(Matrix4x4, Matrix4x4)
Element-wise addition of two Matrix4x4s - extension method
Declaration
public static Matrix4x4 Add(Matrix4x4 a, Matrix4x4 b)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Matrix4x4 | a | matrix |
| Matrix4x4 | b | matrix |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Matrix4x4 | element-wise (a+b) |
ClosestPointOnLineSegmentToPoint(Vector3, Vector3, Vector3)
Declaration
public static Vector3 ClosestPointOnLineSegmentToPoint(Vector3 point, Vector3 lineStart, Vector3 lineEnd)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector3 | point | |
| Vector3 | lineStart | |
| Vector3 | lineEnd |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 |
ClosestPointOnLineToPoint(Vector3, Vector3, Vector3)
Declaration
public static Vector3 ClosestPointOnLineToPoint(Vector3 point, Vector3 linePointA, Vector3 linePointB)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector3 | point | |
| Vector3 | linePointA | |
| Vector3 | linePointB |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 |
DegreesToRadians(Double)
Convert degrees to radians.
Declaration
public static float DegreesToRadians(double degrees)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Double | degrees | Angle, in degrees. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Single | Angle, in radians. |
DistanceOfPointToLine(Ray, Vector3)
find unsigned distance of 3D point to an infinite line
Declaration
public static float DistanceOfPointToLine(Ray ray, Vector3 point)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ray | ray | ray that specifies an infinite line |
| Vector3 | point | 3D point |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Single | unsigned perpendicular distance from point to line |
DistanceOfPointToLine(Vector3, Vector3, Vector3)
Returns the distance between a point and an infinite line defined by two points; linePointA and linePointB
Declaration
public static float DistanceOfPointToLine(Vector3 point, Vector3 linePointA, Vector3 linePointB)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector3 | point | |
| Vector3 | linePointA | |
| Vector3 | linePointB |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Single |
DistanceOfPointToLineSegment(Vector3, Vector3, Vector3)
Declaration
public static float DistanceOfPointToLineSegment(Vector3 point, Vector3 lineStart, Vector3 lineEnd)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector3 | point | |
| Vector3 | lineStart | |
| Vector3 | lineEnd |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Single |
GetAngleBetween(Vector2, Vector2)
Calculates the angle (at pointA) between two, two-dimensional points.
Declaration
public static float GetAngleBetween(Vector2 pointA, Vector2 pointB)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector2 | pointA | The first point. |
| Vector2 | pointB | The second point. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Single | The angle between the two points. |
InRange(Vector2, Vector2, Vector2)
Tests component-wise if a Vector2 is in a given range
Declaration
public static bool InRange(Vector2 vec, Vector2 lower, Vector2 upper)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector2 | vec | The vector to test |
| Vector2 | lower | The lower bounds |
| Vector2 | upper | The upper bounds |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Boolean | true if in range, otherwise false |
InRange(Vector3, Vector3, Vector3)
Tests component-wise if a Vector3 is in a given range
Declaration
public static bool InRange(Vector3 vec, Vector3 lower, Vector3 upper)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector3 | vec | The vector to test |
| Vector3 | lower | The lower bounds |
| Vector3 | upper | The upper bounds |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Boolean | true if in range, otherwise false |
NearestPointToLines(Ray, Ray)
Find 3D point that minimizes distance to 2 lines, midpoint of the shortest perpendicular line segment between them
Declaration
public static Vector3 NearestPointToLines(Ray p, Ray q)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ray | p | ray that specifies a line |
| Ray | q | ray that specifies a line |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 | point nearest to the lines |
NearestPointToLinesLeastSquares(IEnumerable<Ray>)
Find 3D point that minimizes distance to a set of 2 or more lines
Declaration
public static Vector3 NearestPointToLinesLeastSquares(IEnumerable<Ray> rays)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IEnumerable<Ray> | rays | each ray specifies an infinite line |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 | point nearest to the set of lines |
NearestPointToLinesRANSAC(List<Ray>, Int32, Single, out Int32)
Find 3D point that minimizes distance to a set of 2 or more lines, ignoring outliers
Declaration
public static Vector3 NearestPointToLinesRANSAC(List<Ray> rays, int ransac_iterations, float ransac_threshold, out int numActualInliers)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| List<Ray> | rays | list of rays, each specifying a line, must have at least 1 |
| Int32 | ransac_iterations | number of iterations: log(1-p)/log(1-(1-E)^s) where p is probability of at least one sample containing s points is all inliers E is proportion of outliers (1-ransac_ratio) e.g. p=0.999, ransac_ratio=0.54, s=2 ==> log(0.001)/(log(1-0.54^2) = 20 |
| Single | ransac_threshold | minimum distance from point to line for a line to be considered an inlier |
| Int32 | numActualInliers | return number of inliers: lines that are within ransac_threshold of nearest point |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 | point nearest to the set of lines, ignoring outliers |
QuaternionFromMatrix(Matrix4x4)
Creates a quaternion containing the rotation from the input matrix.
Declaration
public static Quaternion QuaternionFromMatrix(Matrix4x4 m)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Matrix4x4 | m | Input matrix to convert to quaternion |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Quaternion |
RadiansToDegrees(Single)
Convert radians to degrees.
Declaration
public static float RadiansToDegrees(float radians)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Single | radians | Angle, in radians. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Single | Angle, in degrees. |
Subtract(Matrix4x4, Matrix4x4)
Element-wise subtraction of two Matrix4x4s - extension method
Declaration
public static Matrix4x4 Subtract(Matrix4x4 a, Matrix4x4 b)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Matrix4x4 | a | matrix |
| Matrix4x4 | b | matrix |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Matrix4x4 | element-wise (a-b) |
TestPlanesAABB(Plane[], Int32, Bounds, out Boolean)
Declaration
public static bool TestPlanesAABB(Plane[] planes, int planeMask, Bounds bounds, out bool entirelyInside)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plane[] | planes | |
| Int32 | planeMask | |
| Bounds | bounds | |
| Boolean | entirelyInside |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Boolean |
ToTranslationRotation(Matrix4x4, out Vector3, out Quaternion)
Extract the translation and rotation components of a Unity matrix
Declaration
public static void ToTranslationRotation(Matrix4x4 unityMtx, out Vector3 translation, out Quaternion rotation)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Matrix4x4 | unityMtx | |
| Vector3 | translation | |
| Quaternion | rotation |
TransformDirectionFromTo(Transform, Transform, Vector3)
Takes a direction in the coordinate space specified by the "from" transform and transforms it to be the correct direction in the coordinate space specified by the "to" transform applies rotation only, no translation or scale
Declaration
public static Vector3 TransformDirectionFromTo(Transform from, Transform to, Vector3 fromDirection)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transform | from | |
| Transform | to | |
| Vector3 | fromDirection |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 | Direction to. |
TransformPointFromTo(Transform, Transform, Vector3)
Takes a point in the coordinate space specified by the "from" transform and transforms it to be the correct point in the coordinate space specified by the "to" transform applies rotation, scale and translation.
Declaration
public static Vector3 TransformPointFromTo(Transform from, Transform to, Vector3 fromPoint)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transform | from | |
| Transform | to | |
| Vector3 | fromPoint |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 | Point to. |
TransformRayFromTo(Transform, Transform, Ray)
Takes a ray in the coordinate space specified by the "from" transform and transforms it to be the correct ray in the coordinate space specified by the "to" transform
Declaration
public static Ray TransformRayFromTo(Transform from, Transform to, Ray rayToConvert)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transform | from | |
| Transform | to | |
| Ray | rayToConvert |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Ray |
TransformVectorFromTo(Transform, Transform, Vector3)
Takes a vector in the coordinate space specified by the "from" transform and transforms it to be the correct direction in the coordinate space specified by the "to" transform applies rotation and scale, no translation
Declaration
public static Vector3 TransformVectorFromTo(Transform from, Transform to, Vector3 vecInFrom)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transform | from | |
| Transform | to | |
| Vector3 | vecInFrom |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 |
XYProject(Vector3)
Project vector onto XY plane
Declaration
public static Vector3 XYProject(Vector3 v)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector3 | v |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 | result of projecting v onto XY plane |
XZProject(Vector3)
Project vector onto XZ plane
Declaration
public static Vector3 XZProject(Vector3 v)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector3 | v |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 | result of projecting v onto XZ plane |
YZProject(Vector3)
Project vector onto YZ plane
Declaration
public static Vector3 YZProject(Vector3 v)
Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vector3 | v |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Vector3 | result of projecting v onto YZ plane |


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This was my first time trying 2C-I, and it was a miraculous experience.
Firstly, some background information. When I took the 2C-I, I had pseudoephedrine and ibuprofein in my system. I had a bit of a sinus infection/cold, which certainly comes in to play later! Also, I chose a night to trip when I had nothing going on the next day.
After spending a weekend at home, I returned to college and spent the evening with my boyfriend and a few friends at a hookah bar. For a several months, I've been craving a new look at reality, at my life. This particular night, my boyfriend was feeling this urge very strongly as well.
We decided to take about 20 mg of 2C-I, which we did around 12:30 AM. The white powder, which we knew was 2C-I, was placed in clear gel caps which we swallowed. Around 12:45, we smoked cannabis through a Volcano vaporizer.
At this point, I noticed some visual alterations- trees stood out, sidewalks seemed unusually glittery, ceilings were moving. I also began to get very sexually aroused.
During sex, I closed my eyes. I felt melded with my partner and I could picture bright colors dancing in my mind. The orgasms were spiritual. I felt very emotionally connected to my partner, as well. As I later described it, having sex on 2C-I was like having sex in all the colors of the rainbow for the first time.  This was a great, unplanned way to start the trip.
After that experience, I started noticing a much altered perception. The ceiling looked as if it were moving in circles around itself. I felt impossibly awake, wired as if I'd had caffeine or adderall, and my thoughts were chugging hard and fast, like a train. I became very aware of my body- the person who is 'I' is confined in this skin. I was fascinated by that. The idea that my skin was holding inside it my mind seemed so ludicrous!
I started walking around my room, feeling as if I had never been in it before. This was someone else's room! What were this material objects, these things? And all around me, I saw fractals.
I peaked out the window and was filled with an intense desire to see the outside world. I had to convince my boyfriend to get off the bed, but he decided he wanted to come with me in the end. He said he also saw the ceiling moving and making love was unbelievable, but I really don't know what he was going through. This was a very self-oriented experience for me. I tried to put on a shirt, but the fabric felt so strange against my skin that I hated it and threw it far away from me. Eventually, I put on mismatched clothes. Part of me was aware that the clothes I'd put together would not be acceptable to our society, but I didn't really understand why not. I got very worried about societal expectations and norms, wondered if I could pass for normal in front of people.
My boyfriend and I stuck to our campus, which we knew very well, and even then, we went through times we felt very disoriented and lost. We ran in to one of my boyfriend's friends and decided to talk to him. We told him right away that we were tripping, and I felt very safe. I have no idea what I said, except that the entire world made sense and I loved to draw when I wasn't sober.
I felt so individualistic, so lost in my own well of thoughts, that I got very worried that my boyfriend's trip-experience was deteriorated because he was following me around. I told him he could go do his own thing, but he stayed with me.
We ran into a rabbit, and I was fascinated by it. I thought of Watership Down and started following the rabbit. People seemed very strange to me, like ants. I looked at my own life, at how I attached myself to identities this society gave me. For a brief second, I pictured myself outside society, without enculturation. Me, by myself, with no outside forces.
I suddenly said, 'God!' And there is all was. I didn't care about religion, I thought religion hindered life. I recently gave up Christianity and have been in a religious limbo, while adopting the Buddhist philosophy. The me who had been religious had believed someone else would fix me, fix all my problems, understand me. The tripping me had an epiphany: I was not broken, nobody else needed to fix me, and I needed no one to understand me. I felt very powerful and empowered.
I started reflecting on a conversation I'd had with my mom (I am unnaturally close to my parents) where she told me some very unpleasant things about herself. I realized that I had been holding on to her fears for herself, I had been afraid of myself because she was afraid of herself. I knew I had to let that go if I ever wanted to live my own life. In that second, I let it go. I became my own person and shed my mother's fears.
We got back to my room around 4:30 a.m., and my boyfriend was feeling very tired but I still felt wired. I put duct tape over my microwave's clock because I felt time didn't matter. I'd even go so far as to say that I didn't believe time existed, that it was a grand delusion.
I turned off all the light and sat on my carpet, looking at the door. Visuals went crazy on me at this point and I saw some of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I always love lights when I'm not sober, and glow in the dark stars and light streaming in the cracks through doors are no exceptions.
Sometime around this point, I came to peace with a darker aspect of my past. I understood why I was the way I was and didn't feel like a freak any more. I never in my life thought I would be able to accept that part of myself, but on this trip, I not only accepted it but overcame it.
I started feeling as if I needed to make everything fit like a puzzle to understand myself. I started cleaning. Everything had to go in its rightful place. I felt like a hurricane, swooping around to line up my shoes and put clothes in the basket and straighten my books. When everything was perfectly positioned, I got exhausted and here the physical effects kicked in.
As I said earlier, I had a mild cold/sinus infection.  My glands were producing more mucus than they ever have before and my nose was so stuffed that for the first time in my life, I couldn't breathe through either nostril if my life depended on it. I felt so miserable. I can't recall feeling that miserable because of sinuses ever before. I couldn't lie down because my head felt so pressured. My boyfriend said he'd read something about another person experiencing increased sinus problems. Since I'd already had sinus problems, I would accurately say that this enhanced them by about 300%. Sudafed did not help. Neither did Alieve. Neither did steam, Airborne, or tea. I was so miserable. The last time I looked at the clock, it was almost 8 AM. I was definitely almost sober, and I hadn't even noticed the come down.
Next time, I would keep the Sudafed handy and have Afrin or some other nasal spray. I would not recommend taking 2C-I if you already have sinus problems!
All-in-all, this was a journey into my psyche. It was amazing and I have a much better grasp on who I am because of it. What a wonderful trip. I would highly recommend doing this alone or with somebody with whom you are very close and not afraid to be yourself comfortably.
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Alma 17-22
If I wanted to encourage thought and try to understand devout believers better, I might ask:
“Can faith be harmful or dangerous?”
Things to consider:
- In the incredible story of Ammon and king Lamoni, Ammon preached the gospel to the king, the king believed all of Ammon’s words, and the king prayed for the Lord’s mercy. At this point, the king fell as if he were dead like so many others in the Book of Mormon do (seriously, it’s like these people have a fainting goat gene.). Then the king was taken to his wife, the queen, who mourned him because she thought he was dead (Alma 18:42-43).
- The queen sent for Ammon and explained to him “The servants of my husband have made it known unto me that thou art a prophet of a holy God” (Alma 19:4). And, this is what happened.
- And he said unto the queen: He is not dead, but he sleepeth in God, and on the morrow he shall rise again; therefore bury him not.
- And Ammon said unto her: Believest thou this? And she said unto him: I have had no witness save thy word, and the word of our servants; nevertheless I believe that it shall be according as thou hast said.
- And Ammon said unto her: Blessed art thou because of thy exceeding faith; I say unto thee, woman, there has not been such great faith among all the people of the Nephites.
(Alma 19:8-10)
- As a non-theist, I have a difficult time understanding the merit of faith as the word is generally used in religion, but I would think most theists would be troubled by the praise of this queen’s faith because it is about the queen’s belief in Ammon’s words. This has nothing to do with belief or trust in Christ or any specific God. Even if you make the most generous assumption, she might believe Ammon is “a prophet of a holy God” (Alma 19:4), emphasis added), but she apparently doesn’t even know what God Ammon serves. Ammon hasn’t even taught her about Christ yet, so it cannot be argued that it has anything to do with faith in Christ.
- This kind of faith is just as likely to lead someone to believe they have found “The Truth” as taught by the JWs, Scientologists, the Moonies, Islam, etc. The teachings of these religions contradict one another, so they can’t all be true. This kind of faith is also just as likely to be used by con men and other perpetrators to take advantage of the credulous. This kind of faith (credulity in the arm of flesh) is a faulty and harmful epistemology.
- Think about it. Would you praise the faith a person had in the words of someone like David Koresh, Jim Jones, or the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, simply because someone told that person one of these religious leaders was “a prophet of a holy God?”
- Look at these quotes regarding this characteristic of high-demand, or culty groups:
- Before anybody goes off on a straw man attack, none of this is to argue that each organization highly valuing unquestioning faith in the word of its leader is a cult or high-demand group. But, since such faith is a common characteristic of these groups, doesn’t it follow that such faith can be harmful and dangerous?
- Consider how you would feel and think about the follow quotes if they came from any other religion. How do they compare to the quotes above about high-demand or culty groups?
- “The prophet will never lead the Church astray” (Obedience to the Prophets).
- “When the Prophet speaks, … the debate is over” (“The Debate Is Over” by President N. Eldon Tanner, ellipsis as found in source).
- “The prophet and the presidency—the living prophet and the first presidency—follow them and be blessed; reject them and suffer” (Obedience to the Prophets).
- Then, consider this in light of a just a few quotes from such prophets.
- “President Brigham Young said: ‘Why are so many of the inhabitants of the earth cursed with a skin of blackness? It comes in consequence of their fathers rejecting the power of the holy priesthood, and the law of God’” (First Presidency of the Church, Appendix, Neither White Nor Black). And, two paragraphs later the First Presidency explains the Church’s denial of temple ordinances and priesthood is due to the Church’s doctrine that blacks had been less valiant in the premortal existence. (For more about the racism of Brigham Young, see Black Lives Matter, Special Edition)
- “And after the flood we are told that the curse that had been pronounced upon Cain [skin of blackness] was continued through Ham’s wife, as he had married a wife of that seed. And why did it pass through the flood? Because it was necessary that the devil should have a representation upon the earth as well as God” (President of the Church, John Taylor August 28, 1881 Journal of Discourses 22:304).
- “There is no true Latter-day Saint who would not rather bury a son or a daughter than to have him or her lose his or her chastity—realizing that chastity is of more value than anything else in all the world” (Heber J. Grant as quoted by Spencer W. Kimball, Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 63).
- “Also far-reaching is the effect of loss of chastity. Once given or taken or stolen it can never be regained. Even in a forced contact such as rape or incest, the injured one is greatly outraged. If she has not cooperated and contributed to the foul deed, she is of course in a more favorable position. There is no condemnation where there is no voluntary participation. It is better to die in defending one’s virtue than to live having lost it without a struggle” (Spencer W. Kimball, Miracle of Forgiveness, pp. 196).
- “The First Presidency recommends that only those who bear the Melchizedek Priesthood or Aaronic Priesthood be invited to offer the opening and closing prayers in sacrament meetings, including fast meetings” (“News of the Church,” Aug. 1975 Ensign), so for a time, women were not supposed to pray in the regular Sunday meeting of the entire congregation.
- “‘After consideration of the evil aspects, the ugliness and prevalence of … homosexuality,’ wrote Kimball, ‘the glorious thing to remember is that it is curable and forgivable. Certainly it can be overcome,’ he continued optimistically, ‘for there are numerous happy people who were once involved in its clutches and have since completely transformed their lives’” (Scientific American Blogs, “The Devil Makes You Gay”).
- This is only a tiny sampling of quotes from Mormon general authorities that I believe are harmful and dangerous. If you want a fuller sampling of wacky and harmful teachings from leaders who are not to be questioned, I suggest starting with the MormonThink “Mormon Quotes” page.
- Given that these men cannot refrain from “teaching the philosophy of men mingled with a few scriptures,” what could possibly justify faith in their arm of flesh?
Other observations about this lesson’s reading:
- Swords seem to be anachronistic (Alma 17:7, 37-39, Alma 18:16, Alma 19:22, 24, Alma 20:14, 16, 22).
- A claim of descent from Ishmael more than 500 years after Lehi and Co. leave Jerusalem, so lack of DNA evidence is a challenge (Alma 17:21).
- It doesn’t seem likely that he could have cut off so many arms with a “sword” but only killed one by sword (Alma 17:38).
- Has there really been a national culture in which “they suppose that whatsoever they do is right”? (Alma 18:5).
- Horses and chariots are anachronistic (Alma 18:9-10, 12 and Alma 20:6, see also my If I Could Ask … Lesson 5).
- King Lamoni experiences some kind of time warp (Alma 18:14)?
- Abish, one of only three Book of Mormon women named enters the story (Alma 19:16).
- Being moved by the Spirit, the whole group, except Abish, falls to the earth (Alma 19:17).
- Another blow to the moral agency defense against the problem of evil (Alma 19:22, see also my If I Could Ask … Lesson 23).

- The manual for this lesson refers to Ammon protecting the sheep. This could only be the story of Ammon protecting king Lamoni’s flocks. The Book of Mormon never refers to the king’s flocks as sheep, and there were no domestic sheep in pre-Columbian America (If I Could Ask … Lesson 22).
If you could ask believers questions about the scriptures for this lesson, what would you ask?
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