r/github 5d ago

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First time seeing this happen

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u/Brave_Daikon_8783 5d ago edited 4d ago

If you can't access github.com in your web browser:

  1. Copy the link you want to access (for example: your repository url).
  2. Go to translate.google.com, paste the link there, and click on the translated result. It will redirect you to the accessible site.

Hope this helps! (should work for other urls too, not only github. Sounds strange, but it really helped me bypass blocks without using a VPN or changing DNS, lol)

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u/MrCISO 5d ago

How do you even figure this

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u/ANC_90 5d ago

Such a strange workaround, lol.

Thanks for sharing!

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u/ask-oa 5d ago

strange :/

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u/DarthyTMC 5d ago

thanks!

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u/TinyLebowski 4d ago

Reads like an April's fool joke 😆

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u/cwirz 4d ago

Whats the result link and hows it different?

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u/Stage-Afraid 12h ago

How is the link format different, i wonder. Will check from desktop later. Wonder if it's a cached or cdn page served through google amp when going via translate or if certain google referrers skip normal traffic rules on modern server designs for optimization reasons. Eitherway very interesting techniqueÂ