To make "git clone https://github.com/xxx" work, just add
'192.30.252.136 github.com' to /etc/hosts. Only git will work, not web browser.
GitHub blocked in Russia
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Re: GitHub blocked in Russia
#162Interesting development. Github was temporarily blocked in China in january because it was used to host politically sensitive information. However, it was later unblocked because the site's economic importance is too great to the Chinese government to warrant a complete block https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2013/jan/github-blocked-china-...
Since "gitlab.com" have no relation to "gas and oil" business, it has zero economic importance for russian government.
Re: GitHub blocked in Russia
#163Github is down for Russian developers because some anti-Putin political activists are eager to make a point. It works like this: - they push some content deemed illegal in Russia to a github repo (something like instructions on committing suicide or on growing marijuana). - then they themselves post a complain to the Russian internet regulator, accompanied by the link to illegal content; - the ugly bureaucrats machin…
1. This is not true. It was actually blocked on purpose with head of federal agency speaking about it and posting funny picture. 2. (some) Content in question is work of satire about censorship agency and ridiculous laws written and hosted on github in Feb 2013 3. (some) of the links in question are not even posted by Russian citizens or residents, not even speaking about political activists
https://github.com/stevebest/suicide/blob/master/suicide.md
Here you are. Posted by a Russian citizen from a commit labeled "Privet, Roskomnadzor!" Such a rebel! Demonstrating the world unspeakable horrors of the Putin's regime.
Re: GitHub blocked in Russia
#164Re: GitHub blocked in Russia
#165Official reason for blocking: the site hosts texts describing methods of suicide. Because Github uses HTTPS only, it's impossible to block only the offending pages, so the whole IP range is blocked. Github ignored their requests to remove the offending content, so the site remains blocked. I hope Russian citizens get a big fat boost of morality from blocking Github. Really, it's not the alcoholism, injustice, corrupt…
Don't worry, practically every European country censors something on the internet (example: (1)) Some level of absurdity is always present as there are almost always some methods to get to the data when the person is determined enough. 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_Unit... I'm writing from one another West European country. Here even teens share the IP numbers of the video sites banned on…
The US censors a bunch of sites too if that makes you feel any better
Re: GitHub blocked in Russia
#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
LOL, you know what they say about assuming right? Turns out I'm half-Brazilian and I currently live in the UK. I spent part of my childhood in the 80s in Brazil so I know a thing or two about corruption. Anyway, not sure what you were responding "NO" to as you explicitly agreed with the only assertion that I actually made rather than the stereotype that jubilantly flowered forth in your mind's eye.
I thought you said the US is as bad as Russia, which is pretty wrong.
No, I only meant they both have selfish cultures, obviously they manifest completely differently.
The US continues to be one of the best places to live in the world even in its entitled malaise, largely as a result of momentum of post-war prosperity that was mostly dropped in our lap due to military and political strife around the rest of the planet while we sat happily on a wealth of natural resources ready to be exploited.
Re: GitHub blocked in Russia
#167Hello there. I live in Russia, too (St-Petersburg, to be precise), and I would like to discuss the issue on a different angle. Russian government is done anyway (economic situation will finish it in a few years), so why bothering? What is more important, I believe, is GitHub's attitude here. You see, GitHub is sending polite-but-firm emails right now, asking users that hosted the file in question to remove it and hin…
> Russian government is done anyway (economic situation will finish it in a few years)
Wishful thinking. Cf. how the economic situation has finished Kim Jong-un.
Re: GitHub blocked in Russia
#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
Всё логично. Кого они ещё могут выбрать? Назовите мне хоть одну реально адекватную альтернативу... под адеватной я подразумеваю такую, которая: а) имеет чётко очерченные планы по развитию страны; б) имеет опыт или хотя-бы пользуется доверием у людей; в) поддерживается финансово.
this is a nonsensical and circular argument, I am sorry. How can you seriously believe that a country of 150 mln people has no alternative to Putin? that is impossible statistically.
You seem to be ignorant of what real-life presidency prerequisites are (as opposed to formal ones) if you consider millions of people as possible candidates...
Re: GitHub blocked in Russia
#169Sincerely hope GitHub won't give up an inch to censorship and handle the situation with "your government is your problems, not ours" attitude. With all seriousness - I think the whole situation just can't be solved otherwise. All this censorship things went generally unnoticed and went along the "oh, they're blocking evil child molesters' sites, it's alright" line of thought. To raise the awareness, some high-profile…
They are also blocking sites that have references to virtual (drawn or CG) molesting like danbooru or chan.sankakucomplex nowadays. I.e. this bullshit stepped into domain of thought police already. And a thought police is a certain "Nope!" sign whether it is for good (awareness) or not.
Re: GitHub blocked in Russia
#170Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not that easy. The site will also have to deny to remove the contents. I'm pretty sure SO would remove such content, simply because it's off-topic there.
I'm sure there is sub-exchange on stackexchange, where it's not an off-topic. And as soon as stackexchange share the IP with SO it will be blocked all over. Thanks for the idea.
Then, there's still the question whether SO will comply or not. Given that reports of suicide trigger more suicides than without, I wouldn't be surprised of SO community guidelines which discourage such content, even though it might otherwise be ontopic in that specific sub-exchange.