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by jacobsenscott 1204 days ago
So this is why hb started asking for access to my keychain all the time? (macos) Does it need to log in to gh to install open source software now?
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naikrovek 1204 days ago
you don't have to, but hb will ask you to if you have a saved credential because your quota on GitHub for downloading packages is much higher if you are logged in.

anonymous stuff on GitHub is usually limited to 60 requests per hour per ip address. if you're authenticated, it's several hundred if not several thousand.

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cozzyd 1204 days ago
That sounds... problematic for people on big NATs? (e.g. universities?)
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oasisbob 1204 days ago
NATs are problematic already.

Every office I've ever worked at has that one guy who is really good at tickling Google with scripts until it puts you all behind a CAPTCHA.

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