There are many challenges involved with running a web site like LWN. Some of them, such as finding the courage to write for people who know more about the subject matter than we do, simply come with the territory we have chosen. But others show up as an unwelcome surprise; the ongoing task of fending off bots determined to scrape the entire Internet to (seemingly) feed into the insatiable meat grinder of AI training is certainly one of those. Readers have, at times, expressed curiosity about ...