I think converting to static files for (say) SoPW nodes for Anonymous 
+Monk might reduce the load so that the site remains accessible for th
+e human users.
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or will encourage even harder attacks. They definetely have the resources and will occupy the extra bandwitdh, space anyway, when they discover some was created.

I dont understand why not blocking an ip as soon as anonymous hits lots of pages in quick succession especially old ones which have not been visited for a while. We had similar discussions before (Re^3: Unable to connect), interesting clues came about by jdporter's investgations. Now a different angle is discussed. Are we going in circles?

The site is so unusable it discourages me to spontainously post. I dont have the luxury to save a failed post, provided i find it, for future posting at the time the wicked bots got a minute of rest (bots have a cup of tea).

An idea would be to contact the AI bots and sell the data directly to them. Can't have more static than what's inside a usb.

edit: last time they tried to pacify the beast, it swallowed Czechoslovakia.

24h edit: we can have a live site where all those interactive users go to vote/post/admin and have the static site updtated from the live site daily for anon, search and bots. The live site for logged in users will be just as this now but in a secret www._perlmonks.org address. then every night the static site is updated with the daily deltas from the live site. That will keep the monks shetered from the evil bots which will ravish everyone else outside the monastery, "that's a shame!". Relevant soundtrack while our sitedev clan fights the evil bots: Yoshimi fights the pink robots by Flaming Lips (youpuke warning, ot: i use newpipe app from f-droid to view yt content on mobi). I saved this edit 12h ago when site was unusable and posting it now when site seems ti be very responsive.

bw, bliako