Why isn’t this site hosted using HTTPS/SSL?
Update: (November 2019) This site now uses HTTPS.
For several reasons:
The site does not require registration, and nothing here can be modified using a web interface. As a result, HTTPS is unnecessary.
HTTPS incurs some bandwidth and roundtrip overhead.
HTTPS prevents pages from being cached.
HTTPS requires a more capable hosting account than what I need or can afford to actively maintain.
You can mirror the site using
wget --mirror
if you care about "privacy".