Why isn’t this site hosted using HTTPS/SSL?

Update: (November 2019) This site now uses HTTPS.

For several reasons:

  1. The site does not require registration, and nothing here can be modified using a web interface. As a result, HTTPS is unnecessary.

  2. HTTPS incurs some bandwidth and roundtrip overhead.

  3. HTTPS prevents pages from being cached.

  4. HTTPS requires a more capable hosting account than what I need or can afford to actively maintain.

  5. Keep it simple.

  6. You can mirror the site using wget --mirror if you care about "privacy".