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Re:The life and death of a laptop battery by zokier on Friday September 25, 2015 @10:17AM (#10278270)
Doing full battery cycle every month sounds like a very bad idea for lithium batteries. You generally want to avoid deep discharges as much as possible, this is even pointed out in the link you posted:

"The shorter the discharge (low DoD), the longer the battery will last. If at all possible, avoid full discharges and charge the battery more often between uses"

Keeping the battery constantly at stable 60-80% charge is far better than doing full discharges every month.

Re:The life and death of a laptop battery by kec on Friday September 25, 2015 @11:08AM (#10278581)
To a first approximation modern li-ion batteries don't really care if they drain 100->50 once or 100->90 five times: the wear on the battery is more or less equal. Exposing your batteries to extreme temperatures (below freezing, above 40C) or allowing them to self discharge below the safe low voltage limit has a far greater impact on overall longevity.