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neya • today at 5:42 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

For anyone with more context, could you please help me understand why this wasn't announced earlier? Seems like such a great loss to the community. But, waiting until November to announce the death of a pioneer in July doesn't seem to sit right. Unless there's any historical or cultural context (in which case, I apologize in advance).


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meitham • today at 6:22 AM

The PSF has become a force of ideological machine with zero tolerance to any disagreement. Tim was sadly banned from the very community he helped to build. He wrote about his ban, see https://tim-one.github.io/psf/

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Kwpolska • today at 8:53 AM

I doubt Guido waited with the announcement, it's most likely he and nobody in the community knew before this week.