So sorry to hear. Prayers.
…won't help him. Money does.
>Your donation and prayer of any flavor is much appreciated!
Straight from his thanks page at the very top.
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Re: Richard Lynch, an awesome PHP community guy and former colleague needs our help
#42What's the device that he describes as "funny-looking headgear that makes me look like an Irish Rabbi"? From http://richardlynch.blogspot.com/2014/01/end-game.html
Re: Richard Lynch, an awesome PHP community guy and former colleague needs our help
#43Does anyone know how to contact Mr. Lynch or someone associated with him? I attempted to comment but don't want the extra accounts created, and would happily create and host Stripe (or whatever other payment gateway) donation forms might help people that can't or won't go through PayPal (assuming, of course, someone on the other end creates the appropriate accounts and provided they're legitimately associated with him).
I can be reached at: reportemp@gmail.com
Re: Richard Lynch, an awesome PHP community guy and former colleague needs our help
#44Just read his series of post over his ordeal. He really has had a rough time. Guys (and gals) of HN, let see if our little community can get to together to help Richard enjoy his last days (and maybe provide a bit for his family if we do really well). Most of us can miss $20, and Richard and his family need it more than must of us do..
Done - and anyone else reading this should do. It takes seconds and you won't even miss the 3 lattes it could buy you.
I was pretty surprised at how easy PayPal has made it. I know that people prefer other services and the reasons they do, but at least PP has been moving forward in their ease of integration. Noticed it on Bandcamp recently as well. Just type amount, enter email and password then confirm and done (assuming you've got PP setup already).
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#45Re: Richard Lynch, an awesome PHP community guy and former colleague needs our help
#46"PayPal does not currently support Donation Payments from buyers in JP. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause." Sigh Someday the govt & banks will catch up with the 21st century. If someone can put a little extra in the bin on my behalf, I'll look for a chance to pay it forward. Thanks
I gave less than the average here so went for a second round this time with your HN pseudo mentioned.
Re: Richard Lynch, an awesome PHP community guy and former colleague needs our help
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Normally I'd jump in on the practicality bandwagon, but this really is not constructive. People who are going to pray will; people who are going to donate will. Your denigration of their faith, justified or not (and we'll never really know until we die), helps no one, particularly in this context.
> and we'll never really know until we die I think the atheist would say you won't know then, either.
I am an atheist. Forgive me if I'm excessively generous, I'm trying to dissuade people from being jerks, not push my world view.
Re: Richard Lynch, an awesome PHP community guy and former colleague needs our help
#48Could someone he trusts and someone capable of setting up a cryptocurrency account do so for him? I imagine a community like Dogecoin would help any way that they can.
Re: Richard Lynch, an awesome PHP community guy and former colleague needs our help
#49I am really sad for this guy... Can someone explain to me why is he asking for donations? Doesn't the insurances cover with these expenses in USA?
Just because it is called insurance doesn't mean it actually is. The health care industry is pay by activity/procedure/items consumed, and everyone has a vested interest in others not knowing what is paid while (usually) increasing activity. In general everyone is spending someone else's money.
"insurance" doesn't cover catastrophic stuff (there is some) but also covers everyday things like checkups. (The analogy is car insurance covering oil changes and tire rotations.) You'll pay a deductible (eg $30), the insurance company will pay the health provider, you'll get half a rain forest full of numbers in the mail, none of which reflect who actually paid what to whom. (There are extra negotiated charges and discounts between various parties.) The health care providers try to make their numbers as large as possible.
"Insurance" companies won't make money if they pay out, so they have all sorts of limits. For example there may be annual or lifetime limits which are trivial to hit in cases like this.
The various estimates are that around 70% of bankruptcies are due to medical bills and that 75% of those are people who had insurance. Example story http://www.cnbc.com/id/100840148
This was my experience just trying to get some blood tests http://www.rogerbinns.com/blog/gplus/the-first-rule-of-the-a...
Re: Richard Lynch, an awesome PHP community guy and former colleague needs our help
#50Could someone he trusts and someone capable of setting up a cryptocurrency account do so for him? I imagine a community like Dogecoin would help any way that they can.
I second this. I will definitely donate some of my dogecoins for this cause.
Can anyone confirm that this is his twitter? https://twitter.com/LynchRichard
We can send Dogecoins via Twitter.