New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How to do research independently from universities and companies?

Ask HN: How to do research independently from universities and companies?
4 by yu3zhou4 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Hi, What it takes to do recognizable research without having big names behind you (think unis or big research companies) and without prior track of publications? If one wants to publish their results, how to make it to arXiv without endorsements? Do someone has experience in being independent researcher?