It would be more appropriate to do an askhn: post instead of piggy backing on this thread. If people think your question is interesting enough it should get attention and I think it would.
There is a difference between off-topic on HN and off-topic in this specific topic. No one on HN hates you, and if you were to make a Ask HN post about it instead of continuing to post here, I'm sure you could even get some valuable feedback.
