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Show HN: I made a macOS app to help me use Japanese websites

https://littlebobert.github.io/sasu.html

I recently started working in Japan. When I use browser based translation it frequently breaks the page layout or form. I tried using OpenAI’s Atlas but it’s still tedious. This app lets me capture the screen with a key combo, ask a question then get on-screen guidance in English. I hope someone finds it useful.

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Re:Roc Camera on Friday October 24, 2025 @12:17AM (#45690711)
Could Apple or Google do this without updating their hardware? I see a relevant patent (US20220294640A1) and it looks like one of the inventors is at Google now.
Looks cool, congrats. I would offer to test but I don’t live in that area. How do you track predictions? How helpful was AI autocompletion for Swift and SwiftUI code?
Re:Be Careful with Obsidian on Thursday October 23, 2025 @04:22AM (#45679506)
> There's nothing inherently stopping someone from notarizing code A and putting code B on GitHub

Sorry what if the open source project made their CI/CD pipeline public? So users could exercise it, produce their own build, and then compare that to the notarized one? Would I then be able to verify that what I downloaded from the developer’s website is identical to what is built with the open source code? Just curious.

Re:Be Careful with Obsidian on Thursday October 23, 2025 @03:20AM (#45679137)
> Obsidian’s source code is closed

When I toggle developer mode (Command + Option + i on my mac) I see what appears to be the source code (it’s an Electron app). Maybe it’s not the full source though. And I guess it’s very difficult to read since it’s minified.

Re:Apple is 'drastically' cutting iPhone Air production on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @11:23PM (#45677847)
I wonder why Apple keeps niche Mac and iPad SKUs around though, like the iPad mini.
I’m trying the chat bot now in Safari and I get:

> Network error. Please check your connection and try again.