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Saturday August 31st, 2024 evening edition

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Banjo-Kazooie is the latest Nintendo 64 game to be decompiled, making PC ports of the game possible.

As spotted by X user BringBackBanjoK, a fan-made decompilation project for the game has now hit 100% completion.

Decompilation involves reverse-engineering the code of indivisual Nintendo 64 games and turning them into C code, which can then be compiled into playable PC versions.

The belief is that this helps shield the projects somewhat from legal ramifications.

Reverse engineering projects such as these are technically made legal because the developers involved do not use any leaked content or copyrighted assets.

In May, a tool called N64: Recompiled was released, which automatically recompiles N64 binaries into C code in a fraction of the time it takes full decompilation projects.

Previous decompilation projects have led to PC ports of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. »

Deportation flight leaves Germany for Afghanistan – DW – 08

Authored by dw.com

A flight has taken off from an airport in eastern Germany deporting individuals to Afghanistan.

A deportation flight to Afghanistan has left Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport, the Interior Ministry for the state of Saxony said on Friday.

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Ex-election workers want Rudy Giuliani’s apartment, Yankees rings in push to collect $148M judgment

Authored by apnews.com

Giuliani spokesperson Ted Goodman criticized Friday’s filing as a step “designed to harass and intimidate the mayor” while he’s appealing the “objectively unreasonable” judgment.

Giuliani, a longtime Trump ally, filed for bankruptcy last December just days after the eye-popping damages award to Freeman and Moss.

In May, he spent nearly $33,000 including nearly $28,000 for condo and co-op costs for his Florida and New York homes. »

This bird came back from extinction - now scientists in an aircraft are teaching it to migrate

Authored by theguardian.com
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Now, it has returned – and scientist “foster parents” aboard a tiny plane are teaching the birds to fly their long-forgotten migration routes.

Biologist Johannes Fritz – who came up with the idea – pilots the small aircraft, which has a small fan-like motor on the back and yellow parachute keeping it aloft.

Barbara Steininger, a foster mother, said she acts like “their bird mom” and develops individual relationships with every bird. »