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in my own personal version of "can it run Doom", I now have what is almost certainly the world's only air fryer running the 3D printer operating system Kalico

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Roadside attractions come and go, but there's one along US Route 50 that has real staying power. Established in 1929, Cool Springs Park is a humble amalgam of mountain emporium, petting zoo, and open-air museum featuring various and sundry artifacts of the early industrial age, from lichen-encrusted agrarian workhorses to broken-down railroad cars, staged on long-abandoned railroad tracks that go nowhere. Who knows, you might find your great, great, great grandfather's steam-powered tractor basking in the pastoral splendor of this idyllic hollow tucked into the flank of Laurel Mountain. And even if you don't fancy mechanical contraptions as much as I do, you can still pet a burro and chase Guinea fowl while stocking up on local-made apple and peach butter and beating your partner with a cheap tomahawk.

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Though they much resemble the domesticated gadget, devices are wild creatures, and cannot ethically be kept in the home. Where careless gadget husbandry has allowed abandoned and escaped specimens to breed with the local device population, the resulting feral crossbreed is known as a contraption; while there have been some reports of contraptions successfully being kept as pets, high-device-content contraptions are often destructive and invariably have high maintenance needs, and should thus be considered for experts only.

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