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"Because," Arthur said, leaning in, "I have a CNC milling machine from 2011 that refuses to speak to anything else. It’s the heart of my workshop, and it doesn't understand 'Cloud Computing' or 'AI-driven kernels.' It understands Service Pack 1." As the machine began carving a custom brass