Macrodata Refinement
February 1, 2025 4:08 PM   Subscribe

 
Well, that was discouraging.
posted by Lemkin at 4:11 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


Were you unable to see the scary ones?
posted by mireille at 4:21 PM on February 1 [3 favorites]


I love this.

(I'd just like to note there is another one out there, and this is much the better of the two.)

As with the show itself, I'm just glad this exists, and I love that someone chose to take the time to make it, and do it so well.

Thank you, mireille! (Looking forward to my caricature portrait!)
posted by kristi at 4:23 PM on February 1 [6 favorites]


This is the sort of thing that really gets my pouch tingling
posted by The River Ivel at 4:39 PM on February 1 [10 favorites]


I got nothing but "Nopes," even when clicking on the numbers which increased in size. Clicking made them smaller, I think?
posted by doctornemo at 4:47 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


This is merely telling me that my inny isn't suitable for Macrodata Refinement (everywhere I click I get a thumbs down "Nope"). Perhaps they should be in the Goat Room?

EDIT: Ahhhh, I got it now - you need to drag boxes around the numbers!
posted by metaxa at 4:47 PM on February 1 [3 favorites]


Is it supposed to respond to mouse movement, like in the show? I can't get it to do anything... :(
posted by pjenks at 4:54 PM on February 1


In refining D5625E:1277E8 (Narva) in 00h 07m 23s 728ms I have brought glory to the company. Praise Kier. 3️⃣2️⃣7️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ 9️⃣7️⃣4️⃣9️⃣7️⃣ 0️⃣7️⃣1️⃣6️⃣9️⃣ 1️⃣6️⃣8️⃣8️⃣2️⃣ 0️⃣5️⃣1️⃣8️⃣4️⃣ #mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯 lumon-industries.com
posted by metaxa at 4:55 PM on February 1 [4 favorites]


In refining EA1276:DD419E (Labrador) in 00h 05m 36s 058ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
6️⃣0️⃣4️⃣5️⃣8️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣4️⃣8️⃣2️⃣
1️⃣7️⃣9️⃣5️⃣5️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣6️⃣4️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣1️⃣9️⃣7️⃣1️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
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posted by funkaspuck at 4:59 PM on February 1 [2 favorites]


doctornemo you have to click and drag to make small boxes.
posted by mireille at 5:00 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


In refining A4F4BD:503089 (Narva) in 00h 00m 01s 262ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
7️⃣2️⃣7️⃣9️⃣9️⃣
6️⃣9️⃣1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣
2️⃣4️⃣5️⃣9️⃣2️⃣
3️⃣2️⃣2️⃣3️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣3️⃣2️⃣4️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
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I still don’t know what I was doing
posted by robcorr at 5:23 PM on February 1 [3 favorites]


I'll get back to this as soon as I finish disemboweling O&D.
posted by mittens at 5:23 PM on February 1 [4 favorites]


💯%
posted by chavenet at 5:24 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


That was charming. You can make larger boxes if you see how.

In refining 6C7B7A:6ECF6F (Dranesville) in 00h 02m 23s 516ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
5️⃣2️⃣0️⃣9️⃣9️⃣
4️⃣4️⃣9️⃣7️⃣2️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣3️⃣2️⃣9️⃣4️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣8️⃣9️⃣1️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by Callisto Prime at 5:31 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


Have we decided which MeFite we want to stay for the waffle party?
posted by eirias at 5:32 PM on February 1 [6 favorites]


I'm almost certain (in-universe) that a foreign branch of pre-Severance Lumon had to be involved in The Village and they were doing this stuff there even back then.
posted by zaixfeep at 5:40 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


In refining 5A5CE:44D1D7 (Nanning) in 00h 00m 01s 544ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
1️⃣5️⃣3️⃣7️⃣1️⃣
5️⃣4️⃣3️⃣8️⃣8️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣5️⃣2️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣2️⃣2️⃣5️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣6️⃣8️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by unknowncommand at 5:41 PM on February 1


Okay, so what do the codes you receive in the "share" link do? Do they go to something?
posted by rjd at 6:14 PM on February 1


In refining EAD554:6A138 (Ocula) in 00h 04m 51s 182ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
0️⃣7️⃣5️⃣8️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣6️⃣7️⃣3️⃣4️⃣
5️⃣2️⃣4️⃣1️⃣5️⃣
7️⃣3️⃣2️⃣3️⃣8️⃣
0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣5️⃣9️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by eekernohan at 6:27 PM on February 1


In refining 0ECDA:48E8F (Minsk) in 00h 00m 23s 925ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
6️⃣8️⃣5️⃣5️⃣7️⃣
3️⃣0️⃣3️⃣7️⃣3️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣3️⃣5️⃣9️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣7️⃣8️⃣6️⃣
0️⃣1️⃣6️⃣2️⃣0️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by bluefrog at 6:53 PM on February 1


In refining 10BF2F:DE940 (Dranesville) in 00h 21m 48s 225ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
7️⃣8️⃣5️⃣1️⃣0️⃣
6️⃣3️⃣7️⃣2️⃣9️⃣
7️⃣1️⃣4️⃣4️⃣8️⃣
7️⃣8️⃣6️⃣3️⃣1️⃣
8️⃣6️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com

iike spackling the universe.
posted by clavdivs at 7:02 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


You people are obviously playing a different Wordle clone than I am.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 7:03 PM on February 1 [4 favorites]


This is fun, but it reacts strangely on my phone. I can make boxes but the screen scrolls when I do, which increases the difficulty….
posted by caution live frogs at 7:08 PM on February 1


In refining 9890E9:F72CC (Narva) in 00h 11m 19s 474ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
2️⃣5️⃣8️⃣9️⃣3️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣7️⃣3️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣2️⃣3️⃣5️⃣2️⃣
2️⃣5️⃣7️⃣8️⃣1️⃣
5️⃣3️⃣3️⃣6️⃣4️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by extramundane at 7:10 PM on February 1


Le Mars is French for The Mars.
posted by I-Write-Essays at 7:15 PM on February 1 [2 favorites]


In refining 4185CE:B055D8 (Longbranch) in 00h 08m 25s 376ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
2️⃣5️⃣3️⃣6️⃣5️⃣
2️⃣7️⃣0️⃣0️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣1️⃣6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣
2️⃣9️⃣9️⃣0️⃣4️⃣
9️⃣8️⃣1️⃣3️⃣3️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com

I wish my outie could see this.
posted by cinnamonduff at 7:38 PM on February 1 [2 favorites]


In refining F4FC67:A95DD7 (Longbranch) in 00h 03m 43s 673ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
4️⃣4️⃣2️⃣9️⃣9️⃣
9️⃣9️⃣4️⃣3️⃣1️⃣
9️⃣1️⃣1️⃣6️⃣1️⃣
3️⃣7️⃣4️⃣7️⃣0️⃣
0️⃣9️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com

LOST needed a tie-in game like this, from the Dharma Initiative.
posted by emelenjr at 7:39 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


I did NOT expect to be this good at macrodata refinement. I have a preternatural instinct for those wiggly digits, let me at 'em!
posted by revmitcz at 7:46 PM on February 1 [3 favorites]


Yeah, I am kind of stunned at my instinct for it. Creepy game. Good job.
posted by Callisto Prime at 8:13 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


In refining B0245F:C5D136 (Moonbeam) in 00h 04m 37s 843ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
3️⃣0️⃣9️⃣4️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣9️⃣6️⃣3️⃣3️⃣
8️⃣2️⃣7️⃣3️⃣4️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣3️⃣2️⃣5️⃣
9️⃣3️⃣5️⃣1️⃣5️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com

Wonder if the time would be different if I did this on a computer with a mouse.
posted by viramamunivar at 8:20 PM on February 1


Aha! Thank you, mireille. (I haven't started s2)

In refining AC56C8:46F051 (Dranesville) in 00h 05m 14s 347ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
6️⃣4️⃣9️⃣8️⃣7️⃣
0️⃣1️⃣6️⃣2️⃣6️⃣
9️⃣1️⃣6️⃣6️⃣9️⃣
0️⃣4️⃣8️⃣6️⃣8️⃣
8️⃣7️⃣3️⃣8️⃣0️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by doctornemo at 9:02 PM on February 1 [1 favorite]


A little disconnecting how fulfilling that was.
posted by Smedly, Butlerian jihadi at 9:14 PM on February 1 [2 favorites]


In refining 836755:F37EC1 (Siena) in 00h 03m 39s 271ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
8️⃣2️⃣6️⃣9️⃣3️⃣
3️⃣5️⃣4️⃣8️⃣8️⃣
5️⃣1️⃣5️⃣0️⃣5️⃣
7️⃣6️⃣0️⃣9️⃣2️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣3️⃣6️⃣1️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by klausman at 10:56 PM on February 1


Honestly, I really enjoy stuff like this; how fast can you catch XYZ. The fact that it ties in with a fun show is also nice.

By the way, it looks like there are only five or six "locations" - Dranesville, Siena etc - they start to repeat eventually.
posted by Relay at 11:28 PM on February 1


In refining 6A7857:FDC448 (Siena) in 00h 07m 31s 949ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
4️⃣2️⃣6️⃣8️⃣0️⃣
8️⃣4️⃣4️⃣6️⃣0️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣6️⃣4️⃣2️⃣
0️⃣5️⃣6️⃣9️⃣2️⃣
8️⃣6️⃣7️⃣4️⃣6️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by saeva indignatio at 11:32 PM on February 1



In refining 3893D6:9727FA (Moonbeam) in 00h 00m 01s 681ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
9️⃣1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣3️⃣
1️⃣1️⃣8️⃣4️⃣9️⃣
9️⃣0️⃣1️⃣8️⃣4️⃣
4️⃣8️⃣6️⃣5️⃣2️⃣
0️⃣7️⃣7️⃣3️⃣1️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com

I'm doing it for the goats
posted by Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh... at 11:56 PM on February 1


In refining D5721:F15AAC (Nanning) in 00h 11m 14s 592ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
6️⃣3️⃣2️⃣1️⃣2️⃣
0️⃣6️⃣0️⃣4️⃣1️⃣
5️⃣9️⃣8️⃣5️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣0️⃣1️⃣0️⃣3️⃣
0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣5️⃣0️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by hydropsyche at 4:39 AM on February 2


In refining 582B99:9C9D19 (Minsk) in 00h 04m 19s 917ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
8️⃣2️⃣5️⃣1️⃣4️⃣
2️⃣4️⃣7️⃣5️⃣0️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣5️⃣9️⃣8️⃣
4️⃣6️⃣8️⃣7️⃣0️⃣
5️⃣3️⃣4️⃣9️⃣7️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by soundofsuburbia at 5:23 AM on February 2


I had to switch to desktop to get the drag-to-make-a-box thing to work. Firefox on Android only lets you move the pointer, or click to get "Nope". No box drawing possible as far as I can tell.

Mysterious and broken make for a particularly bad combination. It could really do with one of those "Best viewed in Netscape Navigator" type badges.
posted by swr at 5:49 AM on February 2


In refining CB864E:E847CD (Longbranch) in 00h 09m 07s 681ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
0️⃣5️⃣9️⃣7️⃣3️⃣
7️⃣7️⃣9️⃣3️⃣6️⃣
9️⃣1️⃣2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣
2️⃣0️⃣6️⃣1️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣3️⃣6️⃣9️⃣0️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 7:00 AM on February 2


If there's anyone here who's interested in converting something like this to run in OpenGL for XScreenSaver, please implement it and submit it. This should become like the Matrix screensaver of the 2020s.

Bonus if you do the sliding-letters screensavers the terminals in Severance actually use, as well.
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 7:02 AM on February 2 [2 favorites]


I'm not sure what I clicked on or hovered over but I got multicolor, multiframe video loops of Milkshake dancing filling the screen a couple times. At least I THINK that actually happened. I played this on a huge monitor screen so the left and right edges are sort of in my peripheral vision and it really had a spooky "I don't see the thing but something tells me it's happening" feel at some points when the right numbers appearred at the edges.

In refining 65B031:4AC024 (Siena) in 00h 06m 28s 207ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
9️⃣9️⃣2️⃣0️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣5️⃣7️⃣8️⃣6️⃣
5️⃣7️⃣2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣
4️⃣7️⃣8️⃣1️⃣0️⃣
5️⃣6️⃣2️⃣6️⃣4️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by AzraelBrown at 8:16 AM on February 2


Oh that is definitely a thing, AzraelBrown. I saw it too, I think when my file (Ocula) was 75% complete.
posted by eirias at 9:08 AM on February 2 [1 favorite]


I also got the MDE GIF at 75%
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 12:57 PM on February 2


We never had games like this down in the ether vats.
posted by mittens at 1:24 PM on February 2


Wait a minute, how is this possible?
robcorr: (Narva) in 00h 00m 01s 262ms
unknowncommand: (Nanning) in 00h 00m 01s 544ms
Bigbootay. Tay! Tay! Blam! Aargh: (Moonbeam) in 00h 00m 01s 681ms
bluefrog: (Minsk) in 00h 00m 23s 925ms
posted by pjenks at 6:24 PM on February 2 [1 favorite]


In refining 0xF463C3 : 0xFFA17A (Longbranch) in 00h 04m 26s 290ms I have brought glory to the company.
Praise Kier.
2️⃣0️⃣4️⃣5️⃣8️⃣
9️⃣1️⃣8️⃣7️⃣0️⃣
3️⃣6️⃣9️⃣6️⃣9️⃣
0️⃣9️⃣8️⃣8️⃣8️⃣
8️⃣3️⃣3️⃣6️⃣8️⃣
#mdrlumon #severance 🧇🐐🔢💯
lumon-industries.com
posted by cooker girl at 10:41 AM on February 4


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