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Severance website lets you actually do Macrodata Refinement

Severance website lets you actually do Macrodata Refinement

USA Today04-03-2025

Severance website lets you actually do Macrodata Refinement
If you're like me, you've wondered what doing Macrodata Refinement is actually like in Lumon Industries, the fictional (gosh, we hope) company from Severance.
Well, there's an answer to that now as we all await the conclusion of what's been an unreal Season 2 of the Apple TV+ series.
A website at Lumon-Industries.com opens up to an MDR screen in which you have to group the numbers together using your mouse or finger, and eventually ... something happens. I won't spoil it. The result? That's a little less clear when you copy your results, beyond the two words that should make you shudder: "Praise Kier."
Enjoy.

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