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macrodata_refinement [2022-05-09 04:22] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation Neatnik | macrodata_refinement [2023-04-28 21:35] – [Procedure] Scribe of Kier | ||
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======Macrodata Refinement====== | ======Macrodata Refinement====== | ||
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+ | > The keyboard doesn’t have an escape key on purpose because the people down there on the severed floor can’t ever escape. It’s subconsciously creating and supporting the world that our story is living in. <WRAP attribution> | ||
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Macrodata Refinement is the section of [[Lumon Industries]] where [[Mark Scout|Mark]], | Macrodata Refinement is the section of [[Lumon Industries]] where [[Mark Scout|Mark]], | ||
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=====Procedure===== | =====Procedure===== | ||
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- | Each refiner works on one file at a time. Files are encrypted and have non-descriptive names such as " | + | {{ ::mdr-desk.jpeg? |
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+ | Each refiner works on one file at a time. Files are encrypted and have non-descriptive names such as " | ||
Given the time and effort it takes a Refiner to complete a single file, there could be hundreds to thousands of such number groups in every file. According to Dylan in the episode [[Half Loop]], only one in five files are typically completed before they expire. The Refiners do not have any knowledge of what causes some files to expire before they are fully refined. | Given the time and effort it takes a Refiner to complete a single file, there could be hundreds to thousands of such number groups in every file. According to Dylan in the episode [[Half Loop]], only one in five files are typically completed before they expire. The Refiners do not have any knowledge of what causes some files to expire before they are fully refined. | ||
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- | As the Refiner identifies each number group, he or she uses the trackball attached to the terminal to select all the numbers in a group which fences them off, and then drops that group of numbers into an area of the screen called Buckets. There are five Buckets on each screen are labeled 01 to 05. Some quantity of each of the [[tempers]], labeled WO, FR, DR and MA, are represented in all five buckets. | + | As the Refiner identifies each number group, he or she uses the trackball attached to the terminal to select all the numbers in a group which fences them off, and then drops that group of numbers into an area of the screen called Buckets. There are five Buckets on each screen are labeled 01 to 05. Some quantity of each of the [[the_four_tempers]], labeled WO, FR, DR and MA, are represented in all five buckets. |
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+ | ===== Motivation ===== | ||
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To incentivize productivity, | To incentivize productivity, | ||
- | When a Refiner has performed exemplary work over a quarter, they may be designated Refiner of the Quarter (ROQ), the prize for which is a [[Waffle Party]]. | + | When a Refiner has performed exemplary work over a quarter, they may be designated |
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+ | ===== Trivia ===== | ||
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+ | * Adam Scott has shared that the trackballs used in the MDR keyboards were “ergonomically really awkward”((https:// | ||
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