What does Macrodata Refinement actual do? #Severance #AppleTV

And what exactly is Macrodata Refinement, or MDR? Their sole task is to identify groups of numbers on their computer terminal screen, fence those numbers off, and place the number groups in one of five buckets on their screens until all such number groups in a given file are identified. It is not known what the files are for, what the numbers mean, or what the goal of refinement is. The refiners only know that the work of Macrodata Refinement is, quote, mysterious and important. The work is mysterious and important. When trying to learn how to actually do this very strange job, Heli learns the numbers give off a feeling of dread in the MDR employees. After a while, they can simply sense what numbers they need to fence off. That is so f***ing weird!