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[–] theblips@lemm.ee 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The use of "literally" is part of the figure of speech you're pedantically referring to. Saying "figuratively" would be redundant, as everyone knows Copilot is not a nuclear reactor, and also declaring that you are using a figure of speech "weakens" it (like /s for sarcasm). By saying "literally" they are saying "wow, this fits so well that this isn't even a metaphor anymore".
If you want to correct everyone for saying literally instead of figuratively, correct every teenager saying "I'm actually dying rn 😂" with "ackshually you're not ACTUALLY dying, as I can see you are still alive typing tips fedora"

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 points 2 hours ago

Oh. I thought “literally” was just referring to the fact that many of those data centers pull from nuclear grids.