I posted this awhile ago

To be honest, I wouldn't use Copilot for those sorts of prompts. I personally haven't found it to be that useful, except for simplistic code completions, generations, maybe coz I primarily use F#?

For the sort of items you mentioned, I'd instead reach for ChatGPT web search, which gives:

This version of 1979?

If you do this:

You'll find after restarting the Copilot option appears, which you can then turn off.

Thanks, we live 15 mins from Manchester Airport, so he spent a fair bit of time there taking pictures.

When the language has the concept of Results and computation expressions at its heart, the difference in code clarity is, IMHO, night and day. It's not a perfect side-by-side comparison, but perhaps enough to demonstrate the difference.

In the sample I've attached, I've provided a matching type for yours from your article, but I've also added a few functions which are for liking a post and adding a url. Both of these can be easily used with partial application to allow for easy chaining of operations and the creation of new models.

Snap!*

*well August 2023