I would like to make a pull request that changes the markdown snippet for links to use HTTPS instead of HTTP. Microsoft seems to encourage HTTPS by default in the latest .NET Core & browsers are also encouraging it. To me HTTPS sites seem to be the default for most websites these days.

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/dee28efc346d74138e7c8d4f429684712078862a/extensions/markdown-basics/snippets/markdown.json