interject.py

interject.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
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#   Best run on an FSF-approved distribution such as Parabola GNU/Linux-libre.
#   Ensure you have Python (3!) and PRAW <https://github.com/praw-dev/praw> installed.

import re
import praw

USER_AGENT = 'GNU/Linux corrector' # change if needed. This is how Reddit identifies the bot's requests.
SUBREDDIT = 'linuxcirclejerk' # otherwise we will be met with hostility and bans from FREEDOM HATERS
COPY_PASTA = """
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.

Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux."""
REGEX = re.compile("(?<!gnu\/)linux", flags=re.IGNORECASE)

if __name__ is '__main__':
    r = praw.Reddit(USER_AGENT)
    # should probably use oauth, too lazy to set it up
    # this may eventually break the script
    r.login()

    for c in praw.helpers.comment_stream(r, SUBREDDIT):
        if c.author != r.user and REGEX.search(c.body):
            # the author check is to prevent getting the bot stuck on itself, as the 
            # copypasta ironically matches the regex
            c.reply(COPY_PASTA)

who knew i could screw up the script in so many ways