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05:11
michaelpri has added Undo to the list of this room's owners.
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So whatcha need?
michaelpri
michaelpri
So I was thinking about making a Python chat bot, and I was wondering if you could help me a bit with the server.
You run Smokey on your own server right?
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Right
github.com/Manishearth/chatexchange
^ Readymade chat framework for Python
michaelpri
michaelpri
Would you run it just by running it in Python?
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Yep. You login (only SE logins supported now), then get your room and post messages to it
See the sample
michaelpri
michaelpri
05:14
It's that simple?
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Pretty much
michaelpri
michaelpri
What did you use to make your server?
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I'm running on Ubuntu server
One machine on EC2, one machine in my closet.
I switch back and forth between them
michaelpri
michaelpri
Would I need anything other than just a machine that has Python?
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Smokey has a fairly advanced 'hypervisor', almost - if it crashes, it'll auto-revert to previous commits until it works again
Kinda cool
@michaelpri Shouldn't need anything else
michaelpri
michaelpri
05:17
Hmm, that's a lot easier than I thought. Thanks :)
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Yeah, good luck!
Ping us in CHQ with questions.
Manish is in there occasionally, and ProgramFOX is a wizard who knows everything
michaelpri
michaelpri
Yeah, I've talked to ProgramFOX in the Teenage Programmers Room on SO before
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I'd favorite that if I were ever in SO chat
michaelpri
michaelpri
It's a pretty cool room. I like meeting people my age
My server's not gonna be very powerful, though. It's my sister's old pink Dell, with 1GB RAM
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That's a beast
michaelpri
michaelpri
05:24
:D
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I've been running Smokey on an old Compaq laptop with... 2x256MB sticks :P
michaelpri
michaelpri
Do you know if it's possible to connect two machines to make server better?
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And smokey is fairly heavy as far as chatbots go
@michaelpri You could, I don't think you really need to for a chatbot
unless one waits for the other to go down
michaelpri
michaelpri
@Undo Yeah, but I might put a few on it
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I wouldn't worry about it until (unless) it becomes a problem
michaelpri
michaelpri
05:26
Alright
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It should be able to run a few lightweight ones just fine
Smokey does a lot
michaelpri
michaelpri
I just happened to have a few old extra laptops, so I decided to learn how to make a server :)

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