added onionrthreads to replace communicator timers

src/onionrthreads/__init__.py

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+from typing import Callable
+from typing import Iterable
+
+from threading import Thread
+
+from utils.bettersleep import better_sleep
+
+
+def _onionr_thread(func: Callable, args: Iterable,
+                   sleep: int, initial_sleep):
+    better_sleep(initial_sleep)
+    while True:
+        func(*args)
+        better_sleep(sleep)
+
+
+def add_onionr_thread(
+        func: Callable, args: Iterable,
+        sleep: int, initial_sleep: int = 5):
+    """Spawn a new onionr thread that exits when the main thread does.
+
+    Runs in an infinite loop with sleep between calls
+    Passes in an interable args and sleep variables"""
+    Thread(target=_onionr_thread,
+           args=(func, args, sleep, initial_sleep), daemon=True).start()