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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def generate_from_args(self, *args):
 """Generates a waveform, applies a time shift and the detector response function from the given args. The args are assumed to be in the same order as the variable args. """

        return self.generate(**dict(zip(self.variable_args, args)))