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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 __make_client(self):
        "Make this node a client"
        notice('Making client, getting server connection', self.color)
        self.mode = 'c'
        addr = utils.get_existing_server_addr()
        sock = utils.get_client_sock(addr)
        self.__s = sock
        with self.__client_list_lock:
            self.clients = deque()
        self.threads = deque()