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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 simple_state_machine():
 """Pick a number, if it is more than some cuttoff continue the chain."""

    from random import random

    from furious.async import Async

    number = random()
    logging.info('Generating a number... %s', number)

    if number > 0.25:
        logging.info('Continuing to do stuff.')
        return Async(target=simple_state_machine)

    return number