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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 _start_keep_alive(self):
        '''
        Start the keep alive thread as a daemon
        '''
        keep_alive_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.keep_alive)
        keep_alive_thread.daemon = True
        keep_alive_thread.start()