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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 observe(self, value):
 """Samples an observation's value. Args: value: A numeric value signifying the value to be sampled. """

        self._buffer.append(value)
        if len(self._buffer) == _BUFFER_SIZE:
            self._flush()