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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 get_effective_tags(self):
 """Return configuration tags merged with dynamically applied tags."""

        tags = self.patroni.tags.copy()
        # _disable_sync could be modified concurrently, but we don't care as attribute get and set are atomic.
        if self._disable_sync > 0:
            tags['nosync'] = True
        return tags