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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_thread(self, target, args, kwargs):
 """ Shortcut method for starting a thread. :param target: The function to be executed. :param args: A tuple or list representing the positional arguments for the thread. :param kwargs: A dictionary representing the keyword arguments. .. versionadded:: 0.5.0 """

        thread_obj = threading.Thread(target=target, args=args, kwargs=kwargs, daemon=True)
        thread_obj.start()