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Use this tag for requests for assistance with tools and other features on the Stack Exchange Network. This includes understanding how features work and why they work that way, or how to better use them.

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How to read the flagging summary?

The new flagging summary (click on your number of helpful flags in your profile) is cool, however some posts have a gray background, some don't. What does it mean? example:
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My Question was "answered" in a comment, How do I close the question?

You can answer yourself, and mark it as accepted.
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Stack Overflow desktop notifier

You can find a list of desktop apps by searching on Stack Apps: StackApplet - Bringing Stack Exchange Notifications to Your Desktop StackTracker - Cross-platform desktop notification app Stack Notif …
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How can two people have separate accounts on the same browser?

Another solution if using Firefox is to create two profiles inside Firefox, and switch between them with ProfileSwitcher extension. Edit: from @xport question's comment Multifox does the same and see …
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How to handle posts that link directly to binary files?

If it is a link proposed by an "official" site, I don't see any reason to flag. However in one of the answers there's a link to a crappy free download site content farm, which I flagged.
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Retag [git]+[submodule] into [git-submodules] [closed]

65 questions about Git submodules are tagged git submodule, while git-submodules is also used (100 questions). submodule can also refer to python submodules, maybe this could be another retag request …
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