Facebook redefined the time with “flicks”

If Facebook gets its way, maybe the next time you want your friend to hold the camera for a second, you'll say, "Hang on for 705,600,000 flicks."

How to calculate the time?

Most people will use years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds as a unit, but Facebook on January 22 announced the launch of a new unit of time “Flicks”, hoping to redefine the time by this. According to Flicks' GitHub page, 1 Flick, which is larger than 1 nanosecond, is the smallest unit of time defined as 1 / 705,600,000 seconds; in other words, 1 Flick equals 1.41723356 nanoseconds.

So, after all, why did Facebook want to redefine time and launch a new unit by itself?

Originally, Facebook wanted to use Flicks to calculate Video Frame Rates. Users could use Flicks to make sure everything was synchronized, regardless of whether the video frame rate was 24hz, 25hz, 30hz, 48hz, 50hz, 60hz, 90hz, 100hz, or 120hz.

Now programmers manage this video frame rate synchronization issue with C++'s built-in foundation, especially when designing visual effects in CGI. However, C++ can only use nanoseconds to calculate at most, in most cases, it can not be the average distribution of most of the frame rate. So Facebook started to think of creating a brand new time unit to solve the problem last year. A professional video producer said that Flicks still stays at the theoretical level for a while and does not know if it is practical or not. 

So before the “flicks” was officially applied to practical uses, we can still count on our normal clock to calculate the time. To know the exact time is quite important in modern life as people are tent to have a very fast pace lifestyle. In this way, to have a high quality and high intelligent wooden alarm clock at home will be useful and essential. 

Try the latest gadgets - TV dongle!

Modern people are chasing more and more convenience in life, they want that every feature is in one electronic gadget. So high-tech gadgets are being invented to satisfy people’s needs. To surf the Internet, we invented computers. To watch TV shows, we invented the TV. To combine these two together, so that we can enjoy watching all kinds of things wireless on TV, we invented TV box. To make everyone even more convenient, quick, lightweight and advanced, we invented this latest gadget - TV Dongle.

Fast and powerful

TV Dongle supports full HD wireless audio and video transmission, multi-system cross-platform (Android, iOS, Windows) and multi-screen interactive features. When transmitting the videos, it supports HD 1.3 HD output 3 rapidly and fluently, and the video resolution is up to Full HD 1920*1080. That means you can enjoy high-definition, clear and smooth videos wireless on TV by this small Windows TV Dongle.

Connect to the Internet

It Supports the wired Internet, with AP function, so it can be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot. What is even more amazing, it supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n wireless connectivity and strong anti-jamming capability. It is easy to install and use all, and it is the strongest and most stable of similar products. For Android users, I will recommend the brand like MeLE and AnyCast Android TV Dongle. These two brands are quite famous and trustworthy since their Android TV Dongle

cast photo/video/music from Android smartphone/tablet PC to the large screen TV/Projector in a very fast and stable way.

Better than you though

TV Dongle is mini, small-size, lightweight, convenient for travel. It supports multi-screen interactive features like DLNA/Miracast/Airplay. It supports external WiFi antenna for stronger signal transmission. It also supports HD 1080P full output, so the image is more sharp and colorful. With built-in stereo Audio ADC, no need to use a sound card to record. The TV Dongle is easy to carry, and compatible with both smartphone, PC, and laptop. Intelligent search channel, automatically it will delete no signal channel. Support video playback and picture viewing with remote control.

I guess you have already realized that how great this latest TV dongle adapter is. Let me tell you more that one thing called the TV Tuner Receiver also has the similar features but in the opposite way. With this mini Micro USB HDTV DVB-T Receiver, you can watch DVB-T TV on Android Phone/Pad with USB OTG. It's so convenient that you can watch TV channels everywhere and you won't miss live shows and matches!