Mason Matthews

Part developer, part executive, part teacher. Believes that if you aren't surprised by something everyday, you're not paying attention.

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

@Grantmander20 Great, add me at 6645 8174 5238 (Eliobubz). I’ll arrive in Ocean on March 24th, so feel free to wait on sending me anything until then.

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised in 1933, there were doorbells you had to put a dime in to operate (to deter salespeople) https://t.co/eyVYMAaLJK

[Policygenius @Policygenius]

Hey, Software Engineers - we’re hiring! But instead of just posting a link to the open roles (which we’ll also thread below), we want to share what exactly Staff Engineers at Policygenius do in a new blog from Sr. Director of Engineering @masonfmatthews https://t.co/nXU4jlfb3F

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised My tendency to frequently make and then break eye contact in meetings and Zoom calls isn’t just me being weird: https://t.co/ZID0FzDmzj

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised Somehow I missed that (human) kids can regrow fingertips: https://t.co/KsWBJm2qO8

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#surprised Seems like we’ve had a big breakthrough in inductor miniaturization: https://t.co/Rzr6IAsWhg

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised The human brain uses the same amount of energy as a 20W lightbulb. That's probably not news to most folks, but now I wonder how much the power consumption can go up or down depending on what kinds of waking thoughts we're having... https://t.co/Yg9s7JIqcH

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised Some plants can sense the chemicals in oral secretions of insects (and become defensive in response): https://t.co/oiLIAv65rJ

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#surprised It's now possible to measure the change in mass of an atom when electrons change energy levels: https://t.co/EBaKtnlyTi

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised I didn't know that prions could be cured in any organism, but it looks like a possibility: https://t.co/R4WW4YPRin

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised Swapping one amino acid in one enzyme makes wheat more heat tolerant: https://t.co/F1FisbYPaV

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised I knew spaceship controls were due for an upgrade, but flying via touch screen seems... hard! https://t.co/y9lMyT1vju

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised Well, Mario is 24 years old. I have to say... now I don't feel as young as I did five minutes ago: https://t.co/Ihl570AoBV

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

Verifying myself: I am masonfmatthews on https://t.co/wNEsB94TaY. -UquSIS2wPA0WCxHlC7rmWn0AIX_o0bRr3q8 / https://t.co/msLyb3FnXO

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised Some people can use echolocation! https://t.co/kOihVu59ov

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

@NianticHelp If my family of 4 (me and three boys) have two tickets (me and one of the boys) to Pokemon Go Fest, can all four of us enter and walk around together? Thanks!

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised MIT built a plane that flies with no moving parts! https://t.co/ypbBWSAlLt

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#surprised There’s a new, more reliable way to detect if someone is dreaming: https://t.co/Ughyowae0d

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised A passive de-icing technology which distributes heat from the sun to unlit surfaces: https://t.co/Ap7Eqoo4nH

[Mason Matthews @masonfmatthews]

#surprised A glue-less vehicle made out of Lego (and with Lego motors) that can go 20kph: https://t.co/YDSpzXLsvt