Vodka doesn’t have much flavor, but the Vermouth adds a nice touch. Most Vermouth is crap, though and has a sharp edge. The Dolin Dry is more floral: https://www.bittersandbottles.com/products/dolin-vermouth-dry

As for shaking, it’s a matter of taste. Vigorous shaking in a covered shaker with crushed ice breaks small shards into tiny crystals. These quickly melt, though, so it’s really the very first taste where it’s a bit tingly.

Toss in 3 large green olives with garlic or pimento and it’s a pretty decent, hard to mess up drink that anyone can make at home.

Wonder:

• How do they handle someone who may not be performing as well as others?
• What’s the process for conflict resolution? Both professional and inter-personal.
• Not sure if they’ve been through a big global recession yet. That’s usually when companies and their policies get tested.

Not to take away from their unique model. Just curious how the idealism handles the messy parts of human nature.

RFC 2549: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2549

This problem was solved years ago: https://spectrum.ieee.org/pigeonbased-feathernet-still-wingsdown-fastest-way-of-transferring-lots-of-data

You may want to do some research into Japanese wood joinery. There are some amazing techniques out there. Just one of them…