[mkaziz]

> Ahmed Almheiri, Xi Dong and Daniel Harlow did calculations ...

It's pretty cool to see a Westerner, Middle Easterner and an East Asian dude (at least based on names ...) collaborate to push the frontiers of science like this!

[ralusek]

This happens literally all the time. This is probably more common than uncommon.

[vorg]

> Westerner, Middle Easterner and an East Asian [...] based on names

This international variety of names is common outside the English-speaking world, e.g. the 3 biggest internet companies in China (Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu).