The BBC micro was revolutionary. Had a few of these in school in the 1980's. This was the first machine I came across where you could program inline assembly, out of the box. Got me started on adventures with the amazing 6502 family, assembly language, RISC, hardware and a ton of fun things.

OAuth2.0 is for authorization, it is not an identity layer or authentication protocol. The article further conflates the purpose of OAuth with authentication types, phishing and other (valid) concerns, which are not entirely in the scope of OAuth.

There are widely used schemes (OAuth+OIDC+... etc.) that the industry is already using. The last two paragraphs are fluff. Not sure who this article is is meant for, but it's sloppy.

The user agreement T&C document is cause for concern. [1]

Specifically, sec 4.4:

4.4 You understand and agree that, unless proven otherwise, by uploading, publishing, or transmitting content using the services of this product, you irrevocably grant DeepSeek and its affiliates a non-exclusive, geographically unlimited, perpetual, royalty-free license to use (including but not limited to storing, using, copying, revising, editing, publishing, displaying, translating, distributing the aforesaid content or creating derivative works, for both commercial and non-commercial use) and to sublicense to third parties. You also grant the right to collect evidence and initiate litigation on their own behalf against third-party infringement.

Does this mean what I think it means, as a layperson? All your content can be used by them for all eternity?

[1] https://platform.deepseek.com/downloads/DeepSeek%20User%20Ag...

There could also be a distant relationship with the Brahmi script / family [1]

Some characters have similarities. The Brahmi 𑀕 may be related to the <Gimel> 𐤂 character in the tablet. Other characters like the "tha" (the O with a dot in the middle), the (, the O, the ) and some others also appear to have common traits.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmi_script

Shein sells cheap, "fast fashion" goods. They had a few pop up stores here in Singapore, selling what looked like low end knockoffs, albeit at low prices. They're selling tops and dresses for anywhere between $4.95 and $12 (Singapore dollars). I'm sure that toxic chemical safety is at the top of their list, selling at those prices.

I remember hearing about them in their early days when they were called "ZZKKO" like yet another of those random sounding shopfronts flooding amazon and peddling junk. Their mobile app looks and works pretty much the same as the other Chinese owned marketplaces like Lazada or Shopee.

Their founder appears to be following a similar trajectory too, moving from China to Singapore with a permanent residency, like the founder of Shopee. I think the Shopee founder is now a Singapore citizen. Not that there's anything wrong, this seems to be a common pattern on the Silk Road these days.