I think this oversight is typical for humans but especially for experts. It’s like the inverse of Dunning-Kruger: you’re too smart to realize what others don’t know.
> What does LWN stand for, anyway?
> LWN, initially, was "Linux Weekly News." That name has been deemphasized over time as we have moved beyond just the weekly coverage, and as we have looked at the free software community as a whole. We have yet to come up with a better meaning for LWN, however.
> LWN, initially, was "Linux Weekly News." That name has been deemphasized over time as we have moved beyond just the weekly coverage, and as we have looked at the free software community as a whole. We have yet to come up with a better meaning for LWN, however.
AT&T used to stand for American Telephone & Telegraph, now it's just AT&T. Same idea.
The acronym "LWN" originally stood for Linux Weekly News; that name is no longer used because the site no longer covers exclusively Linux-related topics, and it has daily as well as weekly content.