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Reb Eliezer
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Joseph, proof? Chal Hamoad a tircha or exertion is assur and must have permanence. Writing on a computer
display has no permanence. Printing by entering a command involves no tircha and is not a direct malocho happening automatically, whereas typing on a typewriter has permanence and there is tircha involved.