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John Fritz was 10 when he and his family fled to a remote cabin to wait out the crisis.

The former French colony became a one-party communist state, King Savang Vatthana died in captivity, and centralised planning was imposed on the economy as landlocked Laos, always remote, became increasingly isolated.

Starting in the early 2000s, hundreds of thousands of troops landed in remote bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Encrypting data and sending it through remote servers can slow down your connection and increase latency, especially during peak hours or if the server is located far away.

Brand new craft sets, remote controlled cars, soft toys, lego are especially helpful, she said.