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Add support for aarch64e (Apple Silicon) #3238

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@dcow

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Kitty does not run natively on Apple Silicon machines. Kitty has to be executed in the translation environment rosetta2 which makes kitty slower than need be. It also causes all the programs kitty launches to be the x86_64 variants rather than native aarch64e.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add support for aarch64e in the form of a universal ("fat") binary in the macOS release. Or, provide an alternate version that can be downloaded independently if the bloat of a universal binary is undesirable.

Describe alternatives you've considered
The alternative is not supporting the M1 processor, which is not really an option for macOS software moving forward.

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