rewrite application stuff in the kernel to support multitasking

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+globally there are:
+  an id-list of processes
+  an id-list of threads
+  a queue of paused threads
+  a single running thread
+
+a paused thread is a thread that can run, but isn't.
+a thread that is not running and is not paused is in a blocking syscall.
+
+each process has:
+  a process id
+  a list of threads
+  a list of open file streams
+  a list of open socket stream ends
+  a list of running socket listeners
+  a list of environment variables (pairs of strings)
+
+a thread has:
+  an owning process
+  optionally:
+    a stream end it is waiting to read from
+    a socket listener it is waiting to accept a connection from
+    a socket listener it is waiting to connect to
+  if not running:
+    saved cpu state
+
+a socket has:
+  two queues
+
+an open socket stream end has:
+  a list of threads waiting to read from it
+  the socket
+  its input queue
+  its output queue
+  if the other side is open:
+    the other process
+    the other stream end
+
+a running socket listener has:
+  a list of threads waiting to accept a connection from it
+  a list of threads waiting to connect to it