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Changelog

Hashing Algorithm:
- Replaced SHA-1 with BLAKE3 for greatly improved performance.
File Changes:
- Replaced the .sha-sums with the new awcache.json.
Desktop Shortcut Prompt Fix:
- Resolved an issue where the prompt only accepted "y" as input. Pressing Enter was incorrectly treated as "no", even though it was intended to default to "yes".
Download Retry Logic:
- Implemented a loop to automatically retry failed downloads.
  Contribution by @pickles976.
README Updates:
- Documentation improvements made to the README file.
  Contribution by @diamante0018.
Internal Changes:
- HTTP Functions Cleanup: Refined and streamlined internal HTTP functions.
- Path Extensions: Backported useful path extension utilities.
- Code Refactoring: General improvements and optimizations across multiple functions.
- Global URL Management: Introduced once_cell for managing a mutable global master URL, eliminating the need to pass it through multiple functions.
- String Formatting: Adopted a more consistent approach for string formatting by placing variables inside curly braces instead of appending them as parameters.
- Log Prefixing: Added misc::prefix to automatically prefix log messages (e.g., [Info], [Downloading]) with appropriate padding for better readability.