1.18 misc performance dev branch (#7368)

- Port player chunk loader patch
Makes the chunk system act as it did in 1.17, no additional tickets (and thus logic) to make a chunk ticking.
Adds simulation distance API, deprecates old no-tick method.
- More collision optimisations
Ancient patch from tuinity that never could be pushed to master.
- Fix Optimise ArraySetSorted#removeIf patch
- Execute chunk tasks fairly for worlds while waiting for next tick
- Port Replace ticket level propagator

patches/api/0094-Add-openSign-method-to-HumanEntity.patch

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ index 8a479c7dfd3825fab8bb057d8afa5ae0cb01b071..6ef0d7f3dcb779fb7dc5786e74332620
      /**
       * Make the entity drop the item in their hand.
 diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
-index 23df52c7ac4ec5e687e763c13a0937c3fbc5dd47..fd4613f702ebbd32ec22a81f993a1ea9d8dd896f 100644
+index 888a60fe60e6242680c153fd8edd95f6e37e26d5..87f62e65dbf8128d684abaf4fde88cfa566f7a1f 100644
 --- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
 +++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/entity/Player.java
-@@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, OfflinePlayer, PluginM
+@@ -2106,7 +2106,7 @@ public interface Player extends HumanEntity, Conversable, OfflinePlayer, PluginM
      /**
       * Open a Sign for editing by the Player.
       *