How would someone get into designing/simulating CPUs and computers other than Minecraft? Is there any software for learning and implementing "simple" logic circuits, memory, etc?
Basically you go from building logic circuits to building your own CPU and writing assembly for it.
I only added it to my wishlist, didn't try it yet.
There is a good https://nandgame.com/
You may want to use some simulating software like a verilog interpreters or logic simulators. I do not know a good one, I'm not a specialist it that stuff.
And... If you have a couple of months to waste... You can try Factorio.
I would also start with Code by Charles Petzold
In this case, they got a rude answer anyway. I hardly think that's their fault though.
If you skip back to the first question, then. It isn't naive. You chose to be short when you could have said nothing.