Can I make "Do Not Disturb" permanent? I've come to accept that there's no way to turn off Notification Center, but I'd at least like it to not disturb me.

You can schedule a Do Not Disturb time, but there doesn't seem to be any way to make it 24 hours a day.  If I make it 0:00 to 0:00, it's never on.  If I make it 0:00 to 23:59, it floods me with notifications at the tick of midnight.

Unfortunately, on the Mac, Do Not Disturb turns off automatically at midnight.

Is there any way to permanently enable DND?
I used the hacky workaround in this post on my slightly older Macs and it worked like a charm.

https://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/os-x-10.8-turning-off-notification-center-permanently


  Turn OFF Notification Center Permanently
  
  Here's the best way to permanently kill the Notification Center. Open the terminal and type:

launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist 

  
  The Notification Center icon will disappear from the Menu bar at the top. There will be a visible gap, but the system will close it up the next time you click the mouse. Notification Center has been terminated.