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@M_V
Yeah I'd say the second building of a set of spokes would probably be weaker or at least more likely to go out of true and not as easy to true up again. Dunno if you'd really see more spoke breakages than if you had used the same spokes in one wheel for the same length of time.
I'll leave it to a more scientifically experienced forumenger to offer wisdom on what exactly detenisoning/delacing and relacing/retensioning will do to the spoke on a molecular level but I would have thought that a big change in the stress on the spoke - ie from completely detensioning and then retensioning - would be more detrimental than sitting under constant tension.
Re the 83g extra weight, if it's on the hub then really, really don't worry about it. The further from the centre of the wheel the weight is the more effect it has on the effort required to accelerate the wheel so adding weight as centrally as the hub will make no difference at all. Tyre and tube choice is what you should be worrying about.