For example,
京都でラーメンを食べたし金閣寺に行ったしお酒を買った。
京都でラーメンを食べたり金閣寺に行ったりお酒を買ったりした。
As far as I know, both are non-exclusive lists and たり isn't in chronological order (don't know about し). Is there any other difference besides that? The one I hear the most in Japan is し, but that might be just because it's Osaka and they have their own way of saying things.
Answer
You could say し is cumulative and たり is dispersive.
Repeating …し…し…し… is like combining multiple "... as well as ... as well as ... as well as ...", while …たり…たり…たり… is like lining up "(for example) ... or ... or ... or ...".
As long as the subject is singular, both eventually imply the same person do all the things so that the difference is somewhat obscured, but when you use them with plural subjects:
メンバーはみんなイケメンだし頭がいいし歌がうまいし…
→ They are all good-looking AND smart AND good singers AND... at the same timeメンバーはみんなイケメンだったり頭がよかったり歌がうまかったり…
→ They are all good-looking AND/OR smart AND/OR good singers AND/OR... (a certain member has one or more properties in the list)
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